. Citrus fruits;. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. 999 Citrus Fruits of labor will be required to properly sucker the trees. If additional stimulation is brought about by the application of quick-acting fertilizers, this trouble will be increased. Wise lemon growers prefer to build the new head out of the more moderate growth of fruiting wood rather than out of water-sprouts. It is not necessary or always ad- visable to root prune frosted trees, but if hardpan or plow- sole exist, it may be broken up with a subsoil plow at this. Fig. 71.— Pruning a frosted lemon orchard. time with
. Citrus fruits;. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. 999 Citrus Fruits of labor will be required to properly sucker the trees. If additional stimulation is brought about by the application of quick-acting fertilizers, this trouble will be increased. Wise lemon growers prefer to build the new head out of the more moderate growth of fruiting wood rather than out of water-sprouts. It is not necessary or always ad- visable to root prune frosted trees, but if hardpan or plow- sole exist, it may be broken up with a subsoil plow at this. Fig. 71.— Pruning a frosted lemon orchard. time with less injury to the trees from cutting large roots. The number of roots which may be cut with impunity will of course depend upon the amount the tops of the trees have been killed back. It seems reasonably certain that no injury to the tree can result from any of the materials passing from the frozen oranges back into the tree. An examination of those oranges which have been too badly frozen to be fit for shipment shows that most of them have been only partially killed; consequently they are presumably re-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coit, John Eliot, 1880- [from old catalog]. New York, The Macmillan company
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