. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. ..-. •••** *•»-*<*j3 m. Fig. 195.—Valencia oranges of California are the most popular of the seed-bearing are almost seedless. () The nearly dormant condition of trees is preferred in buds are inserted about two to six inches from the is preferably done under lattice work. Setting the Orchard.—Trees one or two years old from the bud-
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. ..-. •••** *•»-*<*j3 m. Fig. 195.—Valencia oranges of California are the most popular of the seed-bearing are almost seedless. () The nearly dormant condition of trees is preferred in buds are inserted about two to six inches from the is preferably done under lattice work. Setting the Orchard.—Trees one or two years old from the bud-ding are usually used in starting orchards. The distances betweentrees varies from 20 by 20 to 25 by 25 feet. Soils used for orchards are quite variable in Butthe stocks on which the trees are grown should be adapted to thecharacter of soil. Commercial fertilizers are commonly used inthe best orchards. Pruning.—When buds are well started the nursery trees are cutabove the bud. The new shoots from the buds are cut at a height ORANGES 281 of thirty to thirty-six inches from the ground. This makes thembranch and form the head of the future orchard tree. The sproutsbelow the buds must be removed persistently. In the orc
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