. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . ut of existence. Layeringis never used and grafting is very rarely resorted to exceptin the case of old trees which have been frozen to theground. INIost old trees which are top-worked are writer has seen buds successfully placed directly intoorange trunks which were a foot and a half in diameter,although such a practice is rare and not to be recom-mended. The Citrus Nursery Cutting Bud-wood The success of thecitrus orchard dependsto a ve
. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . ut of existence. Layeringis never used and grafting is very rarely resorted to exceptin the case of old trees which have been frozen to theground. INIost old trees which are top-worked are writer has seen buds successfully placed directly intoorange trunks which were a foot and a half in diameter,although such a practice is rare and not to be recom-mended. The Citrus Nursery Cutting Bud-wood The success of thecitrus orchard dependsto a very large extentupon the care used incutting the is due to the factthat a certain propor-tion of the trees inmany orchards belongto undesirable particular phaseof the subject will bereserved for a moreextended discussion inChapter VII. Sufficeit to say here that toomuch pains can hardlybe taken in selectingthe mother trees fromwhich the buds are tobe cut. Citrus buds shouldbe cut from round,plump wood taken fromthe fruiting is usually easy tofind plenty of suitablebud-wood on lemontrees, but with oranges,. Fig. 27. — Orange bud-wood. 94 Citrus Fnals and especially Navel oranges, this is often difficult forthe reason that the best trees are devoting their energiesto bearing rather than to growing plump bud-sticks. Thesmall angular fruiting twigs are not large enough to use toadvantage. On this account it becomes necessary to giveNavel mother trees a preparatory pruning a year before thebuds are wanted. The trees are thinned out and cut backuniformly in all parts in order that there may be a morevigorous growth of fruiting wood. This pruning shouldnot be carried too far or water-sprouts may result. Bud-sticks about a foot long and the size of a lead pencil madeup of one- and two-year-old wood is best. Current growthis too tender and three-year-old wood contains many blindbuds or buds which will be very slow to start. Uniformityin starting the
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