. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. waterthe grove uniformly, and this cannot bedone unless the irrigation furrows run ata uniform and proper sloj^e. Leveling or grading the land is rarelydesirable, as this removes the surface .soilfrom some places and makes it for sometime unfit for tree growth. The land for planting should bel)lowed deep and gotten in thoroughlygood condition, finely pulverized andmoist. Orange trees arc usually jilantedfroui 20 to 25 feet, apart, most conunonlyabout 22 feet. Sometlines they are planted 20 feet apart one way and22 or 2
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. waterthe grove uniformly, and this cannot bedone unless the irrigation furrows run ata uniform and proper sloj^e. Leveling or grading the land is rarelydesirable, as this removes the surface .soilfrom some places and makes it for sometime unfit for tree growth. The land for planting should bel)lowed deep and gotten in thoroughlygood condition, finely pulverized andmoist. Orange trees arc usually jilantedfroui 20 to 25 feet, apart, most conunonlyabout 22 feet. Sometlines they are planted 20 feet apart one way and22 or 24 feet apart the other way. Lemons and pomeloes are usually givenrather nujre space than the orange. There are four methods of arranging the trees known as the rectangu-lar, triangular, (|uincuiix and hexagonal. Of these tin* rectangular or scpiai-eis the simplest and mostly cnmmonly used. Planting in scpiares 20 by 20feet gives 108 trees to the acre, and planting 22 by 22 feet, a ver> , gives 00 trees to the acre. The land to be jilanted nnist be laid. Shield or Eye Buds A—Method of cutting Itiul fromround twijj. H—Hud cut readyto insert. C—Fiiee of l>udKhowin^? llie rut Hurfiiee. > From Fartncra BuUctio A30, U. S. Dcpt. of Agrirulturo. CITRUS FRUITS 143 out accurately and the location of each tree staked. Before digging theholes a notched board with stakes or some other device should be usedto insure the exact location and level of the tree in setting. The holesare dug of the size and depth necessary to accommodate the trees. The treesto be set should have their tops cut* back severely and all but a few leavesremoved. In arid regions, if the trees are not balled, it is not a bad practiceto remove all of the leaves. In planting the trees care should be exercised to plant them at nearlythe same level as they were in the nursery. To insure this they must beset about 4 inches higher ordinarily to provide for settling. Many growersprefer to plant five
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