. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. ly as i>ossible at the samerelative height it occujjied inthe seed-bed. The soil mustbe well firmed arovmd theroots, and the ])laiits shouldbe watered as rapidly asl)lanted. Small seedlings andthose with imjierfect rootsshould never be i)lanted. Onlythe best and largest seedlingsshould be used. The nursery should be thoroughly cultivated, and thetrees must be pruned occasionally to lead them to develoj) a singletrunk for G or 10 inches above the ground. It usually requires from IG to18 months to grow trees to the ri
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. ly as i>ossible at the samerelative height it occujjied inthe seed-bed. The soil mustbe well firmed arovmd theroots, and the ])laiits shouldbe watered as rapidly asl)lanted. Small seedlings andthose with imjierfect rootsshould never be i)lanted. Onlythe best and largest seedlingsshould be used. The nursery should be thoroughly cultivated, and thetrees must be pruned occasionally to lead them to develoj) a singletrunk for G or 10 inches above the ground. It usually requires from IG to18 months to grow trees to the right size for budding, an ideal size beinga diameter of from tliree-eighths to one-half inch at about ii to 5 inchesabove the soil. Budding the Nursery Stock.—Trees should be budded from 4 to 8inches above tlu^ ground. Budding is done mainly in the s])rinK or in thefall. In the latter case, it is expected to kec^p tluMrees dormant until is almost universally done by the su-cailcd e\c-liudding method, ^From Farmcra Bulletin S30, U. S. Dept. of Shield Budding with Angulaji Wood. A—Cutting tho hud. B—Bud cut ready to in-sert. C—Bud showing rut face. D—Budinserted, bark on right side only being ;d. CITRUS FRUITS 141 using a cut of an inverted T shape and pushing the buds up, being carefulto have the leaf-scar of the bud downward. In citrus propagation, espe-cially in the dry, arid sections of the Southwest, it is desirable to use stripsof waxed cloth to wrap the buds, covering the buds entirely with thewrapping. The wrapping must remain on until the buds are thoroughlyhealed on, which will require about three weeks. The California methodof forcing the buds is to cut the tops entirely off about an inch or so abovethe bud. In Florida the trees are cut half off above the bud and lopped overinto the row, being allowed to remain until the sprout is a foot or so of the Nursery Stock.—As the buds develop into sprouts, stakesmust be
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