. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . the eoast, where gnni-dis-ease is prevalent. After about ten days, the buds should be unwrapped andexamined. If they have taken, as evidenced by a grayishline of callous tissue forming around the edges, the wrap-pings are loosened, to be removed entirely after aboutthirty days in the case of the fall buds and twenty days in the case of springbuds, or wheneverthe bud is wellhealed. In the case of fallbuds which have re-mained dormant, asthey should d
. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . the eoast, where gnni-dis-ease is prevalent. After about ten days, the buds should be unwrapped andexamined. If they have taken, as evidenced by a grayishline of callous tissue forming around the edges, the wrap-pings are loosened, to be removed entirely after aboutthirty days in the case of the fall buds and twenty days in the case of springbuds, or wheneverthe bud is wellhealed. In the case of fallbuds which have re-mained dormant, asthey should duringwinter, the tops ofthe stock are cutback in the spring towithin six inches ofthe buds in order toincrease the sap pres-sure and force theminto a more uni-form growth. Thepromptness with which a bud starts depends to someextent on its age and position on the bud-stick. Uni-formity of growth is greatly to be desired in thenursery, and such cutting back tends to force all thebuds to start more nearly at the same time. The sixinches or more of stock which is left affords a certain pro-tection to the young shoot and reduces the possibility. Fig. 30. — Inserting bud. Citrus Nursery 99 of the bud being involved in any dying back which mayoccur. After the young shoot has grown eight or teninches the stub of the stock is sawed off smoothly, theedges trimmed with a sharp knife, and the cut surfacecovered with liquid grafting wax. In the case of spring set buds, the same custom prevailsexcept that some-times the stocks areonly partially cutback at first. Withlate set buds thereis sometimes a dan-ger of the superabun-dance of sap duringhot weather drown-ing out the buds ifall the top of thestock is removed toosuddenly. Occasion-ally the tops arelopped or cut halfthrough and bentdown in the middles, in order to gradually change the flow of the removed entirely after a month or six weeks. Citrus budding is often done l)y expert budders by con-tract at about $10 a thousand, the
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