. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . ree protectors should be taken offonce or twice during the first year in order to remove thewater-sprouts from the trunk. After the tree is well set andthoroughly tramped in, itshould be watered immediately,the ground being thoroughlysoaked. In order to save time,orchards are sometimes plantedbefore the facilities for irrigat-ing are completed. In this casethe trees must be tanked orwatered from a tank basin is excavated abouteach tree, the
. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . ree protectors should be taken offonce or twice during the first year in order to remove thewater-sprouts from the trunk. After the tree is well set andthoroughly tramped in, itshould be watered immediately,the ground being thoroughlysoaked. In order to save time,orchards are sometimes plantedbefore the facilities for irrigat-ing are completed. In this casethe trees must be tanked orwatered from a tank basin is excavated abouteach tree, the soil being drawnagainst the trunk in the centerto protect it from the these basins are filledonce or twice, the loose drysoil is returned to its place, inorder to conserve the moisture,and the ground leveled off. Ifwell attended to, tanked treesgrow fully as well as thoseirrigated in the ordinary they may be tanked to advantage the secondyear will depend on the cost of hauling the water. Usuallythe permanent system of irrigation should be ready bythe second summer. Wherever citrus trees are planted in new localities,. Fig. 47. — Newly set tree prop-erly protected from the sun. Planting the Orchard 150 where grain farming, rather than irrigated crops, havebeen the rule, a sharp lookout must be kept for groundsquirrels and gophers. Both of these pestiferous rodentsare apt to cause serious injury to newly planted citrustrees unless effectually prevented. Detailed directionsfor fighting gophers and ground squirrels are given inChapter XXIV. INTERCROPPING The question often arises as to the advisability of grow-ing intercalary crops between the trees in order to gainsome revenue from the land while waiting for the trees tocome into bearing. There are many cases where thishas been done advantageously, although the intercroppedcitrus orchard is the exception rather than the a practice is permissible only when the intercropdoes not interfere with the
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