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CALIFORNIA FARMER SECTION
CITRUS FRUITS
G rowers
of
CITRUS FRUITS
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WILBUR M<COY. A6L AGENT DESK A
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PROPAGATING CITRUS TREES.
Good Seed. Rigid Selection of Plant*
and Bud* Nece»»ary to Produce
Good Tree*.
By A. J
M
Cook. State Commissioner of
Horticulture
OHE and more, I think, will out
vent this may be stratified In moist
sand till heeded for planting.
Heeds
from 1’1 >t Ida come dry, l>ut will ger
minate readllv If soaked in w ater about
<o hours before planting.
Mr II M
Teague, one of our most successful
growers, always plants In the open,
with n<> protection.
Me thinks this
gives him hurdler trees mid a Isdter
root si stem
It Is said, however, that
citrus growers start their own
trees. Yet nurserymen need not
shiver at thia advice, us few will follow
It.
The orchardlat cun then
select
seeds and buds, and can care for the
little plants from llie very first, and
very likely such care, costing but little,
will doublu the annual Income as the
tre«s come to maturity
| know start
ing trees is a complex matter a trade
to be learned, but I have grout faith
In Yankee gumption.
As large seeds are preferable, Scella
of the sour orange, sweet orange and
pomelo are to l»> preferred, the largest
seeds always to be selected.
These
should be secured from the fruit of
trees of maximum performance unit
thrift. Whether or not the stock af
fects quality of scion or bu<t so as to
influence quality of fruit, surely every
plant and animal has better promise
If the purents are full of vigor, health
and action.
In Europe sour stock Is
everywhere preferred and almost uni
versally used.
We are now rapidly
coming to the same practice.
with a aurfnc«
best time to set Hie buds Is In Meptem
ber and October
Th« buds will start
us soon ns the sup begins to flow; will
become strong before full, and will re.
slst the cold winter
Here, again. It la
well to ' select only ths best of tho
young trees.
I
The bud union Is tho
weak place in a citrus tree, and should
be well ubove the teach of Irrigating
water as a preventive of gum disease.
Bslsctmg
Bud*
Tlin
selection
of
the
buds.
Is,
I
think,
the
must Important step In
the
wind«
range of citrus culture, and Is reason
enough for one to grow his own i reca,
nt least from th« time they are «rt In
the nursery.
Only bmls from tested
trees, whose performance has
been
and
most excellent In both quality
quantity for a number of years, should
ever be accepted This give* us pedi
greed stock. In this way we hop« to
dmibl« our outputs and profit
IV.i
must remember what selection
bus
don« for corn In lllln«l» and b>wa
Mi It M Tiagin* uses only
t«<!
bui's
lie allowed his patrons to fur
nish tlielr own buds If lhev so prefer,
though this privilege is rarely accept
ed. The past -»easoti *>nl two persons
accepted th« offer, though lie sold over
200,000 trees
jmly plump, vigorous
buds should be uscii
Til« method of
Inserting the bud I» ivplalm-d by I'lgs.
X and » where Is shown the T-shaped
cut, th« peeling of the hark am! ths
cutting und Insertion of the bud
Th«
tying by budding twin« or waxed strip
of cloth 1s wrll Shown
Home of tho
twigs with foliuge are left on the young
plants
promote vigor
I Fig
WEST INDIA GARDENS
Altadena,
»
GUM
TREES
In Pots well rooted
In quantities to suit
$7.50 Per 100
I’HKF till Mi VI O< K TO IIF.< III» H
Glen Park Nursery
525 Crocker Bldg.
Securing ths Seed fb-.-ds are secured
by cutting selected fruit, squeezing out
pulp and aeeds and sieving; or tho
fruit may be decomposed In water and
the seeds washed free from the pulp
by use of the sieve. The seeds should
never be permitted to dry and to pre-
r
FLORIDA
SOUR
ORANGE
SEED-BED STOCK
grown without shad« as are uura
this season, are vastly superior
to those grown under shade.
GROWN
OUT DOORS
They are all hard wood, have a magnificent and alum
dant fibrous root system and, being grown in the sun, will stand up
We have the largest citrus
well when transplanted In nursery row.
_ Nurseries
____ _
__________
Seedling
In the
State, ___
as ______
well as a good stock of budded
Navels,
Valencias.
Izmon«
and
M.
8- Grapefruit. Order now.
trees.
SOITHLAM) NI IIMKKIKS, F. II. DIMIMtOW, Proprietor.
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at least for two or three Inches
this Is slightly ridged, and the seeds
planted on the rldgrs, the drainage wdll
be more perioct and the dampening-
off fungus **.111 not bo so likely to put
In Its deadly work.
From March to May. depending upon
season nnd soil. Is the time to plant
the seed bed. The seeds are best plant
ed In rows one foot apart. The seeds
are covered about one Inch with soil
that has been screened
It Is pa»y to
irrigate between the rows and to cul-
The
tlvatc with a hand cultlvator.
seeds will come up In about
three
weeks If the weather Is favorable. The
young seedlings should be well watered
und cultivated and left In the seed bed
for one year. As already stated, many
prefer to protect the young seedlings
The earth must be kept moist, but not
too wet or the plants will die of fungus
attack. The early spring Is the best
time to plant not only the seeds but to
transplant the seedlings.
Transplanting The
young
planta
from the seed beds should be trnns-
planted to the nursery In rows at least
three or four feet apart, or so us to
admit of cultivating by horse without
injury, and 15 Inches apart In tho rows.
This gives ample
urn pin room for digging
and balling,
The plants are easily
loosened In the seed bed by tho use
of a long spade, ami should be quickly
set, as the roots must not bo permitted
to become dry.
only robust plants
should be transplanted to th« nursery.
As Mr. H M. Teague nays, "’rhe beat
are non« too good."
Home
advise
k««plng puny plants two yearH In the
seed beds.
11 were better to discard
them entirely. To take up the seed bed
plants, a four or five tine*! potato fork
is excellent. It will not cut tho roots
tin will the spade.
If the weather Is
hot It i< well to place shade boards
above tho young plants. Tim nursery
should bo carefully watered and culti
vated for two yearn, when the nursery
trees should be ready for budding This
insures larger and stronger trees, and.
tho buds can be set six Inches above
tho ground. Budding Is possible when
ever the bark slips easily, and may bo
done In March and April.
Hummer
budding U nut uncommon, though th«
though not many. ■<» w«
sap to the buds.
After
well Blurted th« old tw
gradually removed
one
uft«r building th« yount
ready to s« t In th« orchi
Large trees may be
If A
change In variety or If a
desired
lleic til*» |. • !■
Into the branches tflg- 1!
of which are permitted
insure thrift", uml remove
growths from th« bud
nnd thrifty. Th« trunks
should b« piote ted from th« sun's
hot ru>s by whitewash, <>r by wrapping
with some protecting «over
it is also
well to protect young trees In the or
chard in similar fashion
All pruning
of orchards aliould I»« close, umi tho
fresh rut at oner waxed over
In <■»«•
Fuller's rose Weevil attacks the buds,
as they ar« wont to <1», Ihn Insecte
mny be headed off by windln« loose
rotton about the trunk below th« bud.
The beetles are wingless, aud so can
reach th« buds only by crawling up
the trunk Tim cotton will prevent this,
Citrus trees can be started by graff
big. by slips, or by iai «ring, but us
none of the*« method* are now
In
vogue in our citrus or. hard* It I« need
to discus« them here
A California orange grower saved
I
300 acres of orang«* during a i stx-
nights'
freeze
by
tho u*« of ' four
sniudgo sleds and 300 sacks of ’ ma
nurc. Tho smudging fire Is built il P<*n
a low sled, which
is drawn
I
almut
through tho orchard, tin« man •-an
protect ulsmt ten to 20 acres In thia
way, and the expense of the sled need
not be over |IO.
A
"memory man,1
memory diet,"
tho
Ideal
Twain.
A man once consulted Marl: on tho
subeat of .tow his brain pow< r might
b« increased, "I've heard that hah la
good for lite brain,” said he. " l»o you
think I should ent a lot of fish
"Yes,” replied th« humorist promptly.
"I think n whale would do f. r von.
You needn't eat a large whale, Just a
medium-sized ■ ne."- (’«arson's Weekly,
Pruning Graps* Grapevines may be
pruned any time aft r growth has
ceased and the leaves begin to drop.
How to prune cannot 1.« explained fully
on the printed png«, by use of pic
tures or by word of mouth, but re
quires practical experience in the vine
yard covering seven I years’ growth.
Mother (to park policeman)—"My
little boy wants to «ce the monkeys.
Can you direct us to the apiary?” —
Boston Transcript.