. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 280 NUTS AND SUBTROPICAL FRUITS in southern Texas, the round oranges are also grown on a commer- cial scale. Propagation.—Almost all the old seedlings are giving way to plantations of budded trees. This is especially true in California. Stocks are produced by planting fresh seeds. In California the sour oranges and grapefruits are much used as stocks. In addition to these the rough lemon and the trifoliate orange are used in Florida and the Mississippi and Rio Grande regions. Oranges budded
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 280 NUTS AND SUBTROPICAL FRUITS in southern Texas, the round oranges are also grown on a commer- cial scale. Propagation.—Almost all the old seedlings are giving way to plantations of budded trees. This is especially true in California. Stocks are produced by planting fresh seeds. In California the sour oranges and grapefruits are much used as stocks. In addition to these the rough lemon and the trifoliate orange are used in Florida and the Mississippi and Rio Grande regions. Oranges budded on the trifoliate stocks will endure frost the best. Shield budding is commonly used for all the varieties. The budding may all be done in fall, winter, or early spring and Fig. 195.—Valencia oranges of California are the most popular of the seed-bearing varieties. They are almost seedless. () The nearly dormant condition of trees is preferred in Florida. The buds are inserted about two to six inches from the ground. This is preferably done under lattice work. Setting the Orchard.—Trees one or two years old from the bud- ding are usually used in starting orchards. The distances between trees varies from 20 by 20 to 25 by 25 feet. Soils used for orchards are quite variable in character. But the stocks on which the trees are grown should be adapted to the character of soil. Commercial fertilizers are commonly used in the best orchards. Pruning.—When buds are well started the nursery trees are cut above the bud. The new shoots from the buds are cut at a height. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davis, Kary Cadmus, 1867-. Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Co
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