The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-13

Ce that forks not lar from the Bto1id'
In the sprng you provide yourself
Tia an empty barrel, with QUO head
out Ia flour barrel will answer aud
saw it in" at the bulge until one
stave is cut oil. This siave yOu re-
move, with all the hoops, down to
where You have sheen saving Npu
next remove the bark from one prong
of your orange tree, forming Nrdlo
about au inch wide, located, say iWo
inches above the Junction with the
other prong. The gi-dlc must not go
entirely around the prong, 5ut strip
OF bark an inch in width mus, be lclt
undisturbed ON the side next to the
other prong.
Now slip sour barrel over the girdled
prong, resting it against the main trunk
Of the tree, and letting the girdled
prong pass into IL through the opening
made by the removal Of the staye, and
through the headless top OF the barrel.
Raise the barrel until the 9irdled prong
!. sts on the end OF The sawed stave
still in the barrel. Secure the barrel
in that position If the tree is of good
size, q few small nails may be driven
| through the barrel into the trunk ol
the tree, "tocnailed" upward rom be
low, perhaps viii 10 no harm. Tue
/ barrel navy be held up in place By
something built under it, or by attips
of board securely nailed 10 ito side at
the bulge, their lower ends re ting
upon the ground, or, better still, upon
bit of board or brick on the ground
Having this all arranged, put rope
around the top Of the barrel and draw
the slaves together with short lover
turned like the handle Of an anger
AS the slaves come together slip IN tho
bit OF Atave that has been sawed out,
letting it rest atop OF the girdled
prong. If rounded out u little to fit
the prong all the better, Next unlock
the hoops that we're removed, and with
small nails tack them in place around
the barrel, after which the rope may be
taken of. Now fill khe barrel to the
top with g.rdou soil and keep it wet
enough to be in what We would call
fair tllable condition, hy the addition
Of water when 1t is needed.
This water condition is Of the utmost
importance tho soil must neve he all
lowed to get dry,
Leave tha barrel us SGT until the
proper time .or Trans planting grange
trees the next winter, then cut tue
hoops aud remove il from the tree,
dirt and all You will find {. ut the
grdled prong has taken root in the
barrel and there will be REGULAR mass
of fine roots. Work gently SO as not to
ipjure them. Saw off the rooted prong
from the tree au d set it out where il is
to remain - two years later, ii large
prong, it will be bearing oranges.
Any large limb, favorably located on
u tree, mny he managed III the SAME
way. Int incllnes SO mnch from the
perpendicular as to necessita O the set
ting of the barrel at u considerable an
gle, that will make DO considerable diff
ference, none so far as regards effect
The new tree can he set erect at tn,
transplanting.
There is nothing OF mere theory il
this thing; it has been thoroughly test
ed Not long ago Mr.. Il. +. Manly, O
the bank OF Mobile, told III that he ha,
already made several new orange tree
ON this plan with entire success, an,
we think he told us that they were no,
full of fruit at two years from the trans
planting.
Tho man who has few large tree
to work upon may increase the sizs o
his bearing grove rapidly by resor
to this method, for there are often man
prongs and limbs on his old trees il
could spare MS well IA not. Then, hay
ing in view this plan of propagation
he could favor it by allowing prong
and limbs to grow that would be re
, moved under such circumstances
Then, again, the best of it is he lose
, but one year Of fruiting in the operf
, ton (the year of trGnsplanting), 70
, the prong, while growing crop {
roots in the barrel. may, at tho sam
} time, be growing crop OF orange
. above.