The herald., 1898-01-06

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When . man finds himself in possess
sion Of an orange orchard that does not
pay, because 1t is made up wholly or In
part OF inferior varieties; II he is deter
mined to raise oranges and make them
pay, he must either dig out the inferior
trees and replace them with young trees,
or make new top on the old trees by
rebuilding. It has been pretty well
demonstrated during the past two or
three years that the latter is the better
way. A successfully rebudded tree
should bear pretty good crop of oranges
in two years.
Having determined to rebud, the first
thing ie the selection OF buds. and II the
washington navel is the variety sought
great care is necessary that buds be
taken only from trees bearing the
choicest fruit. There are q few navel
orchards In full bearing In this valley
that are not mixed With Australian
navels. and It 10 great temptation to
acafelese or unscrupulous person to take
OuQS lIOH ltAt <AdctAail0N nav Ciot ab
they always have an abundance of fine
buds. That, believe, is why we have
80 many of those worthless trees. One
can often get more fine looking buds
from one or two Australian navels than
from whole orchard Of true Washing
ton navels.
III the buds are to be kept some time
before using, they should be packed in
damp moss or sand and kept in cool.
damp (not wet) place. Good strong
waxed cloth is the best material for
wrapping.
If the trees to be built over are very
old and have been trimmed high. 1t will
be better to cut on the top and grow new
wood to bud into. But in most cases 1t
is better to bud into the old wood, as
q years time and crop are saved by
this method.
The best time to bud orange trees is
in the spring, as early as the trees come
into prime condition. Do not try to
bud before the bark slips freely. Put
In three times as many buds as are nec-
essary to make top.-E. e. st. Clair in
California Cultivator.
Marketing and Distributing Fruit
In making citrus fruits one Of the prin-
cipal products Of Southern California,
we are at the great disadvantage OF be-
ing long distance from our consuming
customers. and the situation demands
speci&l treatment In the distribution and
marketing Of our crop.
The dependence upon the usual dealers
or middlernen to handle the crop has not
proved q success.
The need Is that the fruit. when ma
tured and ready for the market, shall
be kept in good supply in all our dis
tributing centerS of the country, and
sold at reasonable price. SO that the con-
Stunning public may be tempted by mod
crate prices and steady supply to buy.
twill be an error to place prices too
high. az we check consumption. and with
the large acreage soon to be in full bear
ing, we shall need to stimulate our mar
kets to the utmost to place 1t all at mod
crate prices.
The eastern public must be tempted
during this season by regular supplies
of good fruit at moderate prices into the
habit Of eating oranges regularly with
their nneals-not as a luxury, but as IN
article Of diet, and with prosperous times
~ ,.asn eli o,,r :, ! ~ a.. well sunn,,ad
and none glutted, with the large losses
wnicn TINS implies REQUIRES tnat the
colec.ion mere ana oistIiDution IN the
east snaii pc largely control,ea Dy soIne
one centrai organization, wnicn, Deins
IN ciose communication DOM WIN our
packers mere ana VIII tne eastern mar
kets' can 30 regulate supplies IN them
tnat wniie all are suppiieo none snaii De
overstockeo.
rms points PLAINLY 10 co-operative
system, an organisation on the INES Oh
the southern Caiirornia iruit exchange
which II Judiciousiy handled. VIII con-
tribute best TO TINS most desirable condi-
ton OF anairs' " course tne outsinc
shippers ann 10 SEND tneir irult TO inc
best market. put u WIN pc dimcult ior
the Individual dealer or nrm 70 nave as
intelligent q view Of the whole peid as
our exchange system should AFFORD It's
managers, ana consequently the larger
the proportion OF lruit nanoieo py our
exchanges the better the control wnicn
canrpe exercised, the less LIABILITY OF loss
by overstocking, or allowing markets to
be short Of supplies.-From a paper read
by s. b. Funde Of Pomona before the