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Title: The avocado in California
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Condit, Ira J. (Ira Judson), b. 1883 Jaffa, Myer E. (Myer Edward), 1857-1931
Subjects: Avocado
Publisher: Berkeley, Cal. : Agricultural Experiment Station
Contributing Library: University of California, Davis Libraries
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eed beds and then placed for a shorttime in four-inch pots. Seedlings should not be left in small potsfor any great length of time. If the root system once becomes pot-bound or establishes a circular growth of roots, it is very difficult toget young trees to thrive when planted out. When the seedlings arefrom six to eight inches high they are transplanted to nursery rows,being placed about sixteen inches apart in the row. The seedlingsshould be ready to bud by the following October or November, thebuds remaining dormant until early spring. Methods of budding.—The method of budding is very similiar tothat used with citrus trees, a large shield bud being preferred. Thedegree of success in budding depends upon the condition of the stock,the selection of good buds, the skill of the operator, and the subsequenttreatment of the plants. The following method of budding has beenmost successful. Select young wood of the current seasons growth, 386 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—EXPERIMENT STATION
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Bulletin 254 THE AVOCADO IN CALIFORNIA 387 cut the bud from one to one and one-half inches long, insert it into aT-shaped incision in the bark of the stock whenever the sap is flowingfreely, and bind firmly with waxed tape. At the end of two weeks,examine the work and loosen the tape if it is beginning to bind thestock too tightly. Remove the tape entirely at the end of six weeks.at which time the bud should be firmly united with the stock. Thebud is usually forced into growth by gradually cutting back, first,the side branches and later, the main stem of the stock, the stub ofwhich should not be cut back to the bud until the lower leaves of thenew shoot have become quite mature. Budded trees are allowed togrow for one )7ear in the nursery row before transplanting. Transplanting from Nursery.—The transplanting of balled treesfrom nursery rows is best done from January to March, and it isadvisable to hold the trees in a lath house for a couple of weeks beforeplanting. As a result of eavocadoincali2542545cond

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