Excerpt from The Sicilian Lemon IndustryThe closeness of the plantings calls for different methods of pruning from those practiced in California. The lateral limbs, leaving the trunk of the tree at about three feet from the ground, take an upright growth, with bearing surface elevated from 6 to 18 feet from the ground. In moet groves there is plenty of room to move about beneath the bearing surface, Which may be likened to a canopy. No small limbs are left to bear fruit in the center of the tree. Consequently, pruning consists of thinning out the bearing surface, cutting out dead 11mbs and in removing new shoots in the center of the tree. This is done in March and April.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.