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BETTER FRUIT 



April, igso 



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says the Good Judge 



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A small chew. It holds 

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Put Up In Two Styles 



RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco 



W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco 



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Growing and Culture of Almonds 



Continued from page 6. 



and in the lower lands, form the heav- 

 ier soils. 



The various conditions mentioned 

 above are what the tree should have for 

 best conditions of growth and produc- 

 tion. Oftentimes these conditions may 

 be approached without the soil being 

 as deep as ten or twelve feet. Excep- 

 tions to this will be mentioned in dis- 

 cussing the various almond districts of 

 the state. It is essential to understand 

 that trees, while growing and bearing 

 on shallow soils in some localities, do 

 so because of other exceptionally favor- 

 able conditions; either the soil is ex- 

 ceptionally well drained and yet sufh- 

 ciently retentive of moisture, or the hu- 

 mus in the soil is plentiful and the roots 

 are able to work into the underlying 

 partially decomposed rock for moisture 

 and some plant food. In such localities 

 the trees bear comparatively well be- 

 cause of the exceptional freedom from 

 frost in the spring. Trees in these lo- 

 calities are generally smaller than on 

 the deeper, richer soils, and where 

 other conditions are equal, they bear 

 crops in proportion to their size. 



Almond Districts 



Almonds are grown in nearly every 

 county in California. In some counties 

 the few trees growing only occasionally 

 succeed in producing a crop of nuts. 

 There are sections in nearly all parts 

 of the state, however, where they are 

 a success commercially. Within these 

 sections iiiny be found desirable and un- 

 desirable locations, depending upon soil 

 and moisture conditions and freedom 

 from injurious frosts. Any discussion 

 of a district, therefore, does not neces- 

 sarily mean that all lands within that 

 district arc uniformly adapted to al- 

 mond culture. On this account it is 

 impossible to define a district any more 

 closely than to name the center and in- 

 clude with it the outlying districts. In 

 the same way it is sometimes impossible 

 to say just where one district begins 

 and another ends. Adaptability of any 

 special location can be determined only 

 by careful study of the land itself and 

 diligent inquiry of those familiar 

 with it. 



As far as possible, districts should be 

 chosen where a definite cold winter 

 season exists. Warm weather and lack 

 of freezing temperatures do not hold 

 the trees fully dormant and any fre- 

 quent occurrence or unusual continua- 

 tion of spring weather in the winter 

 will start the trees into growth; cooler 

 weather following, interferes with the 

 normal flow of sap, results in injury to 

 the tree and blossoms, and often causes 

 gumming of the nuts which mature. 

 This condition exists largely in the 

 lower elevations in Southern California 

 and especially in the coastal portion, 

 where the ameliorating infiuence of 

 the Pacific is felt. This same condition 

 exists close to the coast in the northern 

 portion of the state. Further inland 

 and at higher elevations the winters 

 are more pronounced, and where these 

 are not too severe or prolonged the al- 

 mond thrives best. 



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