WINTER GREEN-MANURE CROPS. 



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ADAPTATION. 



Fenugreek is grown in quantity in California only in Ventura and 

 Orange counties. The recognition of its value as a green-manuro 

 crop dates back to 1903, it having been distributed the previous 

 year by the California experiment station. Since that time its use 

 has gradually increased, and while it is only in Orange and Ventura 

 counties that it has been used as a regular crop it has been tested 

 and grown in a small way in all the citrus sections of the State 

 (see fig. 6). 



From tests and observations made during the past three years it 

 seems quite evident 

 that fenugreek is best 

 adapted to the citrus 

 sections of the State 

 having the imme- 

 diate coast influ- 

 ences. The climatic 

 conditions of such lo- 

 calities are very 

 favorable for fenu- 

 greek, and it is there- 

 fore in those sections 

 that it has attained 

 its best development . 

 In sections farther 

 from the coast, such 

 as at Riverside and 

 Redlands, and in the 

 interior valleys of the 

 State, quite g:oo(l 



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Fig. G.— View in a walnut orchard in Orange County, California. 

 showin:; fenugreek grown as a green-manure crop. 



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crops have been grown, but in such localities the crop is more exacting 

 in its requirements as to time of planting, etc. 



COMPARATIVE VALUE. 



In comparative tests made at Redlands, Cal., fenugreek sown 

 October 7, 1907, by the middle of February, 1908, had attained a 

 height of 10 inches. Common vetch made but 6 inches of growth in 

 the same time. At Pomona, Cal., fenugreek sown November 4. 

 1907, by the middle of February, 1908, had made a growth of 

 18 to 24 inches. Common vetch in comparison made but 8 inches 

 of growth during the same time. At Chico, in northern California, 

 fenugreek sown October 5, 1908, with irrigation, by the first of 

 March, 1909, had made a growth of 12 to 15 inches, and of 16 to 

 20 inches by the middle of March. In other te.sts the fenugreek did 



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