THE 



CALIFORNIA FRUITS 



AND 



HOW TO GROW THEM 



A MANUAL OF METHODS WHICH HAVE 

 YIELDED GREATEST SUCCESS, WITH THE 

 LISTS OF VARIETIES BEST ADAPTED TO 

 THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF THE STATE 



BY 

 EDWARD J. WICKSON, A. M. 



Professor of Horticulture in the College of Agriculture of the University of California; 

 Horticulturist of the Agricultural Experiment Station; Author of " California Vegetables 

 in Garden and Field" and "One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered"; 

 Editor of the Pacific Rural Press; Member of the National Council of Horticulture, Etc. 



The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear. 

 And verdant olives flourish round the yean 

 The balmy Spirit of the Western gale 

 Eternal breathes on fruits untaught to fail: 

 Each dropping pear a following pear supplies. 

 On apples, apples; figs on figs arise. 

 The same mild season gives the blooms to blow. 

 The buds to harden, and the fruits to grow. 



Popes Horn. Odys. Bk. VII. 



SEVENTH EDITION Fully Revised 



SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. 



PACIFIC RURAL PRESS 

 NINETEEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN 



