PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Plate I. California homes submerged in a sea of winter blossoms 3 



II. Apricot trees with and without summer cultivation 105 



III. Ground view of good job of fruit-thinning 121 



" IV. Cement ditches and irrigation by check system 169 



" V. Orchard irrigation by furrow system 185 



" VI. A good start toward an apple orchard 201 



VII. Typical aspect of a bearing apricot orchard 217 



" VIII. Young cherry orchard in good form 225 



" IX. Bearing peach orchard in an irrigated district 257 



" X. Development of strong-branching form in the French prune. . 265 



XI. Orchard of shipping plums in a foothill district 281 



XII. Shaping the grape clusters for shipping 289 



XIII. Profuse bearing of vine by long pruning 321 



" XIV. Bearing of the young date palm in California 329 



XV. The Sevillano olive as grown in Tehama County 345 



XVI. Olives popular in California 353 



" XVII. Partial view of Riverside citrus district 385 



" XVIII. Orange trees with sucker growth and good growth 393 



XIX. Bearing of young budded orange tree and orchard view with 



cover crop 409 



XX. The Mammoth Blackberry 417 



XXL The Loganberry 449 



" XXII. Strawberry patch with cane windbreak and almond trees in 



bloom 457 



" XXIII. Cleft graft of walnut and method of supporting grafts 473 



" XXIV. California sunshine evaporator with accessory buildings 481 



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