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CALIFORNIA FRUITS I HOW TO GROW THEM 



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 Plums and Prunes continued 



grafting 273 



in southern California 270 



length of season 269 



localities for 268 



mission 43 



myrobalan 270 



planting 271 



pollination 276 



propagation 270 



pruning the 271 



seedlings 68 



stocks and soils 270 



table of varieties 277 



varieties 193, 277 



wild 36 



Plumcot, The 274 



Pomegranate, The 43, 399 



Pomelo 383 



packing 383 



varieties 194, 384 



Potash 143 



Prickly Pear 41, 400 



Prune curing 456 



Pruning 106 



bearing trees 115 



California style 109 



effects of 109 



gathering brush 124 



influenced by location 109 



low, advantages of 109 



nursery 81 



prunings as fertilizer 124, 148 



purposes of 107 



times for 119 



tools 123 



to renew old trees 122 



vase form, securing 109 



wounds, covering 124 



Quince 282 



demand for 282 



propagation 282 



pruning 283 



soils for 283 



varieties 283 



Quincunx planting 91 



Rabbit, fences 493 



Rabbits, destroying . , 494 



poisons for 494 



smears for 494 



Rainfall, records of 12 



Rainfall or irrigation 153, 156 



Raisin making 193, 318, 458 



Raspberry, The 416 



black-caps 417 



hybrids 417 



pruning 416 



varieties, popular 194, 417 



wild 38 



Red Spider 472 



Root rot 489 



Root-knots 491 



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Russian introduction of fruits 45 



Salal 39 



Salmon berry 38 



Scale Insects 474 



black 476 



brown apricot 476 



cottony cushion 477 



pear 475 



orange, red 475 



orange, soft A76 



oyster shell 475 



rose and berry 475 



San Jose 475 



remedies for 484 



Sapota, white 402 



Scions, care of 76 



selection of 77 



Sea Fig 40 



Seed, growing trees from 68 



Seedlings, imported 69 



Septuple, laying off 92 



Service Berry 39 



Soils for fruits 25 



adobe 33 



alkali 34 



alluvial 31 



bed-rock or hard-pan 34 



blasting 94 



characteristics of California 26 



classification of 28 



clay 33 



defective 33 



desert 30 



examination of 35 



first aid to 143 



granitic 32 



loams 28, 29, 32 



mesa 30 



organic matter 151 



plains 29 



red 32 



river bottom 31 



sedimentary or silty 31 



shallow, blasting 94 



Sour sap 490 



Snider, red 472 



Stock, fruit as food for 503 



Squares, laying off in 87 



Squirrels, destroying 494 



Strawberry 418 



care of 421 



continuous bearing 421 



laying out for 420 



planting 421 



propagation 419 



situations and soils 419 



varieties, popular 194, 421 



wild 38, 421 



Strawberry tree 400 



Summer pruning 120 



Sunburn, protection from 104, 478 



Sunlight, value of direct 20 



