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 STATS 



By / 



EDWARD J. W1CKSON 



Professor of Horticulture Emeritus in the College of Agriculture of the University of 

 California; Author of "California Vegetables in Garden and Field," "California Garden 

 Flowers, Shrubs, Trees and Vines," One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture 

 Answered," and "Second Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered"; 

 Editor of Pacific Rural Press. 



The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, 

 And verdant olives flourish round the year; 

 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. 



Pope's Horn. Odys. Bk. VII. 



NINTH EDITION Fully Revised 



SAN FRANCISCO 



PACIFIC RURAL PfcESS 



NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE 



