CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



crop. Young palms should not be allowed to produce heayy crops 

 of fruit, as this would be done at the expense of offshoot growth 

 if that is a consideration. 



Beauty of the Date Palm. The date palm in fruit is a beautiful 

 sight. The glauceous green pinnate leaves arch outward. Between 

 two of these emerge the bright orange-yellow polished fruit stalks, 

 which divide into a spray of slender bright yellow stems a foot or 

 so in length ; and thickly set upon these in clusters are the various 

 colored fruits covered with a rich bloom. It is a sight not easily 

 forgotten by a lover of nature, and especially by one reared in a 

 northern zone, the characteristic vegetation of which is so different. 



