PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plate I. California homes submerged in a sea of prune 



blossoms Frontispiece 



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 II. Ground view of good job of fruit-thinning 32 



III. Deep plowing in young orchard 33 



IV. Cement ditches and irrigation by check system 96 



V. A good start toward an apple orchard 97 



VI. Typical aspect of a bearing apricot orchard 128 



VII. Young cherry orchard in good form 129 



VIII. Bearing peach orchard in an irrigated district 224 



IX. Profuse bearing of vine by long pruning 225 



X. Prize Emperor Vineyard in Tulare County 256 



XI. The Sevillano olive as grown in Tehama County 257 



XII. View in bearing orange orchard 384 



XIII. The Mammoth Blackberry 385 



XIV. The Loganberry 416 



XV. California sunshine evaporator with accessory buildings 417 



