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fourth season when they have a tendency to 

 outstrip their neighbors, and following out this 

 last recommendation in subsequent years, are 

 requisites easily carried out to make a perfect 

 tree. 



The holes for planting should not be less than 

 three feet deep and two feet in diameter. Cut 

 the tap root off at about twenty-four inches and 



trim off all bruised and broken lateral roots before planting. 



A liberal application of thick whitewash, in which some salt 



or glue has been dissolved, is very beneficial as it prevents 



sunburn. 



The walnut like the 



Pecan is unisexual, 



that is the flowers of 



both sexes although 



produced on the same 



tree, do not occur in 



the same flower. The 



male flowers are 



called catkins and in 



the spring are dis- 

 tributed throughout 



the tree and look like 



tassels; the female 



flowers are like two 



little horns at the 



terminal ends of the 



new growth. 



One of the striking 



peculiarities of the 



French type of wal- 

 nuts, is their late 



blooming. This pecu- 

 liar feature of these 



walnuts was no doubt 



developed in Gren- 

 oble, France, where 



the Chaberte, Fran- 



quette, Mayette, and 



Parisienne originated 



to overcome the nip- 

 ping of the blossoms 



by late frosts in the 



spring. When the 



French walnuts are 



planted among such 



varieties as Santa 



Barbara, Placentia 



Perfection and others 



A fine type of top grafted walnut tree. 

 Top growth six years old. If pruning the 

 walnut tree is unwise, one would not be- 

 lieve so from this tree. Pruning from now 

 on will consist only of thinning and cut- 

 ting back over ambitious branches. 



the difference is very 

 striking, for they 

 very rarely have a 

 bud swelled by the 

 middle of April'while 

 the California varie- 

 ties will be clothed 

 with all their foliage 



Deep alluvial soils should always be selected for planting 

 walnuts, and a liberal supply of water should be available, 

 either by surface irrigation, or the soil in which the trees are 

 planted should be of a moist nature. 



It is only recently that the San Joaquin and Sacramento 

 Valleys have been found to possess climatic and soil condi- 

 tions, making the culture of the walnut a very profitable 

 undertaking, particularly for the French varieties grafted 

 on California Black Walnut root. 



THE FIG 



Figs grown in the United States either for eating fresh or 

 for drying are of one species, viz: Ficus carica. There are 

 an endless number of varieties of figs. In many instances 

 on account of the wide distribution of this fruit throughout 

 the world the same variety may be blessed with any num- 

 ber of synonyms. This is the case with several sorts grown 

 in California today. Not over six varieties comprises the list 

 of commercial varieties for all purposes in California. 



LOCALITIES FAVORABLE FOR THE FIG 

 It is safe to say that no deciduous tree grown in the 

 semi-tropic and temperate zones, will adapt itself to a wider 

 range of climates and soils than the fig. Figs can be used for 

 such a variety of purposes, namely: drying, canning, preserv- 

 ing, shipping in the fresh state and for home use, that a wide 

 range is open for their successful exploitation. To produce 

 the finest dried figs with the thinnest skin and rich in sugar, 

 a warm dry climate is an important factor. They will 

 withstand a temperature of 18 degrees Fahrenheit in the 

 winter months, without being injured. Hence their geo- 

 graphical distribution is very wide, embracing all portions 

 of this State, the sheltered sections of Arizona, New Mexico 

 and southwestern Texas, the extreme Southern States, Old 

 Mexico, the Hawaiian Islands and Australia. 



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