By having the rows eight feet apart, cultiva- 

 tion can be carried on with a horse, a very im- 

 portant point. A good supply of water, thorough 

 cultivation and liberal applications of rotted 

 barnyard manure are important factors in the 

 cultivation of the blackberry. 



THE DEWBERRY 



The improved varieties of Dewberry or trailing blackberry 

 are very popular. They are enormous croppers, produce 

 fruit of the very best quality, which ripens fully two weeks 

 earlier than any of the blackberries. Plants should be set 

 four feet apart, with rows six feet apart. When there is not 

 sufficient rainfall to keep the vines in active growing condi- 

 tion, irrigation should oe practiced. Immediately following 

 the harvesting, all the old canes should be cut off, and the 

 following spring the new ones should be trained to a wire 

 two feet from the ground. The method of trellising is the 

 same as for the other varieties of trailing vines, except that 

 the canes are trained within two feet of the ground. 



THE CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY 



Currants are usually planted in rows four to five feet apart; 

 the plants standing two to three feet apart in the rows. 

 They will not thrive in the hot interior valleys, being subject 

 to sunburn. It is only practical to grow them in the coast 

 counties, and they attain perfection when they get the benefit 

 of the cool, moist air from the ocean . 



Prune in winter, thinning out the new shoots when they 

 are too thick, and remove the old unfruitful wood. Thorough 

 cultivation, but not deep, is at all times advisable. 



THE STRAWBERRY 



Adapts itself to a wide range of soils and climates, and 

 in this respect it differs from the other members of the berry 

 family. 



Strawberries bear almost the entire year in several of the 

 coast counties, and the same may be said of the plants in the 

 interior valleys, where they are properly mulched and irri- 

 gated. In laying off ground for strawberries, the first essen- 

 tial point is to grade the plot so it has a gradual fall, so 

 that no part of the rows will become submerged in irrigating. 

 There are a number of methods for laying out strawberry 

 beds, but the one mostly followed by commercial growers is 

 to plant in rows, hilled up and about two feet apart, with a 

 ditch between for irrigating. Set the plants eighteen inches 

 apart in the rows. The best time to set the plants is late 

 in the fall after a heavy rain or any time in January or 

 February. It is very important during the fruiting season 

 to keep the plants in an active state of growth by irrigating 

 weeding and cultivating. In order to obtain large, highly 

 flavored fruit, pinch off the runners as fast as they appear, 

 and this will cause the plants to stock out as it were, on 

 which the very finest strawberries may be expected the 

 following season. 



THE ORNAMENTALS 



No country in the world offers better natural advantages 

 for the growing of ornamental trees and shrubs than Cali- 

 fornia. With a variety of climates embraced in a limited 

 area from the torrid heat of the Colorado Desert to the 

 balmy and equable climate of the southern coast counties, 

 thence extending to the far northern counties, with their 

 abundant supply of rainfall during the winter months, and 

 where the temperature rarely goes above 70 degrees F., con- 

 ditions prevail in which nearly every variety of tree or plant 

 from the temperate, subtropical and tropical zones finds 

 surroundings and soils conducive to successful culture. 



California people are lovers of trees and are becoming 

 impressed with the advantages which nature has bestowed 

 upon them so bountifully, hence there is a steady and an in- 

 creasing demand for the very best that can be obtained 

 in ornamental stock. 



LAYING OUT GROUNDS 



If there is any one thing which adds to the beauty of a 

 home, be it in the country or the city, it is attractive 

 grounds. No farm can afford to be without a few trees 

 and shrubs around the house, and it seems strange indeed 

 that ornamental planting is not more observed by those 

 who wish to make life in the country worth while. Money 

 expended in this dire^ion is well invested, not only from 

 the fact of its creating pleasant surroundings, but because 

 the beautifying of a place enhances its value and renders 

 it salable often at a handsome advance. Money cannot 

 buy the satisfaction which one derives from the realiza- 

 tion of watching the growth and development of ornamen- 

 tal vegetation. 



A grave mistake made by many people is to plant hap- 

 hazard without any prescribed plan, with the result that 

 when the plants reach maturity, they appear to be out of 



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