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Calendar of Operations (cent.) 



Cultivation : October - November plowed. 



February- March, cross plowed. 



Crop cultivated 6 times, from April to July. 



Worked down into good condition. 



Fumigating : None 



Thinning Fruit: Thinned before pits harden if for shipping or 



canning (usually late March or early April) 



Spraying : November, lime sulphur. Borers if present, 



removed from crowns once a year during 



February or March. Sometimes distillate 



or crude oil used. November - January for 

 scales. 



Harvest- 



Time : June - August 15. 



Method : Picked by hand, or if for drying, shaken from tree to sheets, 



Trees gone over 3 to 5 times. 

 Preparing for Market ♦ 



Green : Packed in 20f^ crates 



Dried : Cut in half, pitted, sulphured, and dried on 



trays in sun. Dry 5 to 1. 

 Canning : Delivered in lug boxes. 



Yields- 

 Canning Dried Green 



Good : 8 tons 1 l/4 tons 500 crates of 20# 

 Usual : 4 " 3/4 ton 300 " 



% of Different Grades- 



Usually sold orchard run and not graded. 



By-Products- Pits (San Jose) = l/l6th of the yield. 



Commercial Sections - 



Alameda San Bernardino 



Fresno Santa Barbara 



Kings Santa Clara 



Los Angeles Solano 



Orange Ventura 



San Benito Yolo 



