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Companion Cropping : Practically none. 



Supports : Short pruning- Vines are tied to stakes 



2" X Z" X 4' 



Long " - Vines are tied to stakes 



2" X 2" X 6' 



Care of Vineyards after liaturity- 



Calendar of Operations- 

 Irrigation 

 Spraying 

 Pruning 

 Fertilizing 

 Cultivating 



Fumigating 



Very little done 



Api'il 15 - June - sulphured for mildew 2- 5 times 



December - March 



Same as for young vines. 



January - March, plowed, cross-plowed and 



harrowed into good shape. Cultivated 

 two to five times at semi-monthly 

 intervals, beginning in April, hoed 

 one time around vinen in June, 



None 



Thinning Fruit: Not done 



Ha)rvest- 



Time : September 1 - November 1 



Method : Clusters gathered by hand into 40^ lug boxes. 



Preparing for Market: Hauled in lug boxes to v/inery. 



Yields- 



Good 

 Usual 



6 tons 

 3 " 



By-Products- 



None 



Commercial Sections- 



Bay Counties ( Alameda, Contra Costa, Lake, tularin, Napa, 



Solano, Sonoma Counties) 

 San Joaquin County 

 Santa Clara Valley ( Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties. 



NOTE: 



See footnote, p. 47. 



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