Caring for Bearing Orchards (cent.) 



Calendf.r of Operations- 



Harvect- 



Pruning : December - January or February to head in 

 ?jid shape tree. 



Fertilizing: Cover crop grown whon soils lack body. 



Cultivating: February- :!arch, Plov/ed a:id cross picked, 



worked dovm. April, Jiay and June cultivated. 

 June dragged and rolled. 



Fumigating : None 



Tiiinning Fruit: Some thinr.in^ ( early ly^y till after 



"June drop") before pit hardens. 

 Usually gone over 2 or 3 times. 



Time : May - September. 



Method : Picked by hand. TJ^ues gone over severs.l times. 



Preparing for Market: Packed in 4 basket crates. Total 



weight 20-ff. 



Yields- 



