ROEDING'S FRUIT GROWERS' GUIDE 



irrigation, not once but several times over, is even more 

 important than irrigating. Anything that will develop 

 sound, healthy roots seeking into the lowest stratas of 

 the soil for sustenance and moisture, is the right course 

 to pursue. 



Blenheim, 

 Pringle, Tilton. 



COMMERCIAL VARIETIES 

 Hemskirke, Newcastle Early, Royal, 



RIPENING PERIOD 



May 



Pringle, Newcastle Early. 



June 



Large Early Montgamet, Royal, Routiers Peach, 

 Smyrna, Blenheim, Tilton. 



July 



Hemskirke, Moorpark. 



THE PEACH 



The peach, like the prune and apricot, is indeed a 

 fruit of commercial importance, and finds wide dis- 

 tribution not only in California but throughout the 

 length and breadth of the Pacific slope. For size, 

 flavor, color and shipping qualities the peaches grown 

 in this state have a national reputation. The tree pre- 

 fers a light, deep, sandy loam, preferably inclined to be 

 dry rather than too moist, but well drained. It should 

 be not less than three or four feet deep, the more depth 

 the better. 



Fresno county is the peach center of California, hav- 

 ing a total, according to reliable estimates, of not less 

 than 21,000 acres. The Libby, McNeil & Libby Can- 

 nery, located in Selma, the great peach center of the 



A two-year-old Peach tree. 



Left A one-year-old nursery-grown Peach tree and the same 

 topped and the root pruned before planting. 



Right A one-year-old orchard-grown Peach tree with its 

 branches cut back and well distributed around the stem. 



Same tree as above pruned. This tree will produce a light 

 crop of fruit without impairing the vigor of the tree. 



