ROEDING'S FRUIT GROWERS' GUIDE 



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Trees like these make one envious of the owner of this magnificent orchard. Nots the even distribution of blossoms. 



refrigerator and bringing them on the table cool with 

 dewdrops standing upon them. 



IRRIGATION 



Irrigation is a very important factor in the develop- 

 ment of a cherrv orchard. In California, in the very 



This is the result of allowing the Cherry tree to grow with- 

 out checking the framework branches. They are badly 

 crowded where they started from the body of the tree. 

 The long, straight stems indicate very plainly the mistake 

 made in not checking them when in the formative stage 

 of growth. 



best cherry sections, in years of limited rainfall, if the 

 necessary moisture to sustain the trees is not supplied 

 to them, they may suffer so severely that they may die. 

 The cherry is an extremely sensitive tree but where 

 soil and climatic conditions are favorable, it is exceed- 

 ingly profitable if given proper care. 



The lack of rainfall in California is a problem 

 which frequently confronts the fruit grower. In such 

 seasons, in order to maintain the trees in thrift}- condi- 

 tion, it is necessary to apply water artificially during 

 the growing season. 



COMMERCIAL VARIETIES 



Bing, Black Tartarian, Early Purple Guinge, Lam- 

 bert, Lewelling, Napoleon Bigarreau. 



TIME OF RIPENING IN A CHERRY SECTION 



May 



Early Purple Guigne, Abundance, Chapman, Bur- 

 bank, Knight's Early Black. 



June 



Belle d'Orleans, Rockport Bigarreau, Black Tar- 

 tarian, Reine Hortense, Burr's Seedling,- Ekon, Black 

 Eagle, Centennial, Governor Wood, Great Bigarreau, 

 Napoleon Bigarreau, Yellow Spanish, Ostheimer 

 Wei<*hsel, Bing, Lambert, Schmidt's Bigarreau. 



July 



Early Richmond, Lewelling, Montmorency. 



