ROBBING'S FRUIT GROWERS' GUIDE 



Fruit Growing as a Business: Page 



Beginning Right 3 



Preparation of the Soil 3 



Selecting Nursery Stock 4 



Time to Plant 4 



Treatment when Received 4 



Preparing Trees for Planting 5 



How to Plant 5 



Square System 5 



Quincunx System 5 



Hexagonal System 6 



Alternate System . . . .* 6 



Planting Distances 6 



Number of Trees to the Acre 7 



Blasting the Holes 7 



Important Details 7 



Bringing an Orchard or Vineyard into Bearing. . 8 



Must be Cut Back 8 



Irrigation 8 



Fruits, Small 92 



Preparing the Ground 93 



Globe Artichoke 95 



Gooseberries 95 



Commercial Variety of 95 



Grape 81 



Situation and Soils 82 



Laying Out a Vineyard 83 



Distances to Plant 83 



Preparing for Planting 84 



How to Plant 84 



Care and Pruning the Vines 84 



Resistant Vines 86 



Irrigation and Cultivation 86 



Fertilizing 87 



Gathering for Shipping 87 



Making Raisins 89 



Naturals 89 



Oil Bleached 89 



Sulphur Bleached 90 



New Method of Handling Raisin Grapes 91 



Commercial Varieties of Table Grapes 92 



Collection of Table Grapes Named in Their 



Order of Ripening 92 



American Varieties of Table Grapes Which 



Thrive in California 92 



Raisin Grapes Named in Order of Their 



Ripening 92 



Commercial Varieties of Wine Grapes 92 



Varieties of Resistant Grapes Adaptable to Cal- 

 ifornia Soils 92 



Guava. . 76 



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Himalaya Blackberry ......................... 94 



Jerusalem Artichoke .......................... 97 



Jujube ...................................... 78 



Processing ................................. 80 



Logan, Mammoth and Himalaya Blackberries. ... 94 



Varieties Ripening in the Order Listed 94 



Loganberries. 94 



Loquat 76 



Varieties to Grow. . 78 



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Mammoth Blackberries . 



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Nuts 29 



Almond 29 



Chestnut 32 



Pecan 33 



Pistachio 35 



Walnut 35 



Nectarine 29 



Season of Ripening 29 



Olive 49 



Pickling the Olive 49 



Planting 49 



Pruning 51 



Stocks . 52 



Gathering 53 



Methods of Pickling 53 



How to Make Olive Oil 53 



Ripe Olives for Home Consumption 55 



Commercial Pack 55 



Canning Ripe Olives 55 



Irrigating 55 



Varieties Commercially Important 57 



Period of Ripening 57 



Peach 25 



Stocks 26 



Distances Apart 26 



Pruning 26 



Thinning 27 



Gathering 27 



Drying 27 



Irrigation 28 



Commercial Varieties 28 



Varieties Named in the Order in Which They 



Ripen 28 



Pear 11 



Soil and Situation 11 



Distances Apart and Stocks 12 



Pruning and Shaping 12 



Thinning 13 



Gathering and Ripening 14 



Irrigation 14 



Commercial Varieties : 15 



Time of Ripening 15 



Pecan 33 



Conditions Favoring its Growth 33 



The Harvesting . 35 



Varieties Which Have Proved Meritorious in 



California 35 



Persimmon 71 



Planting and Pruning 71 



Commercial Varieties 72 



Varieties Worthy of Trial 72 



Time of Ripening of Commercial Varieties 72 



Pistachio 35 



Plum 18 



Stocks 18 



Pruning 18 



Thinning 



Gathering 19 



Irrigation 19 



Commercial Varieties for Shipping 



Commercial Varieties for Canning 19 



Time of Ripening 19 



