CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER. PAGE 



Preface 5 



I. Introductory Remarks on Orange Raising 7 



II. Selection of Seed, and How to Raise the Plants. 10 



III. Selection of a Site for a Nursery 13 



IV. Transplanting to the Nursery 14 



V. Selection of Site for an Orange Orchard 18 



VI. Selection and Purchase of Trees 27 



VII. Plan of an Orchard 29 



VIII. Transplanting to Orchard 33 



IX. Cultivation 39 



X. Irrigation 41 



XI. Crops Admissible in Young Orchard 73 



XII. Fertilizing 75 



XIII. Pruning an Orange Orchard 77 



XIV. Diseases of Orange Trees 81 



XV. Destructive Insects, and Remedies 83 



XVI. Enemies Protection, Prevention, and Cure... 89' 

 XVII. Age at which an Orange Orchard will Begin to 



Fruit 91 



XVI II. Profits of Orange Growing Ten Acres Enough. 93 



XIX. Picking and Packing 98 



XX. Cost of Planting an Orange Orchard in Califor- 

 nia and Conducting it to a Paying Basis 100 



XXI. Our Markets, Present and Prospective. Over 



Production Considered 102 



XXII. Where can Orange Trees be Successfully 



Grown in this State in 



XXIII. Varieties 153 



