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Chestnuts 



The chestnut grows well in the sandy soil of the lower country. 

 Insect pests attacking it are Greedy and San Jose Scale. 



Figs 



Figs are very easily grown everywhere south of the Sierra 

 Madres, and the fruiting qualities are determined by the varieties. 

 A little Greedy Scale and occasionally a few Mealy Bugs are com- 

 monly the only insect pests attacking figs, but a foliage blight, 

 probably of fungus origin, sometimes affects them for which Bor- 

 deaux Mixture is probably the best remedy, and that is not very 

 effective. 



Grapes 



The grape is probably the most natural fruit grown in Southern 

 California. It thrives well in almost all kinds of soil, our annual 

 rainfall being sufficient to mature good crops without irrigation. 

 Of the varieties grown, wine grapes predominate. All kinds of 

 table grapes do well in this County provided there is proper selec- 

 tion of soil and locality such as the different kinds thrive best in. 



Phylloxera, the most dreaded grape vine pest, has never made 

 its appearance in this County, and every precaution is being taken 

 to keep it out. 



The obscure Anaheim grape disease, which destroyed most of 

 the vineyards in this part of the State twenty-five years ago, seems 

 to have worn itself out, as it never has occurred in a virulent form 

 since. Only an occasional vine may be seen affected with this 

 disease. Great care should be used that no infestation of this 

 kind gets to either new or old vines. 



We find that most of the table grapes are very susceptible to 

 mildew. This is always overcome by dusting with sulphur at 

 blooming time and again when the grapes are one-quarter grown. 

 Thorough dusting the first time makes less work the second time. 

 Grapes on a home place in the city or elsewhere, that do not bear 

 well, can almost always be made productive by proper sulphuring.. 



Guavas 



This peculiar sub-tropic fruit, ripening at the beginning of win- 

 ter, is grown with surprising ease in localities free enough from 

 frost for the fruit to mature. Insect pests attacking this fruit 



