The Various Kinds of Fruit and Nut Trees 



and Shrubs, Their Insect Pests 



and Diseases. 



The Apple 



The apple can be grown almost anywhere in this County with 

 but few exceptions. The best is grown in the higher altitudes where 

 there is something of a winter climate, as in the mountain districts. 

 We also find in the level valleys, lands where the soil naturally is 

 moist enough to grow them without irrigation. There are some 

 varieties which grow to perfection in these sections; Fall Pippin, 

 White Winter Pearmain, White Bellflower, Maiden Blush, Famous 

 or Snow Apple, Banana Apple, Missouri Pippin, Red Astrican, and 

 all of the Crab varieties grow well and are very prolific, often so 

 much so as to need thinning out. 



We find here, like everywhere else, that the apple has numerous 

 pests: Codling Moth, Woolly Aphis, and near the coast, Mildew. 

 These are the most serious. 



San Jose Scale, the worst pest we have had to contend with in the 

 past, is no longer a pest, being controlled effectively by parasites.. 

 In some regions like the district north of the mountains, very few 

 insect pests of any kind are known, and all of the above pests can be. 

 controlled cheaply by modern methods. 



The Apricot 



The Apricot is very easily grown, but fruits best on loose soils, and 

 at an altitude of about 200 feet and over, and nowhere are its crops 

 as certain as the peach. Owing to its uncertainty, the fruit is more 

 valuable. 



Insect pests attacking the Apricot are : Black Scale ; Brown Apri- 

 cot Scale ; Frosted Scale ; and Greedy Scale. 



