36 THE KADOTA FIG 



tree and produce the maximum crop of which it is capable. Its vitality and 

 tenacity almost invariably produce a 100% stand wherever the rootings are 

 planted. So sure is its growth that in my nursery business I invariably guar- 

 antee to replace all stock which fails to grow, and return all money paid for 

 such rootings regardless of soil conditions if the planting occurs before March 

 /5th. Strong alkali land is the exception to my guarantee, although we have 

 thriving Kadota orchards in land considered alkaline. 



The leaves on the tree differ vastly in form one from another. Some 

 are five-lobed, some only three, and again no lobes at all appear, being a very 

 large oval-shaped leaf, some being of enormous size in thrifty trees. 



This fig has proven to be as frost resistant as any other grown in Cali- 

 fornia, and even more so than the more tender varieties young Mission, for 

 instance. Excessive frosts have frozen Kadota orchards to the ground, yet 

 they come up again. In my own case, on one plot of eight acres in the spring 

 of 1917, I found not a sign of life on any tree above the ground, yet not a 

 single tree had to be replaced, as 1 00% came from the roots and is now as 

 splendid an orchard as can be found in the State. 



How to Plant 



In preparing your land for planting you will find this system, as I have, 

 in many respects superior to any of the many other systems now in use. By 

 this system you may level in one section of your field, blast or plant in any 

 ether, and no operation will interfere with any of the others simultaneously 

 performed. 



The correct tree location may instantly be determined regardless of what 

 section of the field you may be standing in at the time. To use this system, 

 determine your tree distances with wire or tape, either on your own borders 

 or just outside your own property or area to be planted. Place whitewashed 

 lath or 4 ft. stakes at] proper distances entirely around future orchard loca- 

 tion outside of planting area. Next, quarter your area with a similar row of 

 stakes, NOT where trees are to be planted, but somewhere between rows. 



Now step into any quarter of your location, the northwest for instance. 

 Use your shovel-handle to help you line up the stakes numbered in this dia- 

 gram for demonstration purposes, looking east, 24 and 13. Then looking 

 south, line up 35 and Eye, (I) and you have W as correct location for that 

 particular tree. 



Next, go into the southeast quarter, look north and line up 38 and E, 

 and looking west you get 33 and 1 1 in line, and the exact position for that 

 tree is accurately determined, marked Z. 



Any other tree location in the entire orchard may as readily and with 

 absolute accuracy be found. 



You may be planting, blasting, scraping or plowing in any of the four 

 quarters at the same time and no operation need interfere with any other. 

 Leave the entire staking system in place until the last tree is planted. 



If a stake becomes knocked down it may accurately be replaced, as 

 you have two other stakes to realign it with in replacing. 



By this system much worry and annoyance may be avoided, as no little 

 stakes are used and no planting board, and your orchard will always be in 

 perfect alignment, even though your land may be rough, rolling or on a 

 hillside. 



