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This orange orchard was inter-planted, part to berries and part to Cherry 
rhubarb when it was set out in 1930. (Picture at bottom shows it now.) 
Interplanting 
How to Get an Income From New Orchards 
Interplanting —There were two rows of 
Cherry rhubarb planted between the 
rows on part of this orange orchard and 
two rows of berries between the rows on 
the balance. Both, the trees and the 
intercrop, were planted in the spring of 
1930. The picture above was taken that 
summer. 
The picture taken below shows the 
same place in 1935. 
The berries and rhubarb have more 
than paid the costs of bringing this or¬ 
chard into bearing. Now, that these trees 
have grown so large and are beginning 
to bear, the berries and rhubarb will be 
taken out after the 1936 crop. 
This practice makes it unnecessary to 
invest much capital in bringing a young 
orchard into bearing because there is an 
income every year after the first. 
Many of the best walnut orchards in 
California were carried through their 
unproductive years with interplanting of 
berries or rhubarb. 
Just this summer, we saw walnut or¬ 
chards in Oregon and talked with the 
owners, who are successfully using this 
plan. 
Interplanting is adaptable to use with 
oranges, walnuts, pecans, filberts, apples 
and other varieties of fruits which do not 
come into profitable bearing for five or 
more years. 
The main thing in selecting an inter¬ 
crop is to get one that will be profitable. 
It is important to select a crop that will 
give sufficient returns to justify regular, 
annual applications of fertilizer; so that, 
when the crop is finally taken out. the 
land between the tree rows will be 
richer than if no crop had been grown. 
This calls to mind a matured orchard 
near Santa Ana, California, half of which 
had been interplanted to berries when it 
was young, and the remainder clean cul¬ 
tivated. Five years after the berries had 
been taken out, you could still see in 
passing on the road, where the rows of 
berries had been planted because the 
trees were larger. Of course, the berries 
did not do this but the additional fer¬ 
tilizer used on that part gave the trees 
a big start. 
The same orchard in 1935 showing the wonderful growth the trees have made 
in five years. The berries and rhubarb have more than made the cost of bringing 
this orchard into bearing. Robert McCarty place at Buena Park, Calif. 
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