PERSIMMON 
$3.50 and up 
Hachiya. The best and most popular variety. Large cone-shaped 
bright orange-red fruit with sweet, rich, soft flesh. Puckery only 
when not completely ripe. 
PECANS 
$3.50 and up 
Mahan. Vigorous tree producing very large nuts with paper-thin 
shells and richly flavored kernels: The tree bears young, is also 
good for shade. 
Success. Large, soft-shelled nut of good quality, a prolific and self- 
fruiting. Widely planted in the interior valleys. 
PLUMS 
Plums are satisfactory small trees for the home grounds. They bear 
consistent, good crops, make excellent preserves and some kinds 
are delicious to eat fresh. A few varieties are listed here. 
Blue Damson. Small tart purple fruits; amber flesh. Finest variety 
for jams. September. 
Duarte. Fruit heart-shaped and blood-red. Very small pit. 
lent for shipping and home use. Early July. 
Green Gage. Greenish yellow rounded fruits with rich, sweet, firm 
flesh. A favorite for home canning use. Early July. 
Santa Rosa. Popular variety with oval fruits, maroon skin and amber 
flesh. A favorite for home canning use. Late August. 
Satsuma. Deep blood red fruits in quantity. August. 
pollinizer. 
Wickson. Yellow heart-shaped fruits with red cheeks. Very fine 
quality. Pollinizer. Late August. 
Other varieties available. 
POMEGRANATE 
Wonderful. Attractive large shrub with red flowers and attractive 
odd shaped fruits. Easy to grow, doing very well in dry hot places. 
PRUNES 
French Improved. Large deep purple fruits. The standard drying 
variety. September. 
Sugar Prune. The earliest prune for shipping or canning use. Fruit 
medium to large, oval, dark purple. Flesh sweet and of good quality. 
Excellent pollinizer. Vigorous grower. August. 
Excel- 
Should have 
TREES should be planted as soon as possible 
after they arrive. Keep moist until 
Ny planted. Do not expose roots unneces- 
() “sarily to sun or wind. If not \: 
COVER with planted immediately “‘heel- Fy 
wet burlap or wet in’ in moist 
newspaper until MVE A , soil. 
planting holes are ready. ~~ 
2) PRUNE all broken roots with a sharp knife Gia: 
Or pruning shears. Make a clean 2 
Se cut—they heal quickly. Never 
) pull broken pieces off. 
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HOW TO PLANT FRUITS.BERRIES.ASPARAGUS 
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SPREAD roots out 
in a natural 
tion and tamp soil 
firmly about roots. 
Water well. 
WALNUTS 
QUINCE 
Pineapple. Smooth golden-yellow friut of white flesh with slight 
pinzapole flavor. For eating and making jelly. September. 
WALNUTS 
$3.00 and up 
Franquette. The finest walnut for Northern California. Produces 
high quality nuts and makes a beautiful shade tree. 
Eureka. Large elongated nuts. Very hardy. 
Black Walnut. Seedling trees of an improved strain available. Nut 
medium size. Adapts itself easily to different climates. $1.00 up. 
For commercial plantings ask for quotations and varieties not listed. 
® PRUNE THE TOP GROWTH. Young trees 
may have from one to several 
small twigs when planted. Tang 
These develop into the main 
branches later on. Frirre 
here 
It is important to carefully 
TOP VIEW 
select the branches to leave so 
that the top of the tree will be 
well balanced, sturdy and 
strong. Heavy bearing trees 
should be disbudded for larger, 
finer flavored fruits. 
posi- 
surface. 
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Jaty 1x15" 
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for wider beds allow walk at 3-foot 
intervals. 
GRAPEVINES' Grapevines are planted 
Si 25g age much the same as fruit 
sag eee: 
a ak trees. Almost all vari- 
eties should be pruned 
back every year to two 
buds, except in arbors, 
as fruit arises on cur- 
rent year’s wood. 
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See aditional planting notes on page 26 
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BERRIES. Raspberries may be planted STR AS BERRIES: Gare 1 Ge Aor. ASPARAGUS. Plant in furrows or 
as hedges, 2’ apart. Sprawly kinds like ied BY each way. For trenches. Roots should be 6 to 8 in. 
blackberries (Boysen, Young, and eee the home garden deep, but when planted cover only 2 to 
eae are es on ia eb KR 7 Jet ree : ee 3 in. and later in season fill in the 
‘-8' apart. eir dense growth covers mee fh EDS widtn oO eda . . 
the trellis and fruits appear on the “@ LG any length — remainder.- Cut “very lightly ‘second 
season; full crop third year. 
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