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 
AQ Planted. Do not expose roots unneces- 
qt) “sarily to sun or wind. If not 
COVER with planted immediately ‘‘heel- 
wet burlap or wet 
in’’ in moist 
newspaper until soil. 
planting holes are ready. 
@) PRUNE all broken roots with a sharp knife 
Or pruning shears. Make a clean 
ee cut—they heal quickly. Never 
: pull broken pieces off. 
Prone Aerea 
SPREAD 
Water well. 
BERRIES. Raspberries may be planted STRAWBERRIES. 
as hedges, 2’ apart. Sprawly kinds like Ee Bol 
blackberries (Boysen, Young, and oe 
Logan), are better trained on trellises, 
6’-8' apart. Their dense growth covers 
the trellis and fruits appear on the 
surface. 
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for wider beds allo 
intervals. 
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HOW TO PLANT FRUITS 
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roots out 
in a natural 
tion and tamp soil 
firmly about roots. 
GRAPEVINES Grapevines are planted 
2 Diges 72S ege much the same as fruit 
eg ; SF 
; f. trees. Almost all vari- 
WALNUTS 
QUINCE 
Pineapple. Smooth golden-yellow friut of white flesh with slight 
pineapple flavor. For eating and making jelly. September. 
WALNUTS 
$3.00 and up 
Franquette. The finest walnut for Northern California. 
high quality nuts and makes a beautiful shade tree. 
Produces 
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. 
-BERRIES.ASPARAGUS 
@ PRUNE THE TOP GROWTH. Young trees 
may have from one to several 
small twigs when planted. Taig 
These develop into the main 
branches later on. rire 
here 
It is “important to carefull 
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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- 
ASPARAGUS. Plant in furrows or 
trenches. Roots should be 6 to 8 in. 
deep, but when planted cover only 2 to 
Space | ft. apart 
each way. For 
the home garden 
ohne , ee 3 in. and later in season fill in the 
wi of bed— ‘ 
any length == remainder. Cut very lightly second 
Wawalloate stout season; full crop third year. 
4 hee & 4, 
eties should be pruned ot ; See po 
back every year to two ON ; NAL PS Wk 
buds, except in arbors, 95° under ground ix 
ruit arises On cur- 
J ‘always away from center. 
year's wood. 
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