The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have Yielded Greatest Success: with Lists of Varieties Best Adapted to the Different Districts of the State

Dewey & Company, proprietors Pacific rural Press, 1889 - 567 páginas

GENERAL I The Climate of California and its Local Modifications	9

Why the California Climate Specially Favors the Growth of Fruits	20

Contents	25

The Fruit Soils of California	29

The Wild Fruits of California	49

California Mission Fruits	61

Introduction of Improved Fruit Varieties	69

CULTURAL VII Clearing Land for Fruit	81

The Pear 317	317

Plums and Prunes	336

The Quince	353

THE GRAPE XXIV Rise and Progress of the Grape Interest	356

Propagating and Planting Vines	362

Pruning and Care of the Vine	377

Grape Varieties in California	389

The Date	395

The Nursery	94

Budding and Grafting	105

Preparation for Planting	119

Planting the Trees	133

Pruning Orchard Trees	147

Cultivation	168

Fertilizers for Fruit Trees and Vines	186

Irrigation of Fruit Trees and Vines	200

ORCHARD FRUITS XVI The Apple	223

The Apricot	241

The Cherry	265

The Peach	285

The Nectarine	313

The Fig	402

The Olive	414

The Orange	438

The Lemon Lime etc	457

Minor SemiTropical Fruits	462

SMALL FRUITS XXXIV Berries and Currants	472

NUTS XXXV Nut Growing in California	491

FRUIT PRESERVATION XXXVI Fruit Canning Crystallizing and Drying	509

FRUIT PROTECTION XXXVII Injurious Insects 5 30	530

Suppression of Injurious Animals and Birds	552

Protection from Winds and Frosts	557

MISCELLANEOUS XL Melon Growing	561

Fruit Packages	564

Título	The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have Yielded Greatest Success: with Lists of Varieties Best Adapted to the Different Districts of the State
Autor	Edward James Wickson
Editora	Dewey & Company, proprietors Pacific rural Press, 1889
Original de	Universidade do Wisconsin - Madison
Digitalizado	15 Jul 2009
Número de páginas	567 páginas

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