. Citrus fruits;. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. Cultivation, Fertilization, and Cover-Crops 173 MULCHING The great difficulty of handling heavy and intractable adobe soils or soils which acquire an adamantine hardness when dry has led some growers to substitute a mulch of straw or other humus forming material, for the soil mulch, and discontinue cultivation of the middles with. Fig. 52. — Heavy plowing with an orchard tractor of the caterpillar type. teams. Permanent basins are made around each tree of a diameter approximating the extreme spread of the branches. One permanent i
. Citrus fruits;. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. Cultivation, Fertilization, and Cover-Crops 173 MULCHING The great difficulty of handling heavy and intractable adobe soils or soils which acquire an adamantine hardness when dry has led some growers to substitute a mulch of straw or other humus forming material, for the soil mulch, and discontinue cultivation of the middles with. Fig. 52. — Heavy plowing with an orchard tractor of the caterpillar type. teams. Permanent basins are made around each tree of a diameter approximating the extreme spread of the branches. One permanent irrigating furrow extends down either side of the tree row and connects with each basin. A permanent strip of alfalfa occupies all of the available space of the middle. The alfalfa is mowed five or six times each season and thrown into the basin under the trees before it is dry enough to shatter. This material. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coit, John Eliot, 1880- [from old catalog]. New York, The Macmillan company
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