. The California vegetables in garden and field; a manual of practice, with and without irrigation, for semitropical countries. Vegetable gardening; Agriculture. THE BEET SEASON. 215 moment of their readiness, and therefore some growers have to wait for delivery until the opening of the rainy season, and that is not pleasant or profitable. It is de- sirable, therefore, that seeding should be done at different times, as each kind of land in the locality comes into con- dition, and thus prolong both the harvesting season and the factory season. Beet harvesting is now done cheaply by means of imp
. The California vegetables in garden and field; a manual of practice, with and without irrigation, for semitropical countries. Vegetable gardening; Agriculture. THE BEET SEASON. 215 moment of their readiness, and therefore some growers have to wait for delivery until the opening of the rainy season, and that is not pleasant or profitable. It is de- sirable, therefore, that seeding should be done at different times, as each kind of land in the locality comes into con- dition, and thus prolong both the harvesting season and the factory season. Beet harvesting is now done cheaply by means of imple- ments and machines of California design and construction,. FURROW IRRIGATION OF SUGAR BKFTS IN THF SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. which either loosen or completely dislodge the beet. Top- ping, or removing the leaves and all the green part of the root grown, is done with knives, though inventors have made some promising progress in machines for this work. The Beet Season.—As already said, the beet is an all the year plant in California. Planting may be done when- ever the local soil and moisture conditions warrant. Some planting is done as early as February in regions of light rains, and the sugar factory season opens in southern Cali-. 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 Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James), 1848-1923. San Francisco, Pacific Rural Press
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