. 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. Fruit-culture. ,-J;/ 1)11 proved Singletree. 149 between the upper and lower halves, and there held by a simple clasp, leaving fully one-half extending' beyond the ends of the wood, and preventing the singletree coming into con- tact with anything in passing, as shown in left-hand end of the illustration. With veiy young trees the edge of the traces might injure the tender bark, so a little supplementary trace is at
. 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. Fruit-culture. ,-J;/ 1)11 proved Singletree. 149 between the upper and lower halves, and there held by a simple clasp, leaving fully one-half extending' beyond the ends of the wood, and preventing the singletree coming into con- tact with anything in passing, as shown in left-hand end of the illustration. With veiy young trees the edge of the traces might injure the tender bark, so a little supplementary trace is attached to the main trace at right angles, as shown in right-. California Improved Orchard and Vineyard Singletree. hand end of illustration, and passes between the ends of the singletree, presenting the flat side of the trace to obstructions, in which shape it can not injure in the slightest degree the ten- <lerest bark. The engraving is made with ends unlike to show both styles of hitching. There are other patented devices for preventing injuries to trees and vines which can be seen at the stores of dealers in agricultural implements. Dispensing with Doubletrees.—Still other inventions which admit the use of two horses even close up to the trees, because they dispense entirely with whiffletrees and tugs, are known as the steel harness. Eastern inventions, which have secured the approval of some of our leading growers for use in orchard and vineyard. The plow is attached to the steel yoke by a chain running between the horses. With them it is possible to work quite close to the trees and vines, and is especially desirable in the vineyard in working close to the vines when they have grown out about two feet, which is a difficult job with the- old-style harness. SUMMER TREATMENT OF PLOWED ORCHARD AND VINEYARD. Where the orchard or vineyard is plowed twice during the winter, the land should remain after the first plowing as the plow leaves it. The moistening and aeration duri
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