. Culture of the citrus in California. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. Irrigating—The Old Way. The furrows were made with the plow, and water run through in large streams thereby cutting up the land and washing away the available plant-food. if any irrigation, if well cultivated, although in most cases they are watered from two to seven times in the season. When the orchard comes into bearing, however, the trees must be copiously watered, or the fruit will be The Basin System of Irrigation. The orchard is laid out in square basins, ready to run water into them. Of the methods of irrigati
. Culture of the citrus in California. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. Irrigating—The Old Way. The furrows were made with the plow, and water run through in large streams thereby cutting up the land and washing away the available plant-food. if any irrigation, if well cultivated, although in most cases they are watered from two to seven times in the season. When the orchard comes into bearing, however, the trees must be copiously watered, or the fruit will be The Basin System of Irrigation. The orchard is laid out in square basins, ready to run water into them. Of the methods of irrigation, the simplest, best, and most generally used, is the furrow system, in which several furrows are plowed between the rows of trees, the first one about three. 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 California. State Board of Horticulture; Lelong, Byron Martin, 1856-1901. Sacramento, A. J. Johnston, superintendent state printing
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