. Citrus fruits;. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. 246 Citrus Fruits in the soil. If trees are mounded in California, the trunks should be first painted with bordeaux paste and then tied with cornstalks in such a way as to prevent the earth coming in contact with the bark of the trunk. 5. By raising the dew-point by the addition of water vapor to the air. — This is accomplished in various ways. Fig. 75. — Screens of tobacco cloth as a frost protection. such as burning large quantities of wet straw, distributing steam among the trees, filling the air with spray such as by overhead
. Citrus fruits;. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. 246 Citrus Fruits in the soil. If trees are mounded in California, the trunks should be first painted with bordeaux paste and then tied with cornstalks in such a way as to prevent the earth coming in contact with the bark of the trunk. 5. By raising the dew-point by the addition of water vapor to the air. — This is accomplished in various ways. Fig. 75. — Screens of tobacco cloth as a frost protection. such as burning large quantities of wet straw, distributing steam among the trees, filling the air with spray such as by overhead irrigation, and by ordinary irrigation. Burning wet straw has been found of no avail for two reasons. There is not enough straw available in a coun- try where every scrap of organic matter is needed for increasing the humus content of the soil. In the second place the air is so dry in California that it is often too. 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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