. Deciduous orchards in California winters. Fruit-culture; Plants. been so successful that a rather large number of excellent varieties are now available, with flavor as good as that of such varieties as Elberta and J. H. Hale. Fortunately they vary both in chilling re- quirement and in flavor. In districts away from the coast, those varieties will be best that have enough chilling requirement to delay blossoming in spring and reduce the frost hazard. In coastal districts, va- rieties with shorter chilling requirements will be wanted, and varieties with less of the acidity and bitterness that
. Deciduous orchards in California winters. Fruit-culture; Plants. been so successful that a rather large number of excellent varieties are now available, with flavor as good as that of such varieties as Elberta and J. H. Hale. Fortunately they vary both in chilling re- quirement and in flavor. In districts away from the coast, those varieties will be best that have enough chilling requirement to delay blossoming in spring and reduce the frost hazard. In coastal districts, va- rieties with shorter chilling requirements will be wanted, and varieties with less of the acidity and bitterness that so enrich the flavor of Elberta and J. H. Hale in interior districts. Varieties well suited to all parts of southern California and ripening in dif- ferent parts of the summer will almost certainly be found among such varieties as Bonita, Rubidoux, Curlew, Flamingo, Golden Blush, Hermosa, Meadow Lark, Redwing, Robin, Sunglow, Weldon, and the considerable number of seedlings that breeders will name soon. Some of them are now finding a good place in Califor- nia markets. Peach trees with only part of the chill- ing requirement satisfied will respond to DNO or DNC sprays, but not as well as plum or apricot trees. Varieties such as Mayflower and Alexander with unusually long chilling requirements will make very little response after the warmest winters at low elevations in southern California and bear very little fruit, but will respond fairly well after the coolest winters. Va- rieties such as Elberta, with medium chilling requirement, may not need the spray after the coolest winters and re- spond fairly well to it after warmer ones. In the San Joaquin, Sacramento, and Santa Clara valleys, and in foothill dis- tricts above them, the small delay in blos- soming from slightly inadequate chilling reduces the frost hazard and makes the peach crop more dependable than in dis- tricts with longer, colder winters. In some years, however, in warm parts of these valleys, trees of Mayflower
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