The California fruits and how to grow them; a manual of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state . Pruning after first summersgrowth in orchard. Growth during second summerin orchard. branched and this should be done at least twice during the first yearof the graft. This system will avoid long, slender limbs. After agraft is two years old I would never cut the top off of a limb. If atree gets too thick a top, T would cut out some of the main branches. THE PLUMCOTS One of the most striking achievements of Air.
The California fruits and how to grow them; a manual of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state . Pruning after first summersgrowth in orchard. Growth during second summerin orchard. branched and this should be done at least twice during the first yearof the graft. This system will avoid long, slender limbs. After agraft is two years old I would never cut the top off of a limb. If atree gets too thick a top, T would cut out some of the main branches. THE PLUMCOTS One of the most striking achievements of Air. Burbank from thefruit growers point of view is the cross of the plum and the apricot,which he has very fitly named the plumcot. He has combined in asingle fruit enough of the diverse characters of two fruits so that theordinary observer can recognize the combination clearly and distin- 318 CALIFORNIA FRUITS : HOW TO GROW THEM guish the gift of each to it. Mr. Burbank has secured several suchcrosses, the first of which to be made pubhc is the Rutland, intro-duced by Mr. George C. Roedingin 1907. The fruit is about the sizeof an ordinary apricot with a deep purple velvety skin.
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