. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. 28 Citrus Fruits areas. Rainfall in the summer is very rare and thunder and lightning exceedingly rare especially near the coast. As the citrus industries of these three divisions differ in many particulars, we will discuss each division sepa- rately. The Southern Coast Division The climate of this section is characterized by an equa- ble temperature with cool summers and warm Fig. 6. — Four-yea
. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. 28 Citrus Fruits areas. Rainfall in the summer is very rare and thunder and lightning exceedingly rare especially near the coast. As the citrus industries of these three divisions differ in many particulars, we will discuss each division sepa- rately. The Southern Coast Division The climate of this section is characterized by an equa- ble temperature with cool summers and warm Fig. 6. — Four-year-old Valencia orange grove in Los Angeles County. The rainfall is about 18 inches in the northern but de- creases in the southern part. The air is quite moist as compared with the interior, and there are frequent fogs and overcast skies. The prevailing breezes are from the Pacific Ocean, which has a surface temperature not far from 60° F. at all seasons of the year. The extent of the ocean influence depends upon local topography, being narrow in Santa Barbara County and widening out toward the south and including the San Gabriel Valley which contains the most highly developed and largest,. 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, J. Eliot, b. 1880. New York : The Macmillan Company
Size: 2433px × 1027px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1915
