. Citrus fruits;. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. 124 Citrus Fruits them to the most desirable types. In this way the aver- age cost of production may be greatly reduced. The great need for a study of the performance of individual citrus trees was emphasized by the writer in 1910.] Since then many such studies have been made, by far the most comprehensive of which are those of A. D. Out of a mass of ma- terial the follow- ing condensed quotations have been selected from the studies of J. H. Norton,3 formerly Super- intendent of the Citrus Experi- ment Station at Riversid


. Citrus fruits;. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. 124 Citrus Fruits them to the most desirable types. In this way the aver- age cost of production may be greatly reduced. The great need for a study of the performance of individual citrus trees was emphasized by the writer in 1910.] Since then many such studies have been made, by far the most comprehensive of which are those of A. D. Out of a mass of ma- terial the follow- ing condensed quotations have been selected from the studies of J. H. Norton,3 formerly Super- intendent of the Citrus Experi- ment Station at Riverside: "The Navel orange grove from which the following data are taken is located in West Highlands, San Bernardino County. The trees are the same age and the soil condi-. Fig. 41. — Sectorial chimera of Valencia orange. 1 Coit, J. Eliot, "The Relation of Asexual or Bud-Mutation to the Decadence of California Citrus Orchards," Rpt. 37th California Fruit Growers' Convention, 1910, p. 32. 2 Shamel, A. D., "A Study of the Improvement of Citrus Fruits through Bud Selection," U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau Plant Industry, Circular No. 77, 1911. 3 Norton, J. H., "Variations in the Productivity of Citrus Trees," California Cultivator, Vol. XL, No. 10, 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


Size: 1658px × 1506px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1915