Imperial Valley settlers' crop manual . ked in cratesholding 50 pounds each and should be shipped to market as soon aspossible after harvest. It has been found that more skill is required to market the cropsuccessfully than to produce it. The crop is easy to grow, from threeto four hundred crates per acre being a common yield. The market,however, has been so unstable and variable that some years thegrowers realize good profits and in other years they lose money afterproducing good crops of onions. It is hoped that some system ofmarketing may be devised which will place onion culture on a mores
Imperial Valley settlers' crop manual . ked in cratesholding 50 pounds each and should be shipped to market as soon aspossible after harvest. It has been found that more skill is required to market the cropsuccessfully than to produce it. The crop is easy to grow, from threeto four hundred crates per acre being a common yield. The market,however, has been so unstable and variable that some years thegrowers realize good profits and in other years they lose money afterproducing good crops of onions. It is hoped that some system ofmarketing may be devised which will place onion culture on a moresatisfactory and stable basis. 222 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION, White Bermuda is the variety most generally planted, whileCrystal White Wax does well, but is not quite such a good shipper. The most serious pest yet encountered is a species of thrips foundon the young plants, although some years there is little damage with kerosene emulsion or a soap or tobacco solution is theonly remedy known for this Fig. 41.—Harvesting onions grown between grape vines. OEANGE. The question as to whether Imperial County will take its placeamong the important orange producing counties of California is amuch discussed and very important one. There is no doubt aboutthe desirability of planting sufficient orange trees about the homegrounds to produce fruit for domestic use. The question arises asto whether the amount of risk involved in planting large commercialorchards and bringing them into bearing is balanced by the likelihoodof profit. Experience in Imperial Valley as well as in the Coachella and SaltRiver Valleys has shown that the Navel orange growing in the dryair and bright sunshine of these localities has a distinct advantage inthat it sweetens earlier and has a deeper red color than when grownin other parts of California. Early, sweet, high colored fruit is inactive demand at very good prices. This marked advantage is not Bulletin 210. imperial valle
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