. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . adjacentnonirrigated areas. For light frosts this is of consider-able value, but is open to the following objection. Most 248 Citrus Fruits citrus growers receive irrigation water in rotation every30 (la>s, consequently hut few growers would have wateravailable at the critical tune. Those who pump their_ water do not as a >AtY- -- - .,.„;? ^^r—AvJ^fc^ rule h^ve pumps of sufficient ca-pacity to covertheir entire acre-age at one time. Certain
. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . adjacentnonirrigated areas. For light frosts this is of consider-able value, but is open to the following objection. Most 248 Citrus Fruits citrus growers receive irrigation water in rotation every30 (la>s, consequently hut few growers would have wateravailable at the critical tune. Those who pump their_ water do not as a >AtY- -- - .,.„;? ^^r—AvJ^fc^ rule h^ve pumps of sufficient ca-pacity to covertheir entire acre-age at one time. Certain grow-ers at Riversideonce made an ex-periment of heat-ing the irrigationwater by passingit through a was finallyabandoned as toomuch heat waswasted throughthe smokestack. 0. By viixiugthe air by creatingartificial wind. —This has been ac-complished in California in two ways. By drawinga wagon about through the orchard bearing a hugerotary fan driven by a gas engine; and by buildinglarge bonfires at certain points which create a slightdraught. Both methods have been abandoned as inade-quate in the event of a sharp Fig. 77. —Eichoff Coal Burner. Frost and Orchard Heating 249 7. By causing frozen, plants to thaw out slowly. — If allfrosted fruit could be picked before it had thawed out andplaced in storage where it could thaw gradually, a largeproportion might be saved. Unfortunately, there is no
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