. California fruits and how to grow them. Fruit culture. How to Grow Them 139 Irrigating- b}- Large Furrows The soil is red. gravelly clay, the upper 12 inches witliout rocks; below this the gravel is more rocky. At the depth of 3 or 4 feet the red clay changes into a whitish one and water enters it very slowly. My orchard is 12 acresâ1,120 feet long from north to south and 510 feet from east to west. The northeast corner is the highest. Here the water ditch enters, and I run my head ditch along the east side from north to south. There are 51 rows of trees in that direction, the north and sout
. California fruits and how to grow them. Fruit culture. How to Grow Them 139 Irrigating- b}- Large Furrows The soil is red. gravelly clay, the upper 12 inches witliout rocks; below this the gravel is more rocky. At the depth of 3 or 4 feet the red clay changes into a whitish one and water enters it very slowly. My orchard is 12 acresâ1,120 feet long from north to south and 510 feet from east to west. The northeast corner is the highest. Here the water ditch enters, and I run my head ditch along the east side from north to south. There are 51 rows of trees in that direction, the north and south outside rows being olives. There are 23 orange trees in the row from east to west and i olive tree on the west end. All trees are 20 feet apart. I use 24 miner's inches per out running any oflf, and lose only the evaporation. The whole amount of water used is 120 inches, equal to 10 inches or gallons per acre, or acre- inches or 1,200 gallons per tree. I irrigate about every four weeks, running the water five days and turning it on again three weeks after it is taken off. I have irrigated as early as the 1st of April and as late as the middle of October, depending on late rains in spring and early rains in fall; usually from five to six irrigations per year. After four or five days I cultivate 14 feet wide be- tween the trees from 6 to 8 inches deep; for this I use a 7-foot cultivator and four horsea. Near the. Large furrow. nge trees at Palermo. Biiti day for 5 days in the following manner; 1 use 4 furrows about 5 or 6 inches deep and aliout 3 feet apart between rows, leaving the furrows nearest the trees from S to 6 feet from the trunks. The 4 lower rows on the west side I cross furrow with 2 furrows betw-een the trees. I divide the 24 inches into 51 equal streamlets by using one gate for each 4 rows. First turn this amount in the furrow south nearest to tree. When the water has moved to the olive tree, I divide the water between the 4 furrows for the lower 6 t
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