Southern California; . eam; there extendsa bank of pampas grass, its white waving plumes bend-ing over the water ; and again the ditch winds serenelydown an uncultivated reach of plain where the rockymountain slopes are full in view. The orchards are irrigated from four times a year totwice a month according to the location of the land,little rills of water being directed between the rows oftrees, where they flow from twelve to twenty-four hourscontinuously. After irrigating an orchard it is alwayscultivated and the ground is left perfectly level andfinely pulverized. The trees are watched and
Southern California; . eam; there extendsa bank of pampas grass, its white waving plumes bend-ing over the water ; and again the ditch winds serenelydown an uncultivated reach of plain where the rockymountain slopes are full in view. The orchards are irrigated from four times a year totwice a month according to the location of the land,little rills of water being directed between the rows oftrees, where they flow from twelve to twenty-four hourscontinuously. After irrigating an orchard it is alwayscultivated and the ground is left perfectly level andfinely pulverized. The trees are watched and tendedwith the same scrupulous care that a millionaires trot-ting horses receive. As a temperature of 25° Fahr.,which is about the minimum in the orange district, islow enough to damage the fruit and new leaves, fires arelighted throughout the groves whenever the thermom-eter threatens to fall so low, and thetemperature is increased by this dryheat to the safety mark, which isabout 38°. The soil is enriched with i-:.
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