. Luther Burbank, his methods and discoveries and their practical application; . s dried fruit to all parts ofthe world, and brings about the highest price ofany tree fruit under cultivation. A perhaps clearer estimate of the value of theindustry may be gained if we recall that there arenearly three million apricot trees in Californiaorchards. Indeed, this state has a practical mo-nopoly of commercial apricot growing. Nowhere else in the world is the fruit of cor-responding economic importance. The apricot has been cultivated from an earlyperiod of history, like the allied orchard fruits,and i
. Luther Burbank, his methods and discoveries and their practical application; . s dried fruit to all parts ofthe world, and brings about the highest price ofany tree fruit under cultivation. A perhaps clearer estimate of the value of theindustry may be gained if we recall that there arenearly three million apricot trees in Californiaorchards. Indeed, this state has a practical mo-nopoly of commercial apricot growing. Nowhere else in the world is the fruit of cor-responding economic importance. The apricot has been cultivated from an earlyperiod of history, like the allied orchard fruits,and it has been grown more or less extensively inAmerica for many years. But it is a fruit that isgreatly restricted as to the regions in which it canadvantageously be cultivated. The fact that thereare very large areas of California where it thrives,sufficiently explains the virtual monopoly in thegrowth of this fruit that the Pacific <;;oast Apricot Culture Is Difficult The difficulty that the apricot grower en-counters may be said to center on a single char- [242]. S c 69 ft « ^ f-, 3 a ?>9 S S*E _ « >2c S* s«. ^ 2 iS& § - SS a 6» 3 • ft3 s, no o ft s- LUTHER BURBANK acteristic of the tree—the extreme sensitiveness ofits blossoms to the slightest fall in temperature. The apricot tree itself under proper conditionsis relatively hardy and extremely productive. Itis long-lived, and it attains great size. Moreover,it sends out a very extensive root system; demand-ing plenty of room, and justifying the demand byits increased production when the trees are notcrowded. It continues to grow for many years,constantly extending its root system; so that someorchardists recommend planting the trees origi-nally twenty feet apart and then, after a numberof years, as the trees increase in size, removingevery other one, thus securing a forty foot spacefor the roots of each tree. In the matter of pests that attack it, the apricotis relatively f
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