Archive image from page 111 of Culture of the citrus in. Culture of the citrus in California cultureofcitrusi00lelo Year: 1902 ( 108 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. the orchard comes into bearing, however, the trees must be copiously watered, or the fruit will be small. Of the methods of irrigation, the simplest, best, and most generally used, is the furrow system, in which several furrows iKiiiGATiNG—The Old Way. The furrows were made with the plow, and water run through in large streams, thereby cutting up the land and washing away the available plant-food. are plowed between the rows of tr

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Archive image from page 111 of Culture of the citrus in. Culture of the citrus in California cultureofcitrusi00lelo Year: 1902 ( 108 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. the orchard comes into bearing, however, the trees must be copiously watered, or the fruit will be small. Of the methods of irrigation, the simplest, best, and most generally used, is the furrow system, in which several furrows iKiiiGATiNG—The Old Way. The furrows were made with the plow, and water run through in large streams, thereby cutting up the land and washing away the available plant-food. are plowed between the rows of trees, the first one about three feet distant from the trunks, and down these the water is allowed to flow gradually until the ground is thoroughly saturated.

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