The Almond in California
by R. H. Taylor
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About this eBook
- Author
- Taylor, R. H. (Ralph Hawley), 1884-1979
- Credits
- Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SB: Agriculture: Plant culture
- Subject
- Almond -- California
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 66711
- Release Date
- November 11, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.EXPERIMENT STATION STAFF — HEADS OF DIVISIONS — DIVISION OF POMOLOGY
- 2.THE ALMOND IN CALIFORNIA
- 3.INTRODUCTION — HABITS — REQUIREMENTS — CLIMATE — SOIL — TABLE I Soil Ingredients Extracted by the Almond as Compared with Other Orchard Trees, as Shown by Analysis of 1000 lbs. Each of the Crops in a Fresh Condition — ALMOND DISTRICTS — SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND FOOTHILL SECTIONS — SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND FOOTHILL SECTIONS — THE COAST SECTION — INTERIOR COAST VALLEYS AND HILLS — SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — ROOTSTOCKS — TOP-WORKING OLD TREES — PLANTING — CULTURE — PRUNING — INFLUENCE OF CULTURE ON NUTS — ORCHARD HEATING FOR FROST PREVENTION — CROP HANDLING — MARKETING — YIELDS — COST OF PRODUCTION — TABLE II Value of Almond Land in California — TABLE III Almond Orchard Equipment — TABLE IV Average Overhead Charges per Acre — TABLE V Average Cost of Production of all Bearing Orchards in California — TABLE VI Net Prices Realized by the Exchange Members for Different Varieties for the Years 1910 to 1916, Inclusive, in Cents per Pound — TABLE VII Average Prices per Pound Paid Growers for all Unshelled Almonds for the Years 1910 to 1916, Inclusive — TABLE VIII Relation of Average Yields, Costs and Returns, to Profits — DISEASES — INSECT PESTS — OTHER PESTS — VARIETIES — TABLE IX Approximate Order of Ripening of Varieties of Almonds — SIZE OF ALMONDS — TABLE X Number of Almonds per Pound for Years 1913 to 1916, Inclusive — TABLE XI Percentage of Kernels to Whole Nuts — TABLE XII Percentage of Double Kernels for Different Varieties — METHODS OF CLASSIFICATION
- 4.FOOTNOTES
- 5.BIBLIOGRAPHY
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