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Nature, Gardens & Animals
The Almond in California
Ralph Hawley Taylor
84 pages~1 hr 41 min read43 chapters$4.99
What does an almond tree need to thrive: which climate, which soil, which district? Ralph Taylor lays out the habits and requirements of the crop across California's growing regions. A practical grower's guide packed with the science of a golden-state orchard. For the fruit farmer, the roots of a successful almond harvest explained.
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Inside this book
43 chapters
- 1THE ALMOND IN CALIFORNIA
- 2INTRODUCTION
- 3HABITS
- 4REQUIREMENTS
- 5CLIMATE
- 6SOIL
- 7TABLE 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
- 8ALMOND DISTRICTS
- 9SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND FOOTHILL SECTIONS
- 10SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND FOOTHILL SECTIONS
- 11THE COAST SECTION
- 12INTERIOR COAST VALLEYS AND HILLS
- 13SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- 14ROOTSTOCKS
- 15TOP-WORKING OLD TREES
- 16PLANTING
- 17CULTURE
- 18PRUNING
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