Show 1 I seasonable orchard uinta I 1 the last plowing ol of the orchard imi bait byl by ahlis lima been dous done even in ia the colder on derand anil more elevated pott portions ious of k california asid unload be I 1 needed there la is only some borne cultivation required hereafter the exact method I 1 of handling nil an orchard in a this ilia climate cli mitto depends so BO much upon soil and location that exact rulo rule cun can to be laid down though apple poor pear and quince tree I 1 will tor for some years do crotty pretty well with gruba grass clover or alfa I 1 a about their I 1 roots anti and forming a close clone mat over the surface it if well watered yet tho the rule 1 1 of 0 most moat general application hero here i is 11 clean otil turu and no crops between 1 rows occasionally on oil rich sell sail in ia I 1 IV it in i track ireca run too much to ti wood cropping is ia allowably allowable but it if there is ii tho the slightest rouson reason to fer fear slow blonar 0 growth lit iu a ca not ft a beat it nor or I 1 cornstalk conn not bean ville should b be grown the boundaries of tit ilia orchard As an children chil drea insufficiently fud fad and kept tit at too hard work in ia their grow crow lag years aro are smaller slid and weaker than I 1 they were to bo be oven even NO the rait fruit trion badly nourished during dur iut the first crat few years ura ore never ablo to produce 1 I UBO fine fruit nor am much 0 of it as thoy they 1 might otherwise havu have done part of the work of or early my blay tn ia the 1 I 1 I 1 orchard is ii to go along ulon the rows mad and rub rob 1 I 1 l or off surplus buda just sprouting w abera ham 1 no limbs are desired and also alio I 1 the be writer 1 sprouts around the trunk and base ol of tile tho tree A moments nio menti attention to this matter now cow will have much work hereafter und and avoid unsightly scars scara I 1 left by pr pruning superfluous or dols I 1 placed shoots which must mant ultimately be are ara much better out now cow next to raft harise bear F ng ilia most moat exhaustive thing a tree does doea is ii to form oral wood fiber and it must be saved this waste its much tie aa pos possible biblo by I 1 pinching or rubbing off it misplaced bud the bap Is a direct director od into other more useful 0 leap andels tho the slaughter of 0 woods weeds in ia each corner corder and anglo angle should continuo moral merci basaly v tile tho type of bf prevailing weed beail in an orchard or in ia au all katira neighborhood firstin Fir first it may be ba mallows each spring for miles thou redtop red top then pigweed pig weed theu then knotgrass knot grams wild morning glorien or some other very atrocious weed need evil honed the tha course of 0 treatment must vary As aa hat foot lie odo weed is measurably rooted BO be that it merely in obscure corners another long t 0 the front perhaps too one season i la more favorable Avo rable than another to a given species it if any weed seems to I 1 I 1 hold its own or gala gain under the ordinary orchard culture tho the former firmer should lose lone no time lima in trying new pious and aad moro I 1 persistent attacks atta oku i la in the wormer warmer parts of 0 california it is s timo time for or fruit peaches a ap is plums and nearly ever every other fruit I 1 aro are at times overcrowded causing the product to bo be poor mid and i ablo able la in many sections snobs a warning is not needed this year tt t least as u the frost froat lae hag already shortened ilia crop from one half ball to two thirds there thera its is also complaint that the trait fruit lu its falling bailly badly this year owing to clia cli matto atio faila ances apricot growers speak ol of this M lisa a great drawback some seasons sea sona the blight on tho the pears does not seem to be bd as aa laj bad us as it was wan last year I 1 in many apple and poor pear orchards oroli ards the ravages of tho the coaling mot moth liaro have so BO enormous that whole communities ore aro boing being aroused to the emergency this Is ia tile the sonson season for immediate abid I 1 action scrape the bark use a destructive wash and apply the tha clot ciulli 4 or paper bandages or traps tho the expense is Bm sm alland tho profit exceedingly great mathew cooke ot of BAC Is ia the lily islo elected otal officer of the barti alt alsta of tho the state to urge this thin I 1 work upon the turners farmers and ana to help them f with advice and investigation in nil all f falls upon the tie insect enemies oil of or k chard garden and vino vineyard yara home bome attention must be paid to this tha grapevines on trellises ellius tr the shoots fili I 1 nee need d securing to their supports in v vineyards vin ini yards the surplus young wood must be thinned out tho the plants ure tire to bo be sulphured well by bj means of it liand hand bellows this is a good season for or planting out ont the semitropic semi cemi tropic fruits the soil being warm war M a an ad d kindly oranges lemon among i I 1 limes citron and ulso also the mango I 1 wampee pee banana pineapple coffee anti and ever every y sort of ornamental plant whish I 1 needs lee do tropic air ar and noil thrives best it if transplanted either this or next month |