| Show FRED NIELSON BACK FROM california fred nielson Niela oil of naples returned ba baturla batur dd august ath hacon dido california where he has been lor the past tour four years engaged in the lemon raising industry lie has been foreman over a ranch of swa some seventy five acres having charge of nine men and four tennis teams lie he has some very interesting points on oil that business to relate and is enthusiastic about tha subject of fruit growing in that country ile he says bays the young trees are given three years culture in the nursery and then five in the field making them eight years old before they begin to bare they must have constant cultivation the bear ear round and are fertilized each 3 ear the treis are planted in rows about twenty feet apart and the or chardIs tB prune three times a year and pik pick each month there are al wae waa lemons ready for picking and blossom for other fruit on the same tree so it becomes one continual round oi 0 harvest the lemons aro are bricked green and have to be clipped rather than pulled since it the stem la Is jerked out tho the fruit will rot the pickers N par an iron ting ring the size of the lemons lemona desired and measure each one as aa it ia 18 clipped taking those only or of a certain size alze at earn each gathering |
