Olive Growing in the Southwestern United States |
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... county assessors , embracing the entire State . Trans . Calif . State Agr . Soc . 1876 , p 125. 1877 . 3 Calif . Fruit and Nut Acreage Survey of 1936 . 5 Number of trees divided by 70 to estimate the number of acres . were in bearing ...
... county assessors , embracing the entire State . Trans . Calif . State Agr . Soc . 1876 , p 125. 1877 . 3 Calif . Fruit and Nut Acreage Survey of 1936 . 5 Number of trees divided by 70 to estimate the number of acres . were in bearing ...
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... counties of California ( table 1 ) and in 2 counties of Arizona . The industry extends from near the border of Mexico to and including Shasta County , which lies next to the most northern county of California . This northern limit ...
... counties of California ( table 1 ) and in 2 counties of Arizona . The industry extends from near the border of Mexico to and including Shasta County , which lies next to the most northern county of California . This northern limit ...
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... County , Lindsay and Exeter being the principal centers . Along the west side and south end of this valley , olive grow- FIGURE 5. - An orchard of olives of the Mission variety near Lindsay in the San Joaquin Valley , Calif ...
... County , Lindsay and Exeter being the principal centers . Along the west side and south end of this valley , olive grow- FIGURE 5. - An orchard of olives of the Mission variety near Lindsay in the San Joaquin Valley , Calif ...
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... counties of Arizona . The only important center of the industry ( and therefore the only one considered here ) is located near the city of Phoenix , Maricopa County . In this county the scattered orchards in 1930 ( according to the ...
... counties of Arizona . The only important center of the industry ( and therefore the only one considered here ) is located near the city of Phoenix , Maricopa County . In this county the scattered orchards in 1930 ( according to the ...
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... County , Calif . , where olive production is an important industry . The fruit is not so firm as that of the Mission and there- fore requires more careful handling when it is being picked and processed . It is also considered inferior ...
... County , Calif . , where olive production is an important industry . The fruit is not so firm as that of the Mission and there- fore requires more careful handling when it is being picked and processed . It is also considered inferior ...
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acreage acres of olives Agricultural air drainage Arizona Ascolano bacterium black scale bruised Bureau Calif California Chief climatic conditions color considerable County cover crop crop cultivation cut back disease DRY ROT favorable fertile Fifteenth Census Report FIGURE Fruit of different grades growers hardpan harvested heavy humus importance inches injury insect interior valleys INTERPLANTING irrigation large branches large-fruited varieties loams main branches Manzanillo variety Maricopa Counties maturity Mission variety moist Nevadillo oil content olive culture olive growing olive industry olive knot olive orchard olive plantings olive trees olive-growing regions orchardists Photographed in April pickling process places plowing practiced prevent pruning removed result ripe olives ripe pickles roots Sacramento Valley San Joaquin Valley satisfactory scion sections serious loss Sevillano stratum stump subsoil surface thrifty transplanted tree growth Tulare County upright growth usually utilized for oil varieties grown variety near Phoenix vigorous warm winter wood growth Yuma Counties