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Identifier: catalogue1906fanc (find matches)
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Fancher Creek Nurseries; Roeding, George Christian, 1868-1928; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Fresno, Calif. : George C. Roeding
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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FANCHER CREEK NURSERIES. 71 up the bottom of the furrow with a culti- vator closed up. Set the roots three feet apart in the rows, spreading out the roots. Then cover with about four inches of soil. Keep the ground in good condition by thorough irrigation and cultivation. Do not
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Burbank's Giant Winter Crimson Rhubarb. The Smaller the Older Sort. attempt to cut any asparagus until the plants have grown two years. After the frost has killed the tops, cut them off close to the ground and then follow with a plow, throwing the dirt away from the plants. In the spring, plow the earth back into the rows, leaving the plants under the ridge. The next season the bed will be ready for cutting and the method of handling should be in the same manner as has been recom- mended. Thorough manuring and a limited amount of stock salt will promote the growth of fine large tender stalks. Cutting should be done just as soon as the aspara- gus begins to show itself through the ground. In the interior valleys it is neces- sary to irrigate. Conover's Colossal. A standard kind of first quality; tender and highly flavored. Palmetto. Southern origin; earlier, larger, tender, and more regular in growth than the above. RHUBARB Rhubarb finds its most congenial condi- tions along the coast although it can be suc- cessfully grown in the interior on deep rich soils. Before planting, manure the ground and then plow deep and get the soil well pulverized. Set the plants two to three feet apart, with four feet between the rows. The first year after planting, allow the plants to retain their leaves. The following winter give a liberal dressing of manure, covering same without injury to the roots. Never strip the plant of all of its leaves and do not continue the cutting too late in the summer, as this will weaken the growth in the spring. Burbank's Giant Crimson Winter Rhubarb. This is a new and distinct variety which must not be confounded with the Crim- son Winter Rhubarb introduced a few years ago. In habit it is a robust grower and prolific producer of mammoth stalks, three times the size of the older sort, and can only be grown by divisions of its roots. It thrives amazingly during the winter months, is of fine flavor, juicy and smoothly acidulous to the taste, combin- ing a flavor suggestive of pineapple and ripe loquats. Merits consideration alike of the home garden and the commercial grower. Dealers predict for it a big de- mand in the eastern market during the winter months, hence it is destined to take first place in Rhubarb culture wherever in- troduced. As Burbank pointedly says: "This new Rhubarb is three times larger than the ordinary Crimson Winter, of v/hich it is a sport of inestimable value, hence an introduction of the highest merit." Burbank's Crimson Winter. A vigorous grower, producing medium-sized stalks of good length during the entire winter; of a pale, greenish, crimson color, blooms freely, which is easily remedied by top- ping; practically a perpetual producer of fresh, crisp, stalks of delicious flavor. Ex- cellent for forcing under glass or in open ground,—especially adapted to the long seasons of California. Myatt's Linnaeus. Large, early, tender and fine; the very best of all. HOP ROOTS

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