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New peach varieties requiring little winter chilling to break dormancy are solving the problem of delayed foliation in orchards in the lower elevations of southern California.

Olives of canning fruit size are of particular interest to California olive growers due to the probable 50% cut in the tariff on olive oil.

For the sixth successive year the grower of Valencia oranges apparently is faced with small-sized fruit in 1950— even though the size is larger than in 1949.

Male-sterile tomatoes offer advantages in the production of hybrid seed— from which substantially higher yields than those of parent varieties have been reported.

The redwoods of California are the only living species of Sequoia.

Oak pit scales are serious pests of oak trees in California. Terminal growth, branches, and smaller trees are often killed as a result of the feeding scales, and large trees may be weakened seriously. Experimental work indicates that oak pit scales may be controlled.

Fruit rot in the California canning tomato crop is an important problem because state standardization laws require that fruit having 5% or more rot at the time of inspection be rejected as unfit for processing.

The most promising approach in the prevention of potato scab development has been to increase the acidity of the soil by the addition of sulfur.

Growth of sweet corn is greatly affected by insufficient soil moisture, as measured by yield of marketable ears, size of plant, and dry matter produced.

Washing eggs before storage is a risky business. The only safe eggs to store are clean eggs produced clean and unwashed.