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One of the first peach orchards to be planted in the district, near Turlock, California

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Title: One of the first peach orchards to be planted in the district, near Turlock, California
Creator: Lundquist the Photographer (Turlock, Calif.); Lundquist, Jacob; Lundquist, Nels
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1905
Publication Information: California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: California State University, Stanislaus. Library
Collection: Stanislaus Region History and Culture Image Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: On the left is a young peach orchard, reportedly one of the first to be planted near Turlock, California. In the field to the right cantaloupes are planted in between the rows of grapes. The region had been primarily dry land farming of grain crops. With the arrival of irrigation water the type and diversity of crops changed and increased. Verso: the man with the horse is named Nelson; Blewett; and the stamp, Turlock Land Co.Inc.
Type: image
Format: 1 photgraphic print; 17 x 22 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8199r1hf
cturs_031
Language: English
Subject: Agriculture--California--Central Valley (Valley)--History
Grapes--California--Turlock
Muskmelon--California--Turlock
Orchards--California--Turlock
Peach--California--Turlock
Place: Turlock (Calif.)

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