THE NEAT ROWS OF WHITE AND PINK blooming trees in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys will have a new look this spring. Strips of brown soil bordered by green interspaces may be seen down many of the tree rows. These weed-free strips will probably be the result of herbicides applied before the rainy season and prior to weed emergence.

Assistance was provided by the Staufer Chemical Company; the Sandoz-Wander Inc. (especially throagh Mike Lawelleye); the Rhodia Chemical Company; Jim Yeager, Department of Pomology, U. C., Davis; Farm Advisors Leonard Buschmann, Thomas Aldrich, and Dave Holmberg. Also contributing to this study were Agricultural Experiment Station superintendents and staff members at the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Resmrch and Experiment Center, Reedley, and at U. C. Riverside and Davis campuses.