The Placer herald., 1872-06-15
HOUSE AND FARM.

treme altitude in others, that no other State
of the Union can ever attain to the produc-
ton Of that infinite variety of the vegetable
kingdom that pertains TO California The
proper adoption of fruits and vegetables to
localities the most congenal to their perfect
development and maturity, is a subject of
the first Importance TO the ponrciogst and
horticuturst.
Our Southern valleys are very nearly
tropical, producing the orange, lemon, pome-
granate and the olive; the more central or
middle valleys, half tropical, or with all the
Summer heat of the extreme South, but
liable to occasional light frosts during the
Winter and early Spring months; whilst in
the extreme North we have the New Eng
land Winter with all its fitful antics Of cloud,
rain, snow and sunshine comninsled, and
yet Summer of great heat.
EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE.
But it is not altogether our great latitudnal
extent that gives us our wonderful variety
of climates, with all their diversified and ap-
parently anomalous productions. Altitude
above the sea plays its freaks upon the veg
citation in so remarkable a manner as to set
at naught all our preconeeived notions that
altitude, North or South, must govern lis in
our choice of localities for the successful
propagation of the particular products we
may have resolved to engage in.
Take the proper altitude, and the fruits
of the Atlantic States are the same fruits
here; but grow the Autumn apples of the
East in our lower valleys and they are
simply Summer fruits, whilst the Newton
pppins, Baldwin and Roxbury russet, their
latest keeping Winter apples, are found
ripening with us in early or mid Winter.
Thus whilst one orchardst is growing
these and other fruits in the valleys for Au-
tumn use, another whose home is in the
mountains, in some elevated valley, or on a
plateau of tile foothills, is growing precisely
the same fruits for Winter and Spring use,
and yet within fifty miles of each other.
The wild strawberry ripens in the vicinity
of San Francisco, under the cool ocean
breeze, in April and May; the same variety,
in Strawberry Valley and other valleys in
the vicinity of Lake Tahoe, from the first 20
the middle of August.
THE REVERSE OF ALTITUDE.
Wild plums and ap.icots, ripening upon
the mountain plaieaus, where they arc in
dgenous, if brought to the tropical warmth
of the lower valleys, are found to have their
fruiting season FASTENED nearly six weeks,
but with no Improvement in flavor, though
somewhat increased in size. The same eff
feet of early maturity upon the blackberry
and other mountain products are observable
when transferred to the warmer lower valleys.
With these facts as data, the fruit grower
can choose his locality, with reference to the
kinds and qualities of the fruits he would
produce, with much certainty, and no time
need be lost in testing or experimenting with
localities Press.
Use OF LEMoNs.--When persons are fc-
verish and thirsty beyond what is natural
indicated in some cases by a metallic taste
in the mouth, especially after drinking water.
or by whiish appearance of the greater
part of the surface Of the tongue, one of the
best "coolers is to take lemon, cut off
the top, sprinkle over it some loaf sugar,
working it down into the lemon with spoon
and then suck slowly, squeezing the lemon,
and adding more sugar, as the acidity in
creases from being brought up from a lower
point Invalids with feverishness may take
two or three lemons day III this manner
with the most marked benefit manifested by
sense of coolness, comfort and invigoration.
A lemon or two thus taken at tea-time, is
an entire substitute for the ordinary supper
of Summer, and would give many a man a
comfortable nights sleep, and appetite for
breakfast, to which they are strangers, who
will lave their cup of tea, or supper of relish
and cake, and berries, and peaches and
cream .-HaWs Jou,nal Of HeaM.
1r woman's dress is suddenly envcloped
in flames, Instead of running to her, or out
of the house, speak distinctly and command
ingly: "Lie down and roll over!" Mean
while, rip up the carpet or drag off bed
blanket, throw it over the person, and then
proceed to wrap her up closely in it; this is a
more certain and speedy extinguisher than
water, is more accessible, and entirely safe
to the person giving aid.
lfa woman fains away, instead of yelling
out like savage, or running to lift her up,
lay her at full length on her back on the
floor, loosen the clothing. push the crowd
away, so as to allow the air to reach her,
and let her alone. Dashing water over a
person in simple faintng fit is a barbarity,
and soils the clothing unnecessarily. The
pnilosopny Oh u iaiiitllS III Is, 'ne heaiI lais
to send the proper supply of blood to the
brain; if the person is erect the blood has
to be thrown up hill, but if lying down it
has to be projected orizontally-which re-
quires less power is apparent.
Foop forced upon the stomach in the alb
sence of all appetite, can never properly
nourish the system. Even when it is re-
tanned it never more than half digested, for
the palate and mucous membrane of the
stomach are in sympathy with each other,
and what the palate oathes the gastric juice
only imperfectly dissolves and assmilates
ScARLATINA. Mr.. w. NJ. Searcy suggests
the frequent examination of the tonss of all
persons living in a house where scarlatina is
present. as the redness and enlargement of