The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-27

is lust at the edge of the town, which Is in
the valley, some sixteen miles from the
ocean ut the nearest poili, and s9Aitu-
aied thai there g nolhfps 10 sksllbf it
from The oecaa bre ! either n font n
fear. The RGl OjchRrd is ONE eigil
niles farther h1clf d the SaIle Fallsy
With little Flse Of land in ont o pro-
tect it, and with the mountain imhiedi-
ately in the rear, which tends tO,eleVate
the current and carry it above the orch
ard, And Rose, with twelye-year-old
trees, grows oranges infinitely superior
to WOltskilps, both as To sizC and quality.
At Roses rancho the mercury sometimes
rises to ll5o, and even to ll9s. This may
have. ROmeihiRg tO.d0.With The snpeEiOH
quality Of his oranges. We spent some
six weeks in Los Angeles in the spring Of
1873 March and April, and used to drive
ont TO Rose'sor Wilson's orchards two or
three times a week to enjoy good GIL OF
the oranges fresh from the trees; and on
leaving Los Angeles ! had him Oil me u
box with such AZ be was willing should
say came from his orchard, He
counted them as he packed them, and
90 oranges filled the box, while the same
box would have held from lao TO lG0 Of
WolfskilPs. | mention this as mn evil
denCc Of the correctness Of the idea entor-
tanned by many thar 'frEt:claSs oranges
ore likely to be found only in sheltered
localities, where they can haEo agOod
degree OF high mercury.
The fig grows rapidly and bears early,
and they are abundant here apd Of excel.
lent quality,
The pOmegranate tree grows.nicely, but
so far as | know none here are yet In
bearing, .' 'l '
The Olive, almond and Engliah walnut
do timely, and are regarded as particularly
profitable, as they can all DO ibe kept any
reasonable time and shippsCk any distance,
@ n ND. t taptisd y Saltt bSsS sBt
load. The guava, palm and rubber tree
grow nicely and In truth all the semi
tropical and many Of the tropical trees,
fruits md plants seem at homie here.
believe j. have answered all your
questions, Have written hnrriedly moi
stopping to punCtuate or correct, Have
not time to do so in time for the mail, "a
you will excuse, Yours truly,
.a .. E.R HALL,
PS.-Wespent most OF the first year In
California in wandering, visiting various
places, spending lew weeks Of each
At San DieagO they have nice little town
II live active population and good climate
but the absence Of water, green trees, and
all else pleasant TO look upon IL TO me
great drawback. Los AngleOs Is thrifty
place, plenty OF water to irrigate, but crops
do not rs u rule grow there az here without
irragitiOn. The climate there Is les
agreeable than here or at San Dieago, and
the population generally Is Of less de-
sira6lG class. a.
The climate Of Sun Francisco will dc
for u hale, healthy, active man when he
gets used to II, but do not like its cool
rasping winds. Oakland, San Rafeal and
San Jose arc little better, not much.
Nappa Valley gots too hot, 80 forai'
mate, pleasant and cultivated like soCi
city, good soil and water, green, fresh and
refreshing OlIloOks, and as the most
pleasant point we could find, we came
here and arcdaily more and more satisfied
that we did tho right thing. ExcuSD the
length 0i this random letter and believe
Inc, Yours, &c.