Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-03
What the Alden will! Do.

Although Los Angeles valley now
produces large amount of fruit indig-s
inous to the soil of the temperate and
emi-tropical zones, her fame in this
respect is nothing to what she is des-
tined to achieve as fruit-producer.
Millions of trees will be added annu-
ally to those already in the ground.
The Alden Fruit Evaporator is des-
tined to furnish the means through
which we will turn the millions OF
tons of fruit we shall annually pro-
duce into commercial article that
may be shipped to the remotest corners
of the globe safely and economically.
The Alden dried fruit place | on the
market from the Alden factory in this
city, owned by Mr.. DAVIS, has proven
vastly superior to that of any other
portion of the State and already COM
mands q premium in the San Fran
cisco market. Some idea of the profit
derived from growing fruit may be
gained from the following: The San
Jose Alden Fruit Preserving Company
have sold all their plums and prunes
at the factory to Philadelphia house
for 80 cts. per pound. Mr. GEO. w.
DEITzLER, President Of the Califor-
MIA Fruit Preserving Company, writes
to Mr.. DAVIS that they have an order
for 100000 pounds of Alden preserved
fruit at prices ranging from 80 cts. to
As cts. per pound. Mr.. DEITzLER
urges the people to cultivate all the
fruit trees they possibly can as the
safest and best means of realizing a
large income. Mr.. DAVIS, the owner
of the only evaporators yet in opera
ton in this valley, who also owns a
trct of land near the city, leaves to-
day for San Francisco and will return
In few days with large number of
fruit trees selected from his old nur-
sery (now KELSEY'S) at Oakland,
which he will set out on his land. 1t
has already been demonstrated that as
fine peaches, apples, plums and pears
may be produced in this valley as can
be grown in the world. The A lden
offers ready home market at good
prices for all of this kind of fruit that
can be produced. On the subject of
raisins the 4AHo of December 28th has
the following, which should be read
by all grape growers in this valley:
Samples of raisins made at Los An
| geles, from the White Muscat and the
Los Angeles grape, have been received
| here. The raisins of the former vari-
ETY. are large, handsome, and of excel
| lent flavor; those of the latter are
small, but good in flavor and we'll
adapted to cooking purposes. Both
| qualities find a ready sale for the
markets Of Arizona, Cerro Gordo and
Panamint. One purchaser for Arizona
took three tons of the smaller kind, at
fifteen cents per pound. The Los An
geles grape is little inferior in size to
the Muscat; but, containing less pulp,
it loses more in drying. The Muscat
is preferred for raisins to any other
variety grown in the State; nor is
there any danger that it will ever be
superseded. Inquiries are made for
Huasco cuttings, and if they could be
got, many thousands of them would
be set out Immediately; but it is un-
certain when they can be obtained and
their value for cultivation in Califor-
mia is yet to be demonstrated. We dc
not even know whether the Huasco
grape would be a favorite for table use
or for wine; but no such doubt attaches
to the White Muscat, of which a
large number will be set out this
Winter in the southern part of the
State and much grating will be done
with it on the Mission stock. The
establishment of the Alden drying
house in Los Angeles has convinced
the vineyardists there that raisins are
to take prominent place among the
productions of their region, and that
the time has come for undertaking the
business with profit.