Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-05-11
Domestic Produce.

We find the following crop report in
the san Francisco Market Review:
We. are still without rain, but the
weather keeps cool, with more or less
fog, which help out the growing crop
amazingly. Conversing yesterday
with large graiu buyer from the in
terror he Informed US that the crops
from Vallejo northward look well and
will yield handsomely. Around Stock
ton the wheat plant is promising; not
so in the valleys, yet on the whole we
will harvest far more grain than we
can possibly consume, and have large
surplus for export-probably not less
than 100000 tons for shipment,
ana half as much more from Oregon,
thus giving business for large fleet
Of ships. Freights to Liverpool have
now fallen to &2, and this will enable
us to work off he balance of last Year. s
surplus crop, SO that We can enter upon
the new crop with light stocks.
We have been culiing our exchanges
for crop items, and fluid in the Sacra-
mento Bee of the 3d inst. the follow
ing resume of the condition of the
State:
April is over, and 1t Is the only
April in a quarter OF century that
did not let down "April showers"
The least this month ever gave before
was half an inch save in 1856, when
there was only "sprinkle," and the
most four and three-quartel inches.
The meteorological tables show that
this April should, according TO the GUS
tom of the past, estimating the Spring
by the Autumn rains, have given us
| about two inches, but not drop came
down.
The cool days of lastweek were ben :
eiicial IN many fields, but they We're
too few to do much good. Still the
cilailees are in favor of half crop.
The peach, plum, cherry, almond and
apricot crop will be light in the CEN
trai portion of the State, In conse-
quence of the late frosts, but the grape
and apple crops dou't appear to have
suffered much, if at all. The pear crop
in some spots is almost wholly de-
stroyed, while in others there are ~
many left on the trees as they eau
properly mature. One orehardist, re-
siding near Sacramento, who in the
early Spring had hopes OF marketing
peaches, pears and piuIns To the value
of $4,000, now says he does not look
for enough to fill huddred boxes.
The Sonoma Democrat thus speaks
of the crops:
Since the frost of April 5th we have
had every morning heavy fogs. The
effect upon vegetation within the fog
belt has been remarkable. Around
Santa Rosa and west of it to the ocean
the crop has not looked better for ten
years past. We noticed the grain
along the redwood road through to
Green Valley, and never saw it better.
On the Obreen place, which has been
considered as light land, as fine grain
crop as we have even seen now stands.
The Napa Register says:
The general appearance of the grain
fields in this county is favorable, not
withstanding the Withholding Of the
"latter rain." Our cool nights and
heavy fogs go far toward supplying
the lack of the usual supply of moist
ure from the clouds at this season.
Some fields, especially where late
sOwn, show signs of need of water.
but many of them are as vigorous and
beautiful as they ever We're in the
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failure of crops is anticipated. 1t is
probable, however, that the average
yield will be somewhat below the ave-
rage since 1864. We also hear favor
able accounts from Lake and Sonoma.
We have also good news from Colusa.
The Merced Eapress thus alludes to
the crop prospects in Mereed:
The prospect for large yield of
grain is not as tlattering as it might
be in this county; yet we have abun-
dant reason to expect as large n yield
this as last year. Reports from the
West side of the San Joaquin river are
cheering, and upon information which
is altogether reliable we can safely e..
innate the yield In that section this
year to be two-thirds OF what it was in
1870, which was the best crop year
ever known over there.