Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-25
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5ouong Iassssss-Ths Meney
1lo who are tempted to under
- IL Angeles county should
1Inded OF csrtain essential
n1co of orr resources which are
4l promise. Los Angeles
61y has to-day not only prac-
monopoly OF the orange pro-
11on of this coast, but she grows
o1y aIt the corn raised In Cali
~ Our orange interests are
1UktodIy destined to become Of
1 naasnitude, involving the
8 oatlpfactory pecuniary re-
iA We have read with inter-
oho lecture on orange and
80 sulturs delivered by Mr..
Srnas A. Carey, Of this city, be.
~ RAiaina Grange, In Fresno
kuty, and we find 1t brlmful Of
@oetlve and encouraging facts
~ FoGard to our orange groves.
> 6on't know that We can do
Is readers . greater service than
Quotlng literally from this Leo
~ pfonts Of an orange grove
S 0rst considered by Mr.. Carey.
unlks the question, "Will 1t Pay
RlAnt Orange Trees?" and an
1ozs u thus:
I holievo IL will pay, and In cup.
1T - this belief will proceed to
EVo you some data In proof Of my
1Ekton. An orange grove In Los
1o1Go county In fufi bearing can
6oly be furnished at any figure.
k1lo all kinds Of property, all
@oe our county, have percsptibly
goctated under the pressure of
- times, the value Of our orange
1oVes remains unchanged and
In. No one wishes to sell an or
11Ro grove But few are able to
~; Il takes . fortune to pur-
800 one. An orange grove is a
6nk. whose deposits are safe with
fSk question, aud whose dividends
- regular, munlficent, and, we
klUht say, priucely.
s The income from All orange
|IIovo ID the result OF q safe. Judi.
1ouo. honorable and enuobling in.
5rsotment. 1t is continuous in its
psFaslon, resting neither day nor
hight. The crop never fails; the
1E0it b always In demand aud ut
.1oUnnerAtivs prices.
Mr. Carey next reproduces the
10lIowing striking statistics of the
pfofits Of full grown trees, contrib
: nfed by Mr.. ]. de Barth Shorb to
s1he pamphlet published by the
Ehsusber Of Commerce, In 1875:
BY very careful estim ttes made
~ 1874, the crops on an orch ard of
Z <3G trees. 800 of which were twelve
TeArs old from the seed. the bal.
nuos helng too young to bear. I OBJ :
NtUed - q net result, over and
Move cost Of transportation to San
RPonciscO, commission on sales,
Soto., $40 so per tree, or 81, 435 per
z0oTo. 1 do not claim this hmOunt
- average crop or result, but I do
fhink that with proper care and
61tsntion the average can be made
6 ~ equal 81 600 per acre on trees ol
3Qolve years OF age. I have seen
eroee on our property that have
Yielded over 8, 900 oranges per tree,
UhiCh oranges, sold ut $50 pei
thousand, would give per acre a
foault Of 81, ,14O. The average
price for the past five years,
throughout the county, has been
betwesn $50 and $25 per thousand;
5 tie present year the average will
3 likely exceed this sum. I see no
Eoason to doubt but that the mar
bet Will remain the same for many
years to come.
These striking facts ought to be
conclusive as to the money result
Of the labor and time expended in
bringing an orange orchard to ma.
turlty. Another portion of the
lscture Is devoted to the quality Of
The Los Angeles orange. We
4uote:
We have other advantages that
most Of the orange producing coun-
tries have not. The quality of our
oFnnges Is pronounced superior by
III who have given them an un-
nEejudiced trial. A recent writer,
jyho was enamored with the beauty
and quality Of our oranges, says:
<sThey combine the qualities of the
RlOrIda, Louisiana and Havana
'&gun6A, having the size of the
1ofmer, the skin of the second, and
che delicious flavor Of the latter.u
Tho New York Evening Post says:
s'HessFs. Perkins 4 Stern. who deal
N California wines, have sent us
> sample Of another product OF that
fertile region, namely, of the or
k engea raised 1t the Sunny Slope
plantation at Los Angeles. They
are Of remarkable fineness, aud of
3 flAvor which, without possessing
the saccharine sweetness OF the
Havana orange, are even more rich,
end, In consequence of the blend
1iIg OF It's sweetness with little
acfdity. Is more agreeable. In COM
/. pairing It with the Indian river or
hnge from the eastern shore OF
Florida, " Is perceived that 1t Is a
little Inferior to it-not in the
0avor OF its juices, but in this Pc
0uIinrity, that the Indian river
fruit has the membranes and cells
of the inner part Of = more delicate
texture, aud more easily broken by
the teeth, SO that no part Is rejected
~ the most delicate masticator.n
We may boast that the world pro-