Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-10-14

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White Corn-Fruits Boxed for tho Pavilion
More Of the Legitimate Grape Sensation.
EDITOR HERALD: Captain join
West has beautiful home IN the
oceanward suburbs OF Santa Ana
Around him spreads his 400 acres
of fertile land, upon which are ten
artensian wells and sheet oil
water, being both lake and reser.
vor. The attractions of Santa
Clara begulled Captain West from
the sea, and Santa Ana drew him
away from his beautiful and ex.
pensive home in Santa Clara.
Captain West, at home on the
sea, is no inch II land.!ubber. His
farm il as trim and close-hauled to
the seasons as ever his craft was to
the wind. In front of his residence
is fine spread Of fruit trees, vines,
bushes and ornamental shrubbery.
The vineyard is series of Muscat
clusters en clusters Of Flame Toksy
and grape masses of other varie.
ties. There are several varieties Of
figs. Soma of the fig trees are
loaded with fruit in ali stages of
growth and rlpening; others ore
stingily fruiting. Captain West
says that these particular fig trees
are hsbitualIy shy bearers. They
stand in the same row with the
prolific bearers. Variety, and not
care, makes the difference.
Captain VESTS orange trees are
prosperous; his apple trees are so
skillfu!Iy pruned that they bear
thsir loads of fruit without loss of
sym metry; his pears have rivals
only in Mr.. Lyum's orchard OF Ar.
tesla and la d. NJ. HaIladay's, Of
East Santa Ana, and his Catalina
blackberry surpasses anybody's
Lawton or Wilson. He threshed
ll99 centals of Odessa wheat from
six acres.
ELDERBERRY PIES AND WINE.
James Lick, the deceased obser-
vatory devisor, received some years
before his death few slips of a
choice variety OF elderberry from
abroad. Mr.. Lick gave to Captain
West some slips. Subsequently a
| flood swept away every vestige of
Mr.. Lick's elderberry plantation,
AMI Captain West was left in sole
possession OF the particular variety.
he made wine Of the berries in
Santa Clara, aud sold il ut SO so
per gallon. a Frenchman offered
To take his entire stock by the cask
at 50 so. The offer was declined.
Captain West brought two slips to
hls Santa Ana home. They have
grown into elderly bushes. Bear
fruit the gecond year from the slip;
are in season from August to Octo-
Der; make highly esteemed pie, a
choice wine, too much priced
feast, for birds and children eat the
berries from tho bush. Capt. West
has left his elders to grow as suck
ering bushes; says they easily train
up to tree of single stem aud
handsome head.
CUzCO CORN.
Capt. West paid dollar pound
for some Cuzco corn. Piowed un-
der ten loads of manure that had
been evenly distributed over one
quarter Of an ecre of ground natur-
ally rich. Planted the corn in
May in the quarter acre. The corn
is still in green huaks, little over
ripe for roasting ears. Many of
the stalks have large husks eucas-
ing bare cobs. The stalks average
about twelve feet high. A consid-
cradle percentage of the stalks
have fallen to the ground. Some of
the ears though small are we'll
filled with large grains; fair re-
production of the genuine Cuzco
corn. This particular example
condemns Cuzeo corn as field
crop. 1t should not deter any one
from raising it for fancy corn
bread. This patch of Cuzco corn
grew about u thousand feet to the
leeward of a large field of white
corn. The sea breeze favored by
bridizing. The distance prevented
it. Cuzco corn may improve with
administration. Capt. West pro-
nounces it u failure and humbug.
| PENNSYLVANIA WHITE CORN.
Capt. West conducted me to q
corntield in height an average of
twelve feet. The ears are far above
the average size; husks thin, easily
pulled; comes about as soon as
Spanish corn; the stalks sucker
but little; the juice of the stalk is
uncommoniy sweet; cnttle eat the
stalks readily who reject the stalks
of Spanish and other corn. 1t Is
called Pennsylvania white corn be-
cause it came from the State of
that name. 1t is recent importa-
ton. Capt. West will make eX-
hibits ut the Pavilion; proposes to
avenge his Cuzco Investment by
stringing up Cuzco with Pennsyl-
vania white and exhibiting them
at the Fair. Capt. West was very
prominent among the originat0rs
Of the Santa Clara Agricultural
Association. It's property grew on
his and other members hands fro
six to seventy thousand dollars.
The Captain ought to be utilized
by our societies. One of the chi
nese nuts, regularly imported by
the Cinnamon, "a little brown NUT
was planted by Capt. West. IL
terminated aud u peach-like tree
four feet high is the result.
FRUIT IN PROPULSION.
M. d. Halliday, Esq Of Santa
Ana welcomed me with his habitu-
| al COrliiality. His fruit farm Ia