Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-04

.4. .ur lHau 1syIni
"a 1855 iu i-i7 garden 0l
America. AHl. l.si.s EJ ~aiu
tell the Tribu"- s'elt,Ae e.. .u
products"
Southern California il, d. gat.
know, u great fruit growing eoun
try. am not as extreme in my
claims for everything AS many
Yet, rs to our fruits, there are four
varieties no section can vie upon,
the strawberry, the pear, the plum
and the grape. Our peaches are
larger than the Eastern product
but possibly not so sweet, while our
apples do not compare with the
fruit OF the colder climates. Tho
skin Of our orange il thicker than
the product Of Florida and Louis.
lana, and consequently the inside
Is smaller. But you can eat all OF
the California orange, while the
Florida orange is full of pulp and
seeds and the Louisiana orange
but little less 80. Los Angeles Is
garden spot, where every man
can sit under his own vine aud fig
tree"
"How about crops In general?"
"California will show this year q
greater yield Of wheat. wool and
wine than any previous season,
and more wine and brandy will be
made than for any two past years.
1t is we'll known that several
Frenchmen have been In Southern
California for some time past buy
ing wine to ship to France. What
do you think OF that?"
"That seems strange. How do
you account for it?n
"Wby, many Of the vineyards OF
France have been depleted by q
parasite called the phyloxers
which destroys the root Of the
grapevine, and hence makes q
great reduction in the French man.
ufacture. The California wine 10
shipped to France aud doctored for
the trade Of all countries"
"Have the American vineyards
ever been troubled with this in
sect?"
IA little In Ohio, and some In
California. Que vineyard in So
noma county has been destroyed,
and some Others injured. None
have been hurt in Los Angeles
county as far as I know. Tue para.
cite has been transported with the
French roots which were trans.
planted in this country. But the
growers are fOrewarned by the ex-
perience of the Frenchmen, and
destroy the parisite by grating the
dner vines to which they have at
taehed themselves, to the root of
the old Mission grape, which the
phyloxsra will not touch.n
Reports reach Colorado of con.
siderable depression In Califor.
niaY'
"Kearnsylsm and the new con-
stitution did give California a
black eye and general business
cannot be said to have been very
good for two years. But I think
an Improvement IL evident now.
Wages are as high as In the East,
and living incomparably better
and far cheaper"
elbow 10 tho mining Industry"
"Mining is not what 1t used to
be. Very few mines are paying.
except those worked by hydraulics,
and they all pay. Few mines on
the C0mstock, which Is considered
= California property, have paid
dividends in four months. All the
big mines have pay mineral and
large bodies, but the cost OF work.
Ing exhausts the output. some
mines you know are at u depth oi
two thousand feet and over. Not
much is done in placer mining.
The Cinnamon work some old
claims at profit, but no one else
could"
"Are many Californisns seeking
ArIzona?n
"a great many California min.
ers have gone, and are still going
there, but I am compelled to say
that probably nine.tenths Of the
capital in Arizona mines comes
| from outside of California. Ari'
soma will yet astonish this coun'
try, now mark what I say"
WWhen do you expect to return
to the Coast?"
II leave direct for San francisco
tomorrow. have been away fol
nearly four months, and am aDx
ious, assure you, to return to my
home. where, for seven years,
have each evening sat on my pi
asza and taken . good smoke
' .Nt.
siaaKe grove, snd listening q "a.