Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-21
AGRICULTURAL.
NArrER PREPARED SPECIALLY FOE
I6g "REcoRD UtIoE."
Fruit Talk In the STATE Bcrt.c lturai
socisly-A Busy S,ason loving
Orchard Graes. iced

The State horticultural Society held
stated meeting st the Academy # Sc:eEce
rooms in San Frsuci.co or the 29sh OF Sep
TENDER, az which there was great deal Of
very instructive and sensible talk among the
members n Che subi ct ss to what kinds CT
fruit to grow fer market. The discussion
sooix wide range, both as to the kinds of
f;ri. and as TO the localities of orchardists
who engaged in the discussion.
Mr.. Ha'ch. of So.ano-in the upper part
of Suisun sa!ley-lsd Of with the genral
conservation that the man who could fad out
gnat iruit would Re 10 demand and ttel pre-
pare to supply that demand, could make fruit
culture profitable.
This brought out DE-. Chap,n, Of San jose,
with the remark that in S IN Jose they had
coma to tbs conclusion that much depended
on the locality. In our locality the Moor.
park apricot bears profusoly, while in other
localities they hsve not ksd a crop in four
team years Ga his place the apricot is very
prolific SID profitable. and the peach is
worthless. willis a few miles away, on the
Mills, tie peach does splendidly. The only
way By which TO tell what fruits will do wal
on any particular soil end any particular eli.
mate, IS - pu5 out small family orchard IS
N experiment or test orchard, and then plant
as experience dicsatss. Il is a d'fficu,t mat
ter to tell which exsrts the greater iufi1sncs
On the fruit, tie soil or climate but think
the climate 70 most iuG aential
Mr.. Hi2 SOD, dealer IL San Francisco,
ssid ii farmers would dry their frui' " the
market la me SANS style that the samples
exhibited on The tables wers dried. there
would be 30 diff cuity about o dsnpnd for
them. But dealers rIust HAYS Quantities 60
warrant them ia looking up market Rlise
apricots and sell green @hsn yor can Sst four
cents pound; bu. when you Gao get bat two
Cents it w;ll pay better to dry them. Peel
yJu- fruit and evaporats il, aud you VIII al
ways fad : m.,kes-sbey will wan great
many carloads on tbs other tide bu5 uus il
out unpeeI. d to dry on tie Rer-foost, sDd you
viii fad no buye We HAYS demand for
New Zealand, and We have orders for Nsw
Orleans this year. This ia new and impor-
tans opening, Coed dried frait cannot be
made fiom Grsen fruit with worms in it. TIE
fruit must be Of good quality "a four tati5a
James SaiGn, of Haywards. Alameda
county, said what nay be profitable il ore
place may not be in aaother. He had a
neighbor who got good crop Of almonds |
every year, whila another. not three miles |
away. ge's nothing from che sama kind Of |
trees ana % gong TO a'S them up Almost
anything in the fruit line viii pay if We cau |
get g good yearly crop. Ha would rs soon |
Pltnt apples as any other kind o: fruit ii he
coul,l secure good crops OF good fruit. lie
was thihkias OF p'an1ins an orchard, aid yet
with his l'n$ expeNeaee he. was at loss 70
determine Vhai 20 plant; bht if he had iaud |
suitable re would plant apples wouli pant
those that you'd Eee2-heginnins with Bell
d'w.r. hs you'd no. have All ais esps in
one basket. lie wcuid plant OF leading Varle-
ties, say hall dozen k:nds, ard thus take
chances OF Eesnng nghs !: some particulars.
de thought the fisg% bind OF peach that
could be resisd AID dfLed aud pUt UPON tie
market IN Eood condIu "a wonld most suceiy
prove proh5ahle;
hlr. JsfsuP, OF the sane place, said there
was cre%5 diftece' ce IL the BEARING qu allies |
q different KINDS OF fruit ia different iocaii- |
ties, but ~e had lFt27 humber ct kin IS that |
we're sure bearers and Wolii Dc ptctsab!s-
as the peach: plum Hrd apricot. He had
never heard Ct but one i9cslty IN which tae |
plum and p'une die NOT d. well, sod thsE Uas
in the sou. aa:n part e. tbs Stale. Tha Vic |
toTia and " aShington, the Jsf9rton and the |
yeii2w-egE vail produce well on slmcss any |
KIND OF SOIL ana IA every part Of ths conn |
try, and they are good tor canrlle or dr5 Iug. |
Ihe plum VIII always bs good tor drying. |
From II to rs pounds OF cried fEuis to the
100 POUNDS green plums viii make good |
profits. Ths Co!umbis plum, which is not
good for canning. is the bas5 plum in the
wosid tor drying IL is not surpassed by the |
best prunCs. Ihar9 ere many varieties of
apples that will grow and besr well in most |
any soil and climate This Believer. for ex
ample. There is no discount On r2i.ing the
plum or pruue whom they will grow. While
other fruits were killed on my place the Bull
gsrian pruae bore heavily.
l. Coates, Of Napa. said there are several
varieties OF apples thas always do well in
Maps. The red AstraGap, the Alexander,
Bslhowsr and Hoover all do well. The
Hoover does we'll in all parts Of Napa ard
Sonoma counties il is deep red, approach
ing the purple. These varieties sold fcr 80
cen.s to 81 10 per box, when vel put up and
no wormy ores in Some fcuit-gr3wers
are Iuakin9 vinegar Of the worny apples,
OF the winter kinds il is diificnlt to say
which ara the best varieties. The New
town Pippia Cocks Sonoma seedline) keep
well. The Hoover does ros keep later than
Christ nss TIE Pearm in will keep, but
they are tough and Of poor favor.
Mr.. Ktee of Berkeley, said the Gr.ven.
stein ii California was IN early apple ripsu-
irg in August, while in the Gorth of Elrope
the same apple, or eu a-pla bearing the same
lame, does act ripen till in November, and
keeps as Lite as Janusry. IF there are two
varieties Of this apple it may be important to
get the European Gravensteia.
DR.. Chaplin said in San Jose the Craven
stein is an early spple-the fruit is entirely
gons in August.
w. W. Saith, of Solsno, ssid the climate
has great deal 60 do with the Gravenstein.
He had picked it in August, and yet it was
now in the market from different parts of the
State. BE would IS soon plant the fig for
profit as any other fruis-the common black
variety. He would sell the first crop green
and dry the second crop. Tee location
has great dsal TO DO in Ca!ifornia
with the kinds # fruit to plaut
In some parts of the State the apple, pear
interior valleys tie peach, apricot AID recs.-
rine are tins most p:ohS21.e lie tas u!ht the
lie fntnre 1hs 10, IN =" ,u III "a Ing ~. IA
tarine. The fiash Il r.ne vile. ard wen