The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-09-03
TIE GREAT FRUIT STATE
California's Most ProAtabie Industry 0uD.
plying che World with Canned Goods.
From the Stats citung.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2O-California fruit
OF the world. and is sent canned, preserved.
fully comprehensive character OF fruit culture
In this State that constitutes its most striking
here for surpasses that produced BY any other
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q the globe. Although semi:tropical fruit
nde Is the sounes Of san vsnnf santa
Babara, Los Angeles. San Demanding. and San
hss ssr other her
Border " Of Shasta Many IA 81 g. who
grow fruit for their own uso raise side by side
perste TIC earrsnt anti and the orange s the
cherry and the ile. strawberries and pineapples.
81 diverse Species Se rue
y to be seen In grotesque exuberance is that Of
Mortimer. not far from this city. Many Of the
DISTRICTS Of the State. however, are known 70 DO
who grow Tor profit plant accordingly. -N '.0''
California fruit ranches hes; display apple pear.
olive English walnut. and almond trees. The
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grow in Profusion and come earlier a and stay
%cst Valuable features q California irgit are
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spects inferior to Eastern fruit. but tho. asser-
tion will not bear 2 fair test There is fruit
quality. but there Is not much Of It. and every
| year the quantity is decreasing. improvements
and the care and skill displayed are constantly
beeoming more marked. The average fruit
X hs % high ~ 2fdG Ct gsaI The
State possessed about 5000 900 fruit trees.
them az S3SS99 n APPLE aoa 0Tns psaS
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sherrIqs California cherries and s.issMbsr,Tiss
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the St Size and rraSs aasSs
are charastersties OF all kinds Of trees In this
shd6 as e sH gns SF ysar
HS aEys s fed eus Se fp Fcws The TEss
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Shers the yi% int are SV eSldsr that they are
| juiciest and hardest. Bartlett pears have
favorable conditions have yielded net profit
of $4,000 per acre in a single season. The aGri-
delicate flavor Of our apricot has made it very
popular for table uses as well as for canning
the prices good. It has been a profitable fruit to
grow In 1879 twelye.a apricot pr orchard
fruit that was sold at Ave cents a pound This
Melted profit of 81 200 per acre; On the banks
| OF the SACRAMENTO. about twenty miles below
Sacramento a
| Der OF prolific peach ranches that in good years
yRaSaSs e q u fruit aa t. the ia I'll.
State is the long duration Of the rpeninIg stage.
Until Decemb ea.' This is the Month IN which
the orange becomes ripe. while tho various
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and will hang fully matured on the T trees for
a Sa R$y ar az sssr
II the shipments q fresh fruit %aSh q i e
Il, od Eastern aad States, AMOUNTED in 1881 70
freight charges, it is a.. extremely profitable
business. The fresh fruit is shipped ia refrig-
where fruit could not so easily be shipped for
sale n its IA natural condition; and everywhere
Of sat q fresh fruit drying is f praeissd on
large scale. Tie warm summers and dry air
r n tho nnd h dhppa Is to
| ployed almost exclusively for raisins figs. and
AbS e afe ns %na
ovens. very cheap and excellent fruit;,dry.
Ing oysn that la is much in use here is light
much time and labor. There are large dealers
| the entire produce OF ranches as it hangs on
the. trees. and have the fruit picked and dried
| on the spot by their own men.
One Of the most important Of the industries
developed in this State has been the canning
for its size. color. freedom from worms taste.
and flavor, can be sent abroad at lower prices.
tries. Only, the canned apricots and nectarlnes
o. Grr"GaI ana france nr can be hlaGed IN the
KIM Of %hrhs sS sae prices than the same
Canneries OF fruit and vegetables have been
established in All the important fruit districts
IL eans Of weh
were fruits and berries in their natura! form.
kitchen vegetables. the last. item including
5000. 900 cans OF tomatoes and 900 OF green
5000, 900 cans. and those of San jose 100000.
teaches, pears aprlcotsi plums. and cherries
apricot is regarded as the most profitable. Tho
best peaches and apricots are obtained from
the warm and Sheltered fruit bolt 70 Of Us solamo
County not far from this city.where large fruit
ripens sooneSt. and therefore fetches, the best
prices The best plums como from Napa and
Sonomn Counties and the best cherries from
Alameda. across the bay from this city. Tho
oands each for t"bo D iru iH sis s to
81 D; for pic fruit si.4O TO 81 go: for tomatoes.
So cents to sll0. Tho cannories pay for peaches
plums. aprcots. and pears $50 to $50 a ton.
| Nectnrines, apples muscntel grapes. straw
berries. blackberrcs. and raspberrics are can
ned to n less extent than oth her fruit. The bor-
ries are sold mainly in the home markets.
Tho oldest and largest of eanneries is
| that of the, Cutting Packing Company. which
has branch cannery at Santa Rosa salmon
canneries on tho north Pacific coast. and agen-
cies in st. Louis, Chicago. Cincinnati. Now York.
and London. This company put up in 1881
3,3OO00O pounds of fruit. and 9. 200. 900 pounds
| Of vegetables. Tho cannery Of King. Morse h
Co. puts up an average OF 100 900 cases Of fruit.
vegetables. and salmon every year. each case
| containing two dozen cans :: that Of A.. Lusk +
| Co.. 1000 cases: |, Iusk Of Oakland. 1900
cases. including Co. 900 cases Of tomatoes. that
were raised on 400 acres Of land attached 10 the
| canncry the Banner. Packing Company.
| 100000 cases the Standard 81. 900 to 100. 900.
Code. Elicit 4 Co. filed l,250,OO cans in 1881.
and the San jose Packing Company, $50 900.
New canneries are also erecting in the va
rious fruit districts. One OF the latest is at the
Fresno. Colony In the San joaquin Valley,
where fine apricots are grown with the aid ~
! artificial irrigation. the right - which 10 sold