Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-17
FARM AND FRUIT.
The Steady Prosperity Of California and
It's Future.

It's Future.
We are now enjoying the golden season
of the year, when the Harvest Home "
is sung in glad realizations of the bountiful
blessings enjoyed from well-laden fields of
grain and gatherings of fruit during the
season just closing. Although there has
been in some sections lighter yield from
various causes than in some previous years,
the general outcome of the summers pro-
auctions has brought prosperity, and given
continued reason for content in our highly
favored land. The practical demonstration
to the people in the East of our natural
resources and greatness by extensive ex,
hibits of California grains and fruits at the
Illinois State Fair and elsewhere beyond
the Rocky mountains, has net only re-
moved the quite general belief heretofore
entertained there, that the reports OF our
productions were overststed and untruth-
ful, but these impressions have been over.
come and refuted by the official reports of
State Fair Committees, who not only with
entire willingness acknowledge all that we
have claimed and that the products OF ma
ture assert for us, but in their enthusiasm
over the marvellous growth and quality of
cur cereals and fruits, officially say the
half has not been told. p"
The results which will flow from this,
and the continued prosperity IN all depart
ments of industry in our State, will insure
very soon largely increased population,
and with such increase will be CORE
spending growth in values, demand for
property, breaking up of large, neglected
holdings and pasture ranges into small,
WELT titled farms and pleasant homes !;
greater demand for skilled labor, increase
Of employment on the farm and in the
shop greater perfection in educational IA
cilities for all, and the full realization Of
the possibilities which Providence, by the
bestowal of unequaled natural advantages,
has intended for those who have pursued
the fleeing goddess of {" Westward, 30 =
to the final limits, and chosen their herit-
age within the borders Of the golden
State.
The evidences of prosperity which are to
be seen on every hand in city and country
are of the most substantial class, and form
natural step in the development towards
the higher and advanced condition to be
reached in our State life and history. The
increase in the agricultural and horticult-
ural industries of last year were alone a
most notable feature, but the increase the
present season beyond that of last will be
upon far more extended scale, and these
will undoubtedly continue with higher
ratio from year to year.
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A. w. Eames, of Los Angeles, writes TO
the Rural Californian upon the relative
profit between fruit and grape culture :
Now that the grape harvest is upon US, we
hear of the large returns of wine and
raisin vineyards to the fortunate owners,
of from 500 to 5000 per acre, and the
question is asked, now those returns com
pare with other fruits Many of US have
heard of the San Jose orchard of twelve
acres of apricots, the crop of which two
years ago sold for Sl3, 600; of $500 per
acre of Bartlett pears and of three seven
year-old apricot trees at Riverside, that
two years ago produced l, 200 pounds. But
these yields and returns are of course ex-
ceptional. An orchard at full bearing
ought to average, one year with another
at least $50 pounds to the tree apricots
and prunes, if evaporsted, will net three
cents per pound and at 100 trees to the
acre, we have an average return of $3.50
per acre for trees in full bearing. Pears will
stand more trees to the acre, and applied.
on a suitable soil, will produce larger yield,
bearing heavily every year but apples
evaporated will net only about one cent
per pound It is probably safe to say that
orchards OF properly selected fruits In full
bearing will double the annual coin pro-
duction of vineyards. There are ten or
twenty times as many acres being planted
to vines as to trees, and if there is any
danger of an overstock of wine and rails
ms, there certainly is none for apricots,
pears and prunes. II dried sprioots were
as plenty as prunes, there would probably
be as many used. The United States i'm
ported in 1881, 81, 2SO,6l3 pounds pruues
-Customhouse valuation, 81 552, 946 II !;
rsisins. 80 l5S 1855 pounds; valuation. 50
7ll,77 "A. In 1882 prunes, 80 10, 305
pounds, valued at 50 0S3, 900 10; paid
duty, S59l 703 AZ. RaisiDs, 3,779 SCI
pounds, valued at So 260, O33 "A paid duty
of Sl,097, 1876 II. From these figures it
will be seen that the importations are in.
creasing rapidly, and that we have large
and increasing market to supply. IL has
been estimated that at the present rate of
planting raisin grapes, in ten or fifteen
years we would be able to supply our own
country. Without arguing that point, it
Is safe to say we never will have as many
apricots and prunes as our own market will
take.
CALIFORNIA RAISINS
Tho p,,kov, |rl.,.,,,,,.,:J d ,JJt.. L. Al
following encouraging words about Califor-
MIA raisins These California raisins are
made from the Malaga grape and are large
and OF excellent quality, and are acknowl-
edged to be superior to foreign. They are
also fresher, as they never have the ethery
taste given TO foreign raisins by the sea
voyage. The grapes can be grown so
cheaply in California and the raisin pro.
duct is increasing so rapidly that in few
years, possibly in 1885, it is confidently ex-
pected that the California raisins can be
laid down in this market at 81 % to 81 80
for 24.pound box, at which price the for
eign raisins cannot compete with them.
At present the freight on the California
raisins is II cents per pound, which
amounts to % cents on 20 pounds,
and it is probable that as the shipments
East increase, the freights will be lowered
a little. The foreign raisins pay duty of
two cents per pound, and one half cent per
pound freight, and this on 20. pound box
would amount to so cents, and this so
cents for freight and duty must be SUBJ
tracted from Whatever the Spanish raisins
sell at against % cents to be subtracted
from what 20 pounds of California raisins
sell at, 1t is claimed by the Californians
that they can produce raisiss fully as
cheap as the Spaniards, and that in few
years they will control the American mar
ket. In addition to their superior quality,
buyers will be attracted to California
raisins for another reason. They are
honestly packed, the bottom layer being
fully equal to the top, aud the boxes have
always full weight.
VARIOUS NOTES.
A red polled bull exhibited at a recent
cattle show in Norfolk, England, measured