Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-04-27

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A Marvellous Extension of Vineyard
-Disprized Lands Coming Into
RscoSnition-A Hint OF The
Wealth and Beauty of Orange
lin the famous dry year OF 1857
the editor Of the HERALD made circuit
Of Los Angeles county with view of
showing that, even in such season Of
comparative privation, this section
abounded in various and valuable re-
sources He proposes now. in what will
prove to be more than an average season,
to 90 over the county from time to time,
and to give, in this journal, the result of
his observation:]
Distracted from our topic OF real in
t--hortlcultural and vinicultural
development-by hephenomenal growth
of the town Of Santa Ana, wo gladly
reeur to those problems Of soil evolu-
tion which really constitute the absorb.
ing interest Of Southern California.
When, on Wednesday, we arrived at
Tustin City, our eiceroni. Mr.. Charles
Stamps, the editor of the Santa Ana
Standard, who knows every foot of the
ground, turned the swift team behind
which we had been speeding towards
Orange. He took tho road north over
the plains for the reason, as he ex-
planned to us, that we should better
see the progress of vineyard planting
which is simply miraculous in its ad-
vances. We at once struck region in
which extensive vineyards have just
been set out, and they all show thrifty
growth which must delight the heart Of
the husbandman. For miles and miles
the strict right angle at which these
green and graceful plants are SGT out,
presents to the view of the wayfarer
diamond shaped parterres which rival,
In an influence of similar kind, the
glamour created by like regularity in
the orange groves A charming effect
is produced by striking the squares of
both the orange orchards and the vine
yards eat.a.corner. The road north
from Tustin City is aligned by new
vineyards, that are planted in warm
and gravelly soil, which produces the
finest kind of raisins and forces vege-
tation at hot-house pace.
COUNTRY DEVOTED TO THE mUscAT OF
ALEXANDRIA.
On leaving Tustin City, and till we ar
rived at Orange, and throughout Orange,
we found ourselves in region which
Is devoted to the raisin grape, to orange
groves, alfalfa fields and to stretches oi
irrigated barley. In passant, we may
say we are inclined to think that Or.
ange and Santa Ana alone woult
save this county, this year. from either
q hay or barley famine. One of the
striking features of the development OF
this opulent country was the discovery
that extensive tracts of gravelly land,
which We're supposed to be worthless,
are really the finest vineyard and
orchard lands in Southern California or
in the world. The growths OF both the
grape and orange recorded in this sec
ton are simply phenomenal. As con
sequence, lands have taken an upward
impulse in values which is almost ipcred'
ible. To illustrate, the Stamps brothers,
who had purchased some land in this
belt for S4 an acre, and sold it for $24
have now the modification OF knowing
that the people to whom they sold have
declined as high as $3.50 an acre-and
all within surprisingly brief time, viz,
year or so.
The raisin grape fourishes in this sec.
tion in way to daze the brain of the
Easterner, and even of the more sophis
ticated Californian.
THE PROFITS OF THE RAlsIN GRAPE.
Few of the readers of the HERALI
have the remotest conception of tn,
profits which arc attendant upon the
cultivation of the raisin grape in this
royal sweep of territory. By {
careful estimate, Mr.. Charles Stamp'
has reached the conclusion that the
product of vineyard planted ii
the Muscat of Alexandria. converted
into raisins, will yield its proprietors I
net return of at least Sl40 an acre. The
forty acres of vineyard owned by thu
Stamps brother, planted in the Mus
cat of Alexandria, yielded them, last year
$4,000 net. As to the market, il
seems to be simply illimitable. Lons
before the rsisins have been matured
competing agents of Eastern and Sar
Francisco firms invade the valley and
offer remunerative prices to the vine
yardists. The Muscat OF Alexandria
Yields about three and half tons o
grapes to the acre. When cured into
raislns the weight shrinks about one
third, thus assuring ton and consid
cradle fraction Of raisins to the acre, fo
which seven cents a pound is eagerl.
bid, in advance of their readiness for tn,
market. The fact should also be born,
in mind that the raisin business is still
in its infancy; and that. when expert
ence and instruction shall have don't
their work, the raisins will be graded Al
they are picked, and for the superior
varieties much higher prices will be OBJ
tanned, while seven cents will undoubt
edly be the minimum. In the old dayi
the Stamps brothers were won't to senc
their grapes to Anaheim, to be crushed
into wine. The total expense of curing
the grapes into raisins proves to be less
than that of hauling their product te
Anaheim, under the old dispensation.
SPEEDING THE GOOD WORK.
In drive from Tustin City to Orange
one passes multitude of new vineyards,
all set out in the Muscat of Alexandria.
The Messrs. Bartlett, Swan and the
Mcpherson Brothers, have this year
planted hundreds OF acres in this Lightly