Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-06-17
Garden Profits,

The HERALD published last spring a
sketch of the enormous profits from n
thorough cultivation of the soil, espe-
cially in the raising of small fruits and
vegetables. BY some it was thought
that the profits were exaggerated, but a
more careful examination of the subject
shows that the estimate in the HERALD
was not overdrawn, in fact was not high
enough. In n further illustration OF
these great profits we note in the Santa
Barbara Independent statement that
in a garden at that place Mr. l.. A. Hem.
enway is raising Strawberries at a lusty
profit. That paper says;
Upon the three-fourths of an acre
which are now ripening, the weekly
yield is one thousand boxes. These are
OF the choicest variety, the Monarch of
the West, and as Santa Barbarians well
know the quality of the fruit which is
delivered three times a week at the
store of C. G.. Hunt, it is needless for
us to further describe them. Mr.. Hem
enway has sold already this season, over
| $50 worth of berries, and the vines
promise to yield as much more before
their annual period of rest. Almost the
whole work of preparing the land, con.
structing water bitches and fumes for
irrigation, setting and irrigatng the
plants, and attending to them while
growing, has been done by Mr.. Hemen-
way alone. Since the berries commenc-
ed ripening they have required the help
OF ne man. Besides this Mr.. Hemen.
way has attended to his other crops
doing the whole work connected with
ten acres of hay, three acres of corn, one
acre of vineyard, four acres of pumpkins
and five or six acres of walnut and api.
cot trees that are now beginning to bear
most bountifully
In this way, upon small piece OF
land he is making more clear profit than
many of the so.called large farmers who
are sowing two or three hundred or one
thousand acres with wheat or barley and
paying out almost the entire receipts for
hired help, harvesting, threshing sack
ing, transportation, commission, etc.
1t will be seen from this yield that Mr.
Hemenway's land gives an income of
81 900 an acre. That is far beyond any
thing that we have encouraged persons
to think they could get out of our soil,
and yet it is likely that the gardeners of
Los Angeles are getting quite as large
a yield as that obtained by Mr. Hemen.
way. There is plenty OF room for garden
ing and the raising OF peas, beans, aspara,
gus, potatoes, cabbages, caulinower, wax
beans, tomatoes, guavas, eurrants, cher
res, raspberries, blacllberrics aud goose
berries.
1t is u shame that our market garden.
ers do not raise more OF the delicious
straw colored wax beans, instead of the
common string which makes a man
feel as ii he were swallowing his mus
taehe and woman feel as if she were
chewing dressing comb. The wax bean
is most delicious, is a good bearer, and
can be made to pay 81 900 per acre.
Why is not this most delicious of all
leguminous plants raised in Los Ange.
les? 1t is the most popular of all the
varieties of beans, not excepting the
bayou bean. Asparagus is too much
neglected by our gardeners, and visitors
from abroad complain that our hotels
and restaurants neglect to supply their
tables with this delicious and nutritious
plant
1t is pleasant to notice that many OF
our people are becoming aware of the
immense profit of market gardening
heretofore made by the Chinese, and are
entering into the business themselves.
There is plenty of room for more, in this
business, as the demand for shipment OF
garden products to the interior is in
creasine every day