Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-12

Eng -i,n Magazine
II any orchardist doubts the desirsbility
of the French prunes as a safe investment
for certain future income, says the Press
and HorticuitiTist, we refer him to Z. j.
Knapp, Of Carpenteris, who has JUS. mar
ketsd this seasons crop from one acre and
a half of land In planting an orchard six
years ago, Mr.. Knapp only set out 200
prune trees, not knowing how well they
would thrive. From the very first they
have been vigorous and thrifty, needed but
little care, and they commenced bearing
the first year. This, the dry season they
have had to contend with, had seemingly
no i'll effect on them, and each tree was
literally loaded with fruit After the
gathering and drying, just completed, Mr..
Knapp found he had four tons of dried
fruit, all 10 as prime, acceptable condition
as any foreign prunes ever in market. c.
c. Hunt bought the whole crop at once
the retail price being I2l cents per pound
This, from an acre and half of land, is a
pretty comfortable profit, and the figures
not exaggerated in the least. AS Califor-
MIA dried prunes are equal, if not superior,
to imported varieties, they must command
a wide and permanent market. The prune,
though the faYorte of all dried fruits, is a
decidedly eccentric and difficult tree to
suit in soil and climatic conditions, and at
tempts to transplant it have utterly failed
almost everywhere else but in California
even here it will only flourish in certain To-
calities Under these circumstances it is
improbable that future price or de.
mand can be less than now, though an ad-
vance is likely. Even at a net profit OF
less than half the present retail price,
say FIVE cents per pound, a small family
could live very comfortably from theincome
OF six acres, which would be 81 900 year,
or, at the present retail price, 81 900.
DR.. W. G. Kingsbury, European Agent
Of the Southern Pacific Railroad recently
wrote the american Settler published in
London AT the Birmingham Cattle and
Poultry Show, the exhibi. made at stall A.,
in the gallery, are the products of Califor-
MIA, but were received too late to be prop
erly cstalogued, and five cases Of green
fruit have arrived in London, but too late
10 appear here. The articles now shown
consists OF - specimens Of barley, - of
native grasses, , Of canary seeds; of the
cultivated grasses there is the celebrated
alfalfa, timothy, evergreen millet, Egyp-
tian millet, and Egyptian cora. a speci.
men Of japanese aati, an olive branch with
fruit on it Italian, American and Eastern
chestnuts, with fruit; California grape
vine, the growth of this year to September
l2th a box OF California raisins from
Briggs Brothers, of Winters, California a
variety of timed fruit from the San Jose
Packing Company, also of preserves in
glass from the same company; three vari-
cites of potatoes from Sonoma county, and
contributed by Pomona Grange One
OF these weighs pounds and
ounces, and three weigh pounds, ounce.
California squash vegetable marrow
measuring 3 feet inches In length, and Is
inches in diameter; three pumpkins,
weighing respectively l4l, l47 and l5l
pounds, all raised in Los Angeles county,
There are also specimens of lin
seed, rye, pomegranates. ounces,
etc All these cereals, etc, are exhibited
in the straw, and are the growth of this
year (lSSS). After the Birmingham show
all these products, with many more to be
added, may be seen at the office of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, Al Flnsbury
pavement, London.
10 the Neic England Fdrmsr new way
to raise cream is described. 1t Is said to
be in practical use in Vermont The milk,
as it is brought in by the farmers from the
surrounding country, is delivered in an
upper story Of the factory, which is located
upon a hillside at Colchester. From the
receiving room the milk is run into large
iron tanks, some ten feet long by three fee,
in diameter, placed horizontally, and much
resembling the boilers of stationary steam
engine. The tanks are made of strong
! boiler iron, and have man-hole in one