Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-11
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Prof Pohndorff, In the San Franciico MeFr
chant, has the following about olive culture:
The frequent mention In the press of the
words Oliye-oil and ollye.plants are an
agreeable sign OF the gradual familiarity
with the former aud the aeceptatlOn Of the
truth that California Is By nature called to
be a State for olive cultivation, as Il has
become already grape-growlng country.
Santa Barbara county seems to be the dis
trtet where the eloquent example Of Mr..
Cooper Is being followed largely. And good
reason there IL for people taking there TO
that branch Of agriculture, for the snecess
that deservedly crowned the Just named
gentleman's courageous venture on large
scale ought 70 persuade even the dullest
that those natural advantages In Santa Bar.
bafa county should be utilized, and that
this can be done with perfect safety. Sew
ernl gentlemen to my knowledge have
planted large tracts there. Ott er counties,
particularly san Diego and Sln Bernardino,
offer the same absolute advantages, aud II Il
to be hoped that there will be a similar spirit
OF enterprise. Probably may be wrong In
mentioning with preference those two coun-
ties. as there will be hardly any other coun-
ty In the State where the privilege OF grow
ing the olive may not be engaged But
have been by personal inspection, struck
with pleasant surprise In the two southern
counties at viewing the easy and quick de-
velopment OF olive plants The hot valleys
OF California win doubtless have similar
chances OF success with olive culture In
their more elevated positions.
Let eye;y newcomer, anf chiefly the
small settlers-who, to the States benefit
are arriving more numerously Of late-set
out from the beginning some, II ever so
| few, olive trees, be II on their road. on the
| borders of their little farm, where, In a few
| years, these trees may do fence service. or
| surrounding their little vegetable garden or
their house. They will not regret having
| planted few useful trees, from which,
| after some years, to procure wood for nur-
| sery and for larger ore lrd when their
| newly created little farm will be completed
| for permanent planting or extension.
AS asserted by men who practically have
| been reaping for years the fruit Of the Mis-
sion olive tree. and Is evident to every one
| who observes the behavior or the variety,
our California olive tree, 1t Is a good one.
| The oil Mr.. Cooper squeezes from the Call.
! fornia olive In the judicious way THAT un-
| fortunately In European countries is less
adopted) the virgin oil is made. that Is,
| pressing the freshly gathered fruit imme.
| diately, Is good, and as we have so little OF
| It, Is all the better appreciated. | have on
| other occasions advised t. improve upon
| the Mission olive tree. which being such an
| excellent grower and such a frOst-resisting
| tree. is surely the best stock to graft on, It's
| adaptability being undOubted. The reason
| for saying improve upon 1t, Is that IL has
the defect of bearing a late maturing fruit
| Then there is no doubt that one variety for
| all our regions Is not enough. There are
| better varieties and they nre accessible to
| us. Higher quality for picking fruit and
| for oil there Is a good selection for us among
| the varieties of other countries, and then
besides quality the first consideration In
choosing varieties must be to protect our
| plantation by the circumstance OF early ma
| tnrlty of the fruit We have to experiment
with what is good In other countries. and
then In time graft the choice varieties
| on our Mission stock. Several good ones
appear to do very well In our soil and eli
mate. The trials should be made in as
many regions in our State as possible with
others also The writer takes pleasure in
procuring collection of different Spanish
olive varieties, mostly In the shape OF
truncheons OF large size and OF at least
| eight years growth. These, selected in
| Spain by ingertddOrcs (grafters) who un-
derstand the business, have been the best
means of producing number of young
| plants to be rooted In a short time and thus
| propagating iu the cheapest manner.