Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-22
CALIFORNIA.
HOW OUR FRUITS ARE REGARDED
IN ENGLAND.
A CORRESPONDENTS Enthusiasm Over
Our Natural Scenery and
General Resources.

General Resources.
A correspondent writing to the London
(England) Exchange and Mart speaks as
follows concerning CALIFORNIA; fruits, re-
sources and natural scenery and advantages
One hears great deal about Florida as an
orange-growing country, but comparatively
little has been written in favor of southern
California, although this salubrious and
beautiful region would seem to offer I'M
rivaled advantages TO Europeans. An
Enqlishman returned from a settlement
near Los Angeles, which is approached by
rail from San Francisco, describes the glow
ing beauty of the scenery, the fragrant
groves of orange and lemon, the wild fig,
guava, pomegranate, the almond and olive;
delicate feathery palms and Italian cy-
presses give charm to the native scenery;
the eucalyptus, and other superb trees,
amongst them the gigantic madrona, afford
an almost endless diversity of foliage.
There are many towering shrubs, such as
California lilac, calycanthus (the blossoms
of which are dark red1, the dogwood and a
profusion of wild roses.
THE CLIMATE Is DELIGHTFULLY."-
Exhilarating, dry and equable, so that it
to affections of the chest or throat. The
winters are without severe rosts; the brill
liant sunshine and pleasantly refreshing
breezes transform this season into an In
dian summer even bathing is enjoyable in
December. The summer heats are by no
means oppressive. The rainy season COM
mences in November, and terminates in
April at latest The rainfalls usually oc-
cur at night A few hours after the road
ways are firm and dry, and, on the whole,
the proportion of fine clear days, even dur
ing the wet season, is larger than in any
other part OF the United States. The
sapphire of the Pacific rivals the azure OF
the cloudless skies indeed, the South Cal
ifornia seaside resorts are among the
healthiest and most lovely in the universe.
The beaches are sandy, free from shingle,
and abound with delicate sea MOSES, agates
and beautiful shells
FISH AND GAME.
Living, also, is very moderate A good
shot or an ordinarily skillful angler can take
all the game or fish he may require. There
are capital salmon, trout, smelt, founders,
macl1erel and other excellent fish. Game
is plentiful, and comprises snipe-the
shooting of which commences in Septem-
Der or October-curlew, quails, reed birds,
etc. The sportsman can find in the ada
cent mountains hares, rabbits, deer, noun
tain sheep, and occasionally, if ambitious,
he may track bears. nipe-shooting is
considered excellent, but it is after rain
falls that the sportsman makes the heay-
lest bags. He should remember to " shoot
down the wind" as the snipe fly against it
unless, indeed, it blows a hurricane.
The delicacy of canvas-back duck-so es-
pecially priced in Americas readily OBJ
tainable in California. All through the
winter the eve is charmed by the fresh
verdure of the mountains and woods,
amongst which are poisoning shrubs and
wild flowers, and roses in perpetual bloom.
Any man possessing moderate capital and
DESTROYS of increasing his income in an
agreeable manner, could hardly do better
than emigrate and turn his
ATTENTION TO FORTHCOMING
In this delightful region. We read OF
lemons realizing $50 per 1000 in the mar
kets at San Francisco. The orange trees
soon attain bearing stage-that Is, within
few years-and the fruit returns are eX-
ceptionally large 1t has been stated that
an orchard of ten acres is expected to yield
an annual profit of e2000 and it is said
that one man can look after plantation
of twenty acres BY simple but effective
process of budding and grating, fruit
sons, and by adopting the novel French
system of plant vaccination, even earlier
crops may be produced. 1t is agreeable tC
reflect on the great longevity attained by
orange trees, There are many instances o
centenarian patriarchs amongst them. Some
of those at Hampton Court are stated to be
at least 800 years old, and for many year:
the greater their maturity the more abun-
dant their bearing qualities. \ single tree
has been known to yield more than 5000
oranges in season. California
ABoUNDs IN NATURAL MARvELs.
Horace Greeley, who had seen most o.
Rome from the dome of ST. Peters, the
the glaciers, Niagara, and the Yosemite
valley, unhesitatingly awarded the palm
to the last, as the most truly marvellous
This valley of wonders is 1000 feet above
the level of the sea; it is about six mile;
in length and one in width, distant, in al
easterly direction, $50 miles from Sar
Francisco, and was for many years only
known and inhabited by hostile tribes o
warlike Indians. The huge rock standing
on the left of the entrance to the valley
(El Capitan), towers 5000 feet above it
and from one of its clefts guShes the lovely
Ribbon Falls, or Virgins Tears On the
right hand are the Bridal Veil Falls, poet
ically termed by the Indians Esprit o
the Evil Wind" which fall over the
Cathedral Rock, 900 feet into the valley
beneath, in two broken descents; the foam
is blown about by the wind, and thrown
back by the rebound until the base of The
fall is hidden. The sun shining through
the lovely spray forms innumerable rain
bows of prismatic brilliancy and trans
forms the whole into a tout ensemble o
f;lirylike, striking, and marvellous beauty
The valley has many other attractions fo
the lover of stupendous scenery, too numer
Gus to specify in the present article-loft,
mountains, clear lakes dashing cascade
and rapids, rivers and sierras.
TIE GEYsERS,
Of which so much has lately been heard
are about 100 miles from San Francisco
and were accidentally discovered by
European so recently rs 1871. There ar
a hundred different springs, cold and hot
Some of the waters are clear and limpid
Others colored and turbid. Some seethin
waters-those appropriated, named th
Witches Caldron-are blacker than ink
have n temperature of 1862, and are of I'M
defnable depth The Steamboat Geyse
expels steam so heated as TO be invisibl
until it is six feet from the mouth
white sulphur stream is as clear as glas
and at boiling heat. The steam give
forth by these chemical springs ascends 10
feet, and overhangs them in fantasti
shapes. There are also cold springs i'm
pregnated by iron, soda, alum, etc, steam
baths and bathing pools, and some water
in which trout can be taken.
THERE ARE SOME GIGANTIC TREES
indigenous to California, such as the re