Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-07
PtNRYN AND VICINITY.
A Prosperous Outlook for this Flourish
ing ana Beautiful Focthill Section.


Eps RECORD UNION Ten years ago Pen
ryn was known only as the location OF a
granite quarry. Thousands of acres OF lana
from which in earlier times the gold had
been extracted, and later en- had been
stripped of its fine growth of timber, was
abandoned as useless and LETT to grow up to
chaparral until about six years ago, when 1t
was found TO produce excellent fruit. A
few began Systematically to cultivate vari-
Gus fruits, though bat comparatively
small quantity was shipped to market.
Within the last three years, however, the
quantity has greatly increased, until now it
| has become very large, and the quality is
admitted to be equal if not superior to any
in the State, while almost every foot of
| land is claimed and is being rapidly settled,
mostly in from twenty to eighty acre lots.
On every side we see men buSily engaged
in clearing, fencing and building houses,
until the whole face of the country is being
rapidly changed from unsightly brush TO
cultivated land and attractive orchards.
Old residents say, " | never would have be-
heved it," and, indeed, they cannot yet
realize that the land they thought OF no
value should prove to be among the very
best in the State for the cultivation of fruit.
Year after year, parties have gone from the
middle and northern pant of the State to
look for fruit lands i'll the southern -coun-
ties, and often paid almost fabulous prices
for land that produced neither better nor
earlier fruit than can be grown here
Oh land which would have cost them
scarcely one-tenth the price there paid.
But that section was largely advertised,
and those who had no personal
knowledge of the value OF land here, nat
urally went to see that concerning which
they had read such glowing descriptions.
| If it CHANGED to be in the winter season
| they saw the evergreen orange orchards
bending beneath their yellow burdens, and
the contrast between those and the leahess
and fruitles5 branches at their own homes
| made them enthusiastic for that section.
but when they find to their surprise that
we have climate as delightful, soil as
productive and that the same variety of
fruit Of as fine quality, is raised here as
| there, they say to their friends, remain
here, the State offers nothing better
And thus it is that people begin to rea-
LIE this important fact, and realizing it.
! have set about clearing and cultiyating the
land here in earnest, though III truth they
do not yet know the wonderful capacity or
possibilities of the climate and soil.
Another great advantage for this section
is tho facility for shipping; being on the
line of the great overland railroad, with
| markets both east and west.
Standing upon almost any knoll III this
vicinity one can look out over q large por-
ton of the Sacramento valley In the west
the Sacramento river glistens in the sun
light, and further south the dome of the
Capitol looms up nearly thirty miles away,
while the intervening space is filled with
hill and dale, wood and plain making
very pretty picture.
The little village of Penryn has greatly
improved within the last year. a number
of houses, two churches and other build
ings give it quite al attractive appearance,
half hidden, as it is, among the trees.
Several parties from Sacramento have To-
Gated in this vicinity. One, Mr.. Parker,
having been connected for several years
with the house of w. r. Strong & Co, is
building very pretty Cottage half q mile
from town lie has force of men en-
gagged in clearing off his land preparatory
to settiny out an or 4ard
a fine school-house, with competent
teachers, offers excellent facilities for the
Shooting Of the younS Gea" Indeed.
the village airs we are putting on IS sur
prising. Already we boast several societies
and brass band OF about twenty pieces,
and although the latter practice nearly
every evening, the people living in the vi
entity still hold their ground.
The peach trees are in full bloom, and if
Jack Frost passes us by, there Will be a
large crop the coming season, PARIS.
Penryn, March 6, 1885.