Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-28

| tons referred to are in general ID very
tender tissues, such az are found within
the flowers and at the ends of expanding
shoots IN spring; and (2} a moist atmos-
phere- No varieties are entirely blight
proof, but the disease spreads so slowly in
| some that they receive little injury, espe-
claliy when not making too rapid growth.
The reason why tie blight, when seen in
July and later, does not pass directly from
! one limb to another, or from one
tree to another, is because. in the first
place, the germs cannot escape, being
confined by the bark, or else escape in a
| yiscid emulation which holds them firmly
/ together; and in the second place there
are very few places on the tree at this
season where the surface tissues are suf-
| hclently tender for them to find an en-
trance. Does not all this suggest some
thoughts regarding preventives and rene
| dies? DO not force the trees into too rapid
| growth by heavy fertilizing or otherwise
| Place no confidence in sulphur, lime, or
| washes and applications of any sort
promptly remove every trace of the disease
a foot or more below the lowest spot where
II shows, and burn the branches Professor
Arthur has also shown conclusively that the
blight which attacks the apple and ounce
IS the same as the pear-blight. He has
iurther proved by experiment that the
bacteria which are the probable cause of
the disease, may live and multiply in in
fnslons OF corn-meal hay, barnyard ma
nure, green fruits, starch, etc. These facts
should emphasize the Importance of
promptly burning all diseased branches
removed from the trees.-[Our Country
Home.
THE PROFIT FROM PRUNE-G ROWING
We published statement recently as TO
the success and profit acquired in prune-
growing in this State, referring then to the
prune orchards of Senator Reuter- and
| others. The Press and Hortic.dtsuist has the
following upon the same subject If any
orchardist doubts the desirability of the
French prunes as a safe investment for
certain future to come, we refer him to E.
j. Knapp, of Carpenteria, who has Just
marketed this season crop from one acre
and 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
bad effect on them, and each tree was liter
ally loaded with fruit After the gathering
and drying, just completed, Mr.. Knapp
found he had four tons Of dried fruit, all
III as prime, acceptable condition as any
! foreign prunes ever in market. c. G.. Hunt
bought the whole crop at once, the price
being 12I cents per pound. This, from an
acre and half of land, is pretty comforta-
Bile profit and the figures not exaggerated in
the least. As California dried prunes are
equal, if not superior, to imported varie-
| ties, they must command a wide and per-
manent market. The prune, though the
favorite of all dried fruits, is a decidedly
eccentric and difficult tree to suit in sol!
| and climatic conditions, and attempts to
transplant it have utterly failed everywhere
else but in California. Under these cir
cumstances~ it is improbable that future
prices or demand can be less than now.
though an advance is likely Even al net
profit of less than half the present retail
price, say five cents per pound, small fam
lily could live very comfortably from the
income of six acres, which would be 81 600
year, or at the present retail price, 81 900.
In the Santa Clara valley many families
gain their entire living from the profits of
their prune orchards, five and six acres in
size, and their children do all the picking
| and driving. A fve-acre tract of land re-
Gently sold by Hon. Allen Henry, adioin-
ing Chico, has been prepared for prune
| trees, the land Whereabouts being rich and
| just suited for the purpose. Other orchards
| are to be set out in that locality, and we
| expect the business will be quite extern
| sively engaged in.