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

EDS RECORD UNION; Ten years ago ZEN
ryn was known only as the location OF
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 no TO
chaparral until about six years ago, when it
was found to produce excellent fruit A
few began Systematically to cultivate vari-
Gus fruits, though bat q 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-
lieved 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 part of the State to
| look for fruit lands i'll the southern. ooun-
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
| urnlly 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 leafieSs
| and fruitleSS branches at their own homes
made them enthusiastic for that section,
| but when they find to their surprise that
we have climate IS delightful, soil as
productive and that the same variety OF
| fruit, of as tine 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 culdVating the
land here in earnest, though il 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 glistcns 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 a
very pretty picture.
The little village of Penryu has greatly
improved within the last year. a number
| of houses, two churches and other build
ings give it quite an attractive appearance
half hidden, as it is, among the trees
Several parties from Sacramento have To-
Gated in this vicinity. One, Nj Parker,
having been connected for several years
with the house of w r. Strong &; Co, is
building very pretty cottage half mile
from town lie has force of men en-
gagged in clearing OF his land preparatory
to settinr out an or, hard.
A fine school-h0use, with competent
teachers, offers excellent facilities fos the
shooting Of the yours .Gea.' Indeed
the village airs we are putting on is sur
prising. Already we boast several societies
and 4 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 il
Jack Frost passes us by, there will be q
large crop the coming season, PARIS
Penryn, March 6, 1885.