Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-07-01
UNHAPPY sAcRAMEsTAss.
rhey Refuse 90 be cemfsrtsd
and Feed on Sour Grapes.


and Feed ON Sour Grapes.
The Sacramento Bee has been regaline
it's readers with a catechism about fruit
in Los Angeles. That enterprising jour
nal alphabetically or practically had .
party inquire abont the nativity Of fruit
for sale in this market.
As the result IL has discoy cred that
early fruit raised In San Lorenzo, Sar
Jose, Oroviile and vacaville was being
sold ia this market.
The discovery was made in this city
several years ago, SO the Bee cannot
obtain copyright on that matter. For
/ nearly thirty years Southern California
was only cultivated on the lowlauds, in
| which crops we're large, sure and not
over early. But within few years a
remarkable change has taken place.
The irrigated lands in the plains be.
gan to so increase In value that the
| thronR Of settlers turned their attention
10 the high, warm, frostless brush lands
near the mountains, which were selling
at a very low price. The fires Of the
settler have not ceased TO burn In the
brush OF this county for the past eight
years, and every day this land, once
thought yalueless, Is being brought
under cultivation, and proves to be the
finest In the State and capable of pro-
ducing the finest and earliest OF fruit.
Owing to the rapid increase Of popu.
lation, the amount Of early fruit Is yet
not equal to the demand, but soon will
be largely in excess OF home consump-
ton. Already potatoes, green peas,
and tomatoes and strawberries are raised
all winter in such quantities that not
only the home demand is supplied, but
the market at San Francisco and the
trade of Arizona, New Mexico, Color.
ado, Kansas and Texas is amply fur.
nshed from Southern California.
In addition to these great products
the fruit trees that have been planted
in the brush land are now beginning to
bear and produce fruit far in advance OF
the northern counties This year the
first green corn, the first figs, the first
apples, peaches, spricots. pears, rasp'
berries, blackberriea, asparagus, grapes,
melons, plums and loquats in the Los
Angeles market were raised In the new
ly cultivated uplands of California.
In a few short months the early up
land fruit Of this section will be sufficient
to supply the demand at home and
abroad, and the northern citrus belt can
ship its fruit elsewhere than to Los An.
geles.
There are many warm localities in Los
Angeles and San Diego counties where
fruit can be grown in much shorter time
than in the favored spots in the northern
counties, but these localities have only
recently been planted and are not yet in
full fruitage.
A few years ago all the apples sold in
Los Angeles came from Oregon, and
Santa Clara county In this State. Now
the apple crop OF this county is enor-
nous.
Twelve years ago three.fourths OF the
potatoes used in this county came from
Humboldt county, while now the potato
crop of this county amounts to millions
Of pounds and supplies Southern Califor-
mia, Arizona. New Mexico Western Texas
and part OF Mexico. New potatoes are
produced during every month in the
| year and the only need OF this tuber
from abroad is for the purpose of chang
ing the seed from time to time.
The slur of the Sacramento journal
| about the smut on the oranges in Los
Angeles is a small affair. The dark fun.
gus that gathers on some of the oranges
| in the city is not known in the great or.
chards Of this part Of the State. The
Santa Ana Valley, San Fernando, Canada,
San Gabriel, including Duarte and Azusa,
Pomona, Ontario, Cucamopga. Etiwanda,
Hermosa, Cotton Terrace and all the
old San Bernardino uplands produce
clean fruit as well as Riverside. About
one.fourth OF the oranges in Los Angeles
and San Bernardino counties only Is
produced in Riverside. The Zee seems
to think that all the good oranges in
this end of the State are grown in River
side.
The oranges of Riverside are very fine
but Southern California is larger than
hundred Riversides. What will the Bee
try to sting next?