Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-16

themselves, and pass judgment upon our
productions. Take and eat come and look,
see what we raise, behold what we can
produce When the man from Minnesota
sees that in California we raise to the
greatest perfection everything that is pro-
duced in his State and realizes also that
We are living in country where the olive
and orange grows to perfection he will
realize something of the possibilities of
Butte county. In that county there
are thousands of acres of land
capable of such culture in the
highest degree that is obtainable at
| prices ranging from $40 to $50 per acre. In
that county alone. rich in everything re-
| quisite TO its prosperity, is such an area,
| in size 25 by 40 miles. Invite all your
friends to Butte county, and there they
will find a big-hearted, hospitable people.
| WHO are as much to be admired for their
many good qualities as are their peerless
oranges now on exhibition. Butte was
| one of the original counties of the State,
and at one time was as large as the State
of Maine. We have thrown OFF several
counties, but still have a big county
left. Come up, and see US,
sun in our orange groves, partake OF our
| QcllIlOuo iiuitoi SdEc upon Jul
scenery, breathe our pure and invigorating
air, and we will give you our step-ladder
and allow you to pluck and eat oranges
| from the topmost boughs of our favorite
! trees. Come up to Oroville and We VIII
| show you around.
SPEECH OF HON. n. D. RIDEoCT.
\. D. Rideout, representing Yuba. coun-
| ty, was the next speaker. He said:
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
have been selected to speak for the counties
of Yuba, Suffer and ColJsa, so far as relates
to the question of citrus fruit-growing.
| While | am to present the possibili-
ties Of that particular section, do not feel
called upon to exalt its merits, at the ex
pense of the rest of northern California
| We, in those counties recognize and con-
cede the advantages for citrus fruit-growing
of all our neighboring counties, and we
hereby extend to all of them our heartiest
congratulations upon their exhibits here at
this fair.
Yuba, Suffer and Colusa counties are stu
ated on the thirty ninth parallel of north
| latitude, and in the heart of the Sacra
mento valley We have in these counties
warm, sloping foothills, and level, rich
valley lands. Our mean annual temper
| AZURE is 600 Fab; our mean minimum
! temperature for winter is 450; our mean
for summer is 81 our average rainfall is
% inches in the valley and 80 inches in the
foothills. We havo a network of streams
of water from which, if needed we can
food all the lands. We have timber and
| building material in abundance for all
purposes. We have no winters in the
sense in which that term is commonly
used no snow. ice or sweeping winds
That severest of X-masters-winter-
levies no tribute upon labor and capital
there. 1t is now third of century since
citrus fruit trees were first grown in the
central counties for which ! speak. Or
anges, lemons, lines, olives, pomegranates
figs and other semi-tropic productions have
been grown in all parts of those counties
during all these years.
Speaking for those counties, we say to you
that we have progressed beyond the stage
of experiment, and are standing upon the
solid ground of proved and established
facts. In Colusa there are citrus trees in
all parts of the county. AT Oriand there
, are bearing trees on the high plains and on
the red soils, and citrus fruit is grown at
| Willows under the same conditions At
st. Johns, on the black soils of the Sacra-
mento, there are old trees that have been
prolific bearers for years, and also at Co.
lusa. Princeton and other places along the
Sacramento river.
LII COh44lN tiiC III
semi-tropic fruit-grOwing go back almost
to the settlement there by General Suffer-
long before TIE American occupation. In
Iuba county all along the foothills, in the
valleys and on the plains, oranges, lemons
\ lines, olives, pomegranates. and long list
OF other semi-tropic fruits, have been ex-
tensively grown for twenty five years. In
the city of Marysulle there are 1000 bear
ing orange trees. They have grown With
out any protection against frosts, and have
never suffered in that respect.
The Sicily lemon is grown there in many
places, and tiourishes as well as on its na-
tive soil. The fig and olive are common
shade and ornamental trees around dwell
ings. In Marysyille there are olive trees
OF the Mission variety that overtop two
| story houses and have been bearing olives
for twenty years
There is no reason why all of the coun-
ties for which l speak should not rival
Spain in the products of the olive tree The
question of citrus fruit goes beyond the
mere growth of oranges and lemons. IL
involves almost unlimited possibilities
The climate of the orange and pomegranate
produces the sugar. silk, cotton, rice, indi-
go, tea, coffee and tobacco of the world
These are the great articles of commerce
that line the shores of all nations with
masts and whiten all seas with sails 1t
is this citrus climate that has given history
its grand empires and its most dense popu-
! lations. Assyria, Egypt India, China and
I Japan are examples in ancient and modern
| times of what citrus climates have done
! With our higher civilization, there is no
| reason why the counties for which | speak
/ and the Others in northern California
! should not be as rich and prosperous as
4 any spot of earth. In Spain, in this citrus
| belt, there are 100000 acres of olive trees.
| They produce annually $500 600, GOO worth
Of olive oil alone, and it is said that if the
| cultivation there was thorough the product
| would be doubled. Five million acres of
| land i'll the valley of the Sacramento, then.
| could be made to Weld 5000, 900 900 worth
of oil. The three counties of Yuba, Suffer
and Colusa have 100000 acres of land,
and they could produce $500, OO0, 900 if they
were planted in olives. speak of this to
| illustrate what the possibilities are in
| citrus climate. This question involves in
| terests too large to be discussed in ten
minute speech. In conclusion let me say
that the people whose mouthpiece | am
| congratulate their neighbors upon the Won
deriul beauty and variety of their exhibits
here, and will be, ready to compete with
\ them in another fair another year, when
| at an earlier season, we can show what we
] can do in the way of citrus growths.
SPEECH OF HON. GROVE L. JOHNSON.
Hon. Grove L. Johnson was next intro
! duced and spoke as follows:
Nr. President, ladies and Gentlemen: In
! the month of May, last year, when had the
! pleasure and the honor to offer the remarks
at banquet given by the Board of Trade
/ of Sacramento to the press of California, l
made the statement that northern Califor-
MIA could match southern California, fruit
| for fruit, vine for vine, orange for orange,
and not fear the comparison. At that
time, presume that many people consid-
cred what | said as mere boast, flower
of speech, rhetorical flourish
Now, apprehend that every person who
| is inside of Sacramento at this time and
/ has seen the exhibition in the hall adjoin-
| ing this will say that what / said was true
| and has heen nrnven 70 he the fact