Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-25

the contingencies arc carefully and seri.
ously considered, both pro and con OF
the orange grove VS.. pecan orchard; or
pecan orchard VS.. life Insurance COM
panies, as q permanent investment for
those coming after you, my verdict is
in favor of the pecan orchard TOR many
reasons, for which would name the fol-
loving: First--The land costs less.
Second-Nuts and young trees cost less.
Third-Smaller percentage of trees die.
Fourth-Less cost in cultivation and
fertilizing. Fifth-When in bearing
once, they continue for years and years
steadily on the increase, up and onward,
with certainty of income that bids de.
fiance to storms and winds, cold and
heat, giving a sure moneyed return to
the owner. Life insurance companies
sometimes turn up non est inuentns the
very day that much priced policy is due,
and orange groves, likewise, bend their
lovely branches and drop the golden
fruit at single kiss of the icy north.
do not wish to cry down either the or
anpe grove or insurance companies, for
I am interested in both, but cannot let
that interest warp my judgment. Pecans
are easily raised either from the nut or
young trees. 1t has a rapid growth
after the second year from the nut and
soon becomes handsome ornament to
the yard or pleasure-grounds, and tho
young orchard is more attractive.looking
than the orchard of any other tree |
know of. The nuts should be planted
about two inches deep, covered with
earth and then mulched with half rotten
leaves or grass two or three inches thick;
when up shade from the sun by driving
four sticks, two or three inches wide,
around the young trees. After the
second year those sticks can be removed.
Be certain to get fresh nuts and there
will be no trouble in getting them to
germinate. The tree stands transplant
ing well: prefer one year old trees,
as the roots, especially the tap root, are
more easily gotten up entire, AMI can
be then easily cut down or let alone as
the planter desires. After transplautng
mulch aud shade as directions for the
nut. Pecan treas will bear in from six
to ten years, owing entirely to the To-
cality. At twenty years old the yield
ought to be about one hundred pounds
per tree. plant forty feet square, and
In forty years the branches will meet.
Any kind of garden or farm crop can be
raised in tho pecan orchard without In
jury to the trees, also all varites OF
small fruits can be grown between the
pecan trees.-Cor. Florida Agriculturist.
PLANT THE OLIVE.
1t is now in order for every man and
woman who is the owner of land, more
or less, to plant the Oriental olive. The
olive grows freely anywhere in the Sac.
ramento valley and foothills. and
this planting has already ceased to be
an experiment. The olive is now grown
by hundreds of farmers and amateurs,
and it has been demonstrated to a Ger.
tainty an acre of olives will net the
grower more dollars Per acre than any
her fruit of this State. The oil CON-
figure. 1t is neither bulky nor perisha'
BILE Ike peaches, pears, grapes or or.
anges- The trenspor rtation on $1,000
worth Of oil is trifing in comparison to
other fruits. Picked olives are also
cheaply marketed, impershable. and pay
well for packing. 1t is no more work to
put up olives than small cuc1mbers,
and in the jar they command very
remunerative price. The olive being an
evergreen. it is not only useful and
profitable, but ornamental. There is a
number of olive treesIgrowing thriftily in
this city which were planted purely for
ornamental purposes. These trees de.
monstrate the fact that they will grow
hereabouts and bear heavily. 1t grows
with shapely top, and its green foliage
renders it slightly and attractive. If Its
culture were inferred into largely it
would furnish to the laboring masses, as
it does in Europe, healthy substitute
for both butter and meat. 1t will grow
in the poorest rocky soil, and with less
care and cultivation than almost any
nut or fruit tree. 1t grows as readily
from cuttings as the fig, and the first
cost therefore is nominal. When bear.
ing the grove will last for years.
Maryspilie Appeal.