Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-19


EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN Rich soil, plenty
of moisture at from eight to twelve feet
from the surface, and a certain amount of
heat, with freedom from frost, will insure
the most profitable results with the orange
Where in California are these conditions
found most complete? Most assuredly in
the great valley of the Sacramento. A
climate that never gets warm enough to
melt butter is not the best orange country
1t has been shown that a higher degree of
heat is better. Oroville has been noted as
one of the hottest sections of California
That is, there are more hot days in a sea-
son, or in month, or more hot hours in a
day, than in any part of the orange belt of
southern California. In fact, there is so
much heat from Nav to November that the
orange is fully developed and ready for
market by the first of December That
time is ahead of any severe frost through
ont the whole valley part of the State,
while all of the section subject to the coast
breeze, to such a degree as to make it a
non-butter melting section, does not fur
nish heat enough to perfect the fruit earlier
than January, or even March.
/ have attended citrus fairs at Riverside
and National City in the month of March.
and presume they selected the best time
in the season to hold such fair. l found
the fruit not mere forward than was that
exhibited at Sacramento on January 11th
| further found that, at Riverside in par-
ticular the fruit had all been frost-bitten TO
such an extent as to make it unmerchant-
able; and though they may say that they
sent quantities of fruit to market that sea
son (lSS3), they bought it up from warm
hooks adjacent to Riverside proper. When
Mr.. Holt came into our exhibition hall he
looked for budded fruit, of which there was
but little in comparison, when the whole
exhibit was taken into consideration. Be
fore he was half around the hall he re-
marked that for seeding fruit it excelled
anything that southern California had ever
produced. He thought however they
could excel US in budded fruit
There is not the least doubt but they can
at this moment do so, but the conditions of
soil, moisture and climate that will pro-
duce the best Seeding fruit. will also pro-
duce the best budded fruit, if we will only
put in the buds. But it is a question
whether that is desirable thing to do. Mr..
Bramhall, who is connected with VIM. It.
Coleman, OF San Francisco, after carefully
examining the seeding fruit on exhibition.
informs me that all over the world the
Seeding orange was the orange of COM
merce, and added, Tell your people to
stick to the Seeding orange; cultivate and
develop them to their highest perfection
plant the fine seed of fine mot necessarily
from the largesD specimens, and you will
certainly make "a success of orange culture
as business" Mr.. Bramhall, it is known,
speaks from experience.
| have visited the southern citrus fruit
belt from Los Angeles to San Diego several
times when the fruit was at its best, and at
no time have seen anything that warrants
the belief that they could equal the display
in quality that has just been made in this
city. National City came nearer to it in
quality than any place that have seen.
The best orange or fruit of any kind can
be produced on land tnat has the right
quantity of moisture without any artificial
supply, and such soil abounds in northern
California to a larger extent than in any
other part of the State. Plenty of moisture.
hot summers, no winter, and big, rich
oranges. Respectfully,
G.. w. HANCOCK