Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-13
THE CITRUS FAIR.
IcoSrrNuED rRoM FIRST pAeE.l

it grew and prospered beyond his most
sanguine hopes. From that tree as nearly
as | can learn, were picked the first ripe
oranges ever raised in Placer county 1t is
q mammoth beauty day Some of its
fruit, | believe, is here on exhibition For
seven or eight years its average yield has
been AZ least 1000 oranges per annum
What was done by the Rev. Mr. Peck was
done by others in Northern California.
When trees thus planted began to bear
fruit, and fruit, too, of the brightest golden
color and finest flavor, the reasoning mind
would naturally say: If one tree
will grow and do well, so will
one hundred and prompted by this
thought others have planted, until to-day
the orange can be seen growing and thriv-
ing in nearly all portions of northern Cali
fornia. In Soiano, at Vacayille. Vallejo,
Winters and all through the foothill por-
tons of that county, we find the orange
and other citrus fruits. In Yolo, at WASH
ington. and up and down the Sacramento
from that place growing citrus fruits are not
rare. AT Woodland, Knights Landing,
Dayisville and in the Yolo foothills they
grow to perfection. In Colusa at Orland,
st. Johns, Colusa, Princeton and all along
the Sacramento in that county. as well as
in the foothills of the Coast Range, are
to be found the orange and other citrus
fruits. In Tehama county they are grow
ing at Tehama, Vina and Red Bluff In all
parts of Butte they can be seen. Oroville,
in that county. il is estimated, has 5000
bearing trees. Yuba has citrus trees in
many localities. Marysvile the county
seat, has 1000 in bearing. All through the
foothills tof Nevada, El Dorado, Amador
and CalayeFas the orange tree is growing
and producing to perfection. Placer has
several thousand trees, and shipped
from the one station of Newcastle alone
up to January ID, including a car
load 10 Denver, 53,77S oranges. At all the
principal points in Sacramento county
citrus fruits can be seen growing and bear
ing. 1t is estimated that citrus fruits are
growing to-day in the open air in more
than ,OcO different places IN northern Cal
iiornia. Ii can safely be said that we have
passed beyond the stage of experiments,
and that the phenomenal success that has
attended the planting of citrus fruits in
northern California thus far will
insure great impetus to the
business of their production in the future
Our experience, if we had nothing else TO
guide US, proves that we have a climate
adapted not only to citrus fruits, but to the
production of cotton, silk tea. tobacco,
olives and olive oil figs, raisins dates and
every kind Of wine, table and raisin grape
in the world. But we have more than our
experience to demonstrate the eli
matte advantages OF central and north
ern California for the production of
oranges olives and other citrus fruits.
We find the home Of the orange, lemon,
citron, shaidoc& and other citrus fruits
will be found in the vicinity of Rome,
Naples. Florence, Madrid, Marselles Al
giers, Jerusalem, Alexandria, etc The
thermal condition necessary for the growth
of the olive is a mean of the coolest month
of 10. The same is substantially true of
the orange. BY comparing the tenn
perature of northern California with the
temperature of the orange and olive cen
tiers of southern Europe, the conditions
here are found TO be altogether favorable. as
til following figures will sbow: