Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-13

sacks, and selling at about rs cents per
eatal.-Tribttne.
ITALIAN eHEsTNUTs.
Italian chestnuts are grown as high up
on the Georgetown Divide as John Flora's
ranch, near Volcanoville, more than 5000
feet above the sea level. Seven years ago
Mr. Flora received a quantity of italian
chestnuts from the San Francisco Bulletin
office, which he planted in a box, seven of
which grew. These prCspered and were
transplanted to larger boxes and cared for
as house plants, believing they were
seni-tropical tree and not adapted to this
region. The trees kept on growing until
Mr. Flora decided TO transplant them TO
his garden. There they did well, consider
ing the two transpiantings which they had
undergone, and some of them bore nuts
two years ago, Snd this fall some of the
trees bore very well. The nuts are as large
and perfect as those produced in their ma
tive cline, which samples brought down
by Mr. Flora this week will George
tOl0n Gazette.
HEAVY APRICOT PROFITS.
A. II. Fox, one of the pioneers of Ell
wanda, has an orchard of 334 Royal april
cots, from which he has this year received
an income of 1856. The trees are set twenty
now in their fourth year He sold 300
pounds of dried and sulphured fruit for
S434 kept 81 pounds for family use, worth
50 80; sold ripe fruit from the trees to the
amount of So So making the total income
named above. His expense for picking,
pitting, etc., was $93, leaving him net in
come this year of 1868 from 81 acres of
land. If the crop OF next year does as well
he will have received as much cash from
those trees as the land, trees. cultivation,
etc, have cost him altogether, and have
the place left as clean profit.
SCARCITY OF APPLES.
Apples are very scarce in town, and of
course high. This is the case when there
are tens Of thousands CT apple trees in and
around this town. The Goblin moth is the
fellow who makes this king of all the
fruits scarce this year. You may say what
you please about oranges and other citrus
fruits, but the apple is the standard and
the boss. And next year there will be an
other apple scarcity and perhaps famine,
if the Goblin moth is not energeticallv pro-
ceeded against this winter, and il the hos
tile work is not kept up until the blooms
come upon the trees in the spring. And all
must join in killing this moth. A dozen
neglected trees in house lot will keep the
trees the insect destruction will spread to
all orchards. There should be organiza-
tons, or at least an understanding, in this
fight against the Goblin moth.-GrGsS Val
ley TidiHgs.
MONEY IN BERRIES.
As an instance of what may be done in
the way of raising small fruits we refer to
H. H. Williams whose experience the past
season is worthy of mention. From one
half acre of blackberries he has this year
harvested 5000 pounds of berries, which he
sold here at 6 cents a pound, giving him
$3.50 from the one-half, or gross profit of
$3.50 per acre He performed most of the
work himself, so that his expenses were
light Small fruits will pay handsomely
in this valley, if properly attended.-Po-
mona Progress.
GENERAL NOTES.
One of the finest farms in Lake county is
the old Richie ranch, near Middletown,
owned by Thomas Harper. This year he
cut 100 tons of hay, thrashed 3,075 sacks of
grain, had planted about 20 acres of corn,
which yielded about 60 bushels to the acre,
and out of large wagon load of water
melons raised on his farm and which he
hauled to Middletown, not one weighed
less than 10 pounds. Mr.. Hopper is justly
may be, from the above showing Lake
port Democrat.
Fig trees begin to bear in eighteen
months after planting, and continue to in
crease in size and bearing capacity for more
than half century. No insect pest dis
turbs this tree, and the crop can be gathered
at leisure and dried, canned or crystallized
for the market There is a demand for all
the white figs that can be grown at $50
ton, and at this rate the crop from ten-year-
old trees is worth $500 an acre, net Does
fig-growing pay 2-R'erdI Californian.
More testimony is coming in constantly
to the effect that the White Malaga grape
is the % coming raisin grape for the foot
hill region. Some magnificent clusters of
this grape are shown on three-year-old
vines, while near by Muscats of the same
age gave only small crop of struggling
branches.-Rurdl Californian.
Grow a garden, a small fruit orchard,
keep good flock of poultry, few head of
swine. some good mich cows, a small
flock of sheep, and be economical, and you
will steadily become better off.-Io,oa Reg
lister.
1t is estimated that the prune crop in
Santa Clara county this season is worth
81 100000 And still there are croakers.
who say that the fruit business is not profit
able, says the San Jose Mercury.
An Alabama lady says pint of soft soap
stirred into meal and made thin like bat |
ter with buttermilk, and given to swine, |
will cure hog cholera sure.
A portion of the tomato vines, if pro- |
tected by sheets, or even paper, from the |
first frosts, will continue TO yield for some |
time later.
Instead of the few simple varieties of |
lettuce formerly grown, not less than sixty |
five varieties are now known to horticult- |