Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-14
FRUIT CULTURE.
Every Variety Grown to Perfection in
Capay Valley.

Every variety Grown to Perfection in
Capay Valley.
There IS no variety of fruit produced
anywhere IN the State of California which
cannot be successfully grown in Capay
valley, and many kinds of fruit will do
better here than in any other locality
while all of them viii ripen from one to
three weeks earlier This latter fact is of
the utmost Importance to the producer and
should never be lost sight of, as it is the
earliest fruit that brings the highest price
All of the fruits of the semi-tropic and
temperate zones thrive here, including the
orange, lemon, olive, fig, apple, peach,
plum, prune, cherry, nectarine, apricot and
Others. Almonds, wa!nuts and chestnuts
do well, and all kinds of berries can be
raised IN perfection. Every kind of vege-
table IS grown in the winter and spring
without irrigation and many kinds can be
produced during any month of the year by
the use of water.
FRUIT AND wHEAT-GRowING.
Fruit-culture in California is highly
profitable when carried on intelligently,
and many of the statements made in re-
gard to the yield seem incredible to those
who have never had an opportunity of
proving their correctness by actual OBJ
Servation. At a recent meeting of the
California State Horticultural Society j.
M. Hixon, prominent fruit dealer of San
Francisco, in comparing the wheat and
fruit industries, said:
ave will now calculate the yield of an
acre of wheat and see its possibility to
produce wealth, and further along we will
make some calculations of our orchards,
and contrast the wealth-producing power
of the two industries. While our average
yield Of wheat per acre is less than twenty
five bushels, we will take our best land
and estimate thirty bushels, or 1900
pounds, of wheat as a good yield This,
at 81 IS per 100 pounds, gives $3l so per
acre, or S15,750 for 500 acres. We say
nothing of the expense, for if we raise the
jute and manufacture the sacks, as we
should do, we have the above amount of
$3.50 created wealth in our State from
500 acres of our best wheat lands.
awe shall now compare the yielding
capacity Of fruit per acre with grain. My
friend Blackwood Will tell you he received
over 81, 900 per acre for apricots in Ala
media county. Mr.. Hatch will tell you he
received at the rate of $500 per acre for
his currants in Solano county, and that an
other gentleman of the same county re-
ceived over $500 for his Bartlett pears
Mr. Henderson will tell you he received
over $4,000 an acre for his raisins. Mr..
Wolfskill will tell you he received the
rise of 5000 an acre for his oranges. Mr..
Thomas, Of Visalia, who was here a few
days ago, said he realized this year from
fve-vear-old peach trees 81, $50 per acre /;
and Dir. Porter, of Penryn, Placer county,
told me that he realized 81, 440 per acre
from hve-year-old peach trees two years
ago.
It IS said that these are exceptional
cases. That | will admit but they are
from actual figures, and extending over a
large area Of country, and embracing a
number Of v;rieties of fruit.
= CASE OF LITTLE APPLES.
:" would here refer to a conversation
had with 4 gentleman few days ago.
He said his apples were too small this sea-
son to pack and send to market | told
him to put them in sacks and ship them
in, and we could get so per ton from the
juice eXtracters. He remarked that that
appeared very cheap, but on calculating
the amount per tree, and the number of
trees on the acre, he said that it would not
be so bad, as it would pay from $3.50 to
$500 per acre"
The Solano Republican says:
'Charles Martell, who is one of the most
successful fruit-growers in the Nacaville
section, raised this year, on two acres of
ground, twenty tons of Tokay grapes, for
which he received, on the ranch, SS5 per
ton, making the two acres yield him a
gross income of 81, 700 The cost of plow-
ing, pruning, suckering, sulphuring and
picking would not exceed SIS per acre, so
his net receipts are not an insignificant
sum-"
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
Other exchanges further illustrate the
financial returns from early fruits, reported
by reputable citizens of the respective To-
calities who have no lands to sell and are
unbiased by any selfish interest in report
ing the returns.
John Dolan, upon a four-acre orchard
of strawberry peaches Omitted for market
on account of the Variety dried and sold
to NJ. Blum, of Vaeaville, dried peaches to
the amount Of 81, $50 in one season."
Charles Hall realized from the Baker
orchard more than $500 per acre on Alex
ander peaches"
Henry Schroeder has realized on an
average upon his early vegetable land
more than $500 per acre for early toma-
toes, beans, etc, for years"
al. w. Buck has realized 1000 per
acre from his Fontainbeau and Muscat
grapes for several consecutive crops, and
during one season sold to NJ. T. Brewer, of
Sacramento, 400 crates of Fontainbleau
gapes at 81 per crate of 20 pounds, from
two acres and three-quarters of vineyard"
"a recent Eastern shipment of pears
made by II. Bassford Melted him 50 per
box for Chapps Early and S. so for Bart
let's. He received 9 and 10 cents per
pound for peaches and apricots"
All of the gentlemen named in the above
quotations are well-known cizens. Similar
results are attained every year, and can be
verified by investigation at any time
Almonds and cherries are profitable
crops. They average from 81 to 81 80 per
tree, and produce full crop every year
There is a cherry tree standing in the or
chard of Robert Hector at Newcastle
Placer county, from which $500 worth Of
fruit was sold in single season.
EQUAL TO THE BEST.
These references have been made tc
crops actually raised in various localitie,
to show what can be done in Embarrassing
upon small piece of land in Capay valley
None Of the orchards or vineyards men
toned are situated in locality more
favored than this delightful valley. In
fact, what has been accomplished in other
places can be equaled in this valley, and
the fruit can be marketed earlier than from
any other portion of the State.
The oranges growing on the CadanassC
tract are the best evidence of the adapt
ability of the valley to the culture o.
citrus fruits. Both here and on the Rum
sey tract, as well as at many other places
in the valley, almost every variety of fruit
can be found growing.
Tic valley has been one of the bes