Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-09


Some wondered Why We came here last
But We do mot Eegret II and you VIII not 2
sorry, 1hsnking yo1 for this hearty vel
you are doing may greatly prosper, and tina
| you are just in the beginning Of IN age o
prosperity not known anywhere In tn
world.
programme would be taken up.
The following original poem was read b!
J, D. Cutter:
ODE CONVENTIONAL.
What strange invasion pours adown thu
And whence such troops Of frosen-beasdet
| men?
Say, wstchmau, hol way mp in the cajon!
Who may they be, and whittier are they
b-und?
''seven days and nights they've fed the Bills
sard's wrath,
And west-sou'-we.t have held their hopeful
path
so far they came, it seemed too like sin
To bar the pass, and so let them in."
Right, worthy watchman, these our luck
shall share.
But keep old Zero tother side with carei
So, friends, your welcome-each to what
may suit.
Now doff your furs and have little fruit.
Old Bacchus, wiser than our mode m day,
Hand-squeezed his grapes and sucked their
juice away;
Nor still, nor saccharometer had he,
And never got his wine by chemistry
But bacchus bow and chemists fixing tun
Have here no place. Beneath the kindly
sun.
In sweet profusion down the laced lines
We dry the fruitage Of the shenny vines.
The orangef Yes; 1t rules the vale no doubt.
Just cut transverse and turn 1t inside out.
The cost you'd known You've nothing,
gents, to pay!
Pat in your bills, and taste. There, Msfs
the way!
OTHER BUSINESS.
The report of the Committee on FL
nance by T. V. Smith was read. Re-
ceived and tlaced on file and the
committee discharged.
Mr.. Ragan asked that the Com
mittee on Programme be requested to
report.
Mr.. Evans, of Missouri, spoke rela-
tive to the hours of holding sessions,
and the same as were fixed at San
Jose were adopted.
Mr.. Munson announced that
drive would be taken through River
side Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Evans moved postponment
until the afternoon. Motion lost.
After considerable discussion the
morning hours were decided upon.
President Earl announced that Rob-
ert Douglass, OF illinois, would be at
Riverside Wednes .ay afternoon.
An invitation was received from the
chairman of a committee in Maricopa
county, of Phoenix, Arizona, to visit
that place on the return of the delega-
tion. The thanks Of the society were
returned.
FRUIT GROWING IN NEVADA.
A paper was read by Ross Levers,
OF Nevada. 1t was as follows:
Mr. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Nevada, never before I 5elieve, was repre-
sented at any of your meetings. She now
asks Of you the privilege opresent some of
her claims to recognition as a horticultural
State. Having come, as you did, from all
over the Union ana tie Canadas to our
great neighboring State to see and Judge for
yourselves o, her justly far-famed agricul-
OF the Golden West, where an al
most endless summer ard fer
tile soil combine to produce nearly per-
petual vegetation ana ip such excellence
and no usion that nature meets you more
than halfsay in your endeavors to promote
the growth of everything that conduces to
the happiness of mankind. We cannot lay
claim to the almost uninterrupted vegeta.
Bile growth that prevails in southern Cali
forn1a, but o winter season, rather mild
rest may be blessing In disguise, as evil
denced by the excellence Of our agrieultu-
raj products, which, in quality, rank among
the first, If not at the top Of the list
The territory of Nevada is so vast and the
soil and climate so varied that it is impossi-
BILE in paper like this to oonves any salts
factory idea of her horticultural 'apacities
in every part, SO l will ronfine myself to
that portion with which ! am most famil-
iar-the western part of the State
Fruit culture in Nevada is yet only in its
infancy, and what little is planted has been
done mostly near the Sierra Nevada mount
aims, on the margins and elevated stones of
q chain OF valleys which extend north and
south along their base.
The great drawback to successful and ex
tensive fruit-grOwing in this part OF the
State g lste spring frosts, " hich occur gen
orally in May, when the rrees are in bloom
or Immediately af er, but varying much in
calities. This elevated belt enjoys an
immunity from frost much gre ater
than the adjoining valleys, owing probably
to the cold air settling by gravitation
and forcing the warm air upwards. Var
1ous means have been tried TO counteract
this spring frost or prevent the tree from
blooming until 1t is over; such as building
fires In the orchards at night, or packing
snow around the tree in early spring, but
without any appreciable good results. The
most effective remedy suggested by the
experience of the writer is in respect to
apples, at least to plant v rieties that are
known to succeed in belt along the
Northern border of the Southern States,
such varieties not bling very sensitive to
blooming till after all danger from frost is
passed. Nearly all kinds Of hardy tree
fruits are successfully grown in this part of
Nevada, peaches and even apricots are
here reasonably sure OF fruiting, besides
most OF the hardy berries are cultivated
with success, among these straw berries
and .raspberries are deserving of special
mention on account of their fruitfulness
and particularly on account Of their su-
periOr quality. These berries when grown
here have beautiful appearance, Z rich
fruity flavor and remarkable solidity, all
Of which make them very desirable for ia
BILE fruit, for preserving and shipment.
We consider raspberrtes . sure crop as
they do not bloom till time for spring
frost has passed, and the whit IS are never
remarkable absence of nearly all the
known fruit diseases and pests, the only
one Of any serious consequence being the
codling moth and even that in very limit
cd quantity.
AL the fruits grown here are OF excellent
quality, being distinguished by their beauty
OF color and form, their rich favor and
good keeping qualities. The Bartlett pear
Is prolific and almost sure bearer Of large
fine fruit, but among these good fruits, the
apple, the king of all fruit asserts its royal
prerogative and stands up prominently
above them all and allows US to
form some idea of the reason
why our first parents were willing to forf
their tito to the garden of Eden. The best
way, perhaps, to describe the merits OF this
noble fruit when grown on the Eastern
slope Of the Sierias Il to state that in the
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