Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-13


heard and read so much about the incom-
parable climate of the State, that to go into
particulars at this day would be super
fuous, unless locality was 50 peculiarly
situated as to make it altogether different
from that Of the general area. AS Ander-
son is not, it goes without saying that there
are two seasons. wet and dry, free from
| those extremes of heat and cold that causes
inconvenience and suffering, always health
| ful, and of such nature that roses grow
and bloom unprotected in the open air for
twelve months in the year.
THE DIFFERENT SOILS.
In Northern California there are two
classes of lands peculiarly adapted for the
successful raising Of fruits. The first kind
! that came prominently into notice in this
line, were the alluvial lands along the
Sacramento river south of the city OF
Sacramento, the profits from which
amounted TO sums almost Incredible For
example, when the annual returns ranged
/ in sums varying from $3.50 to S1,700 per
acre and over, as set forth in the RECORD
| UNION, January l, 1888. The second class
of these lands are those found in certain
sections of the rolling foothills, the annual
| profits from which ranged into the hun
dreds of dollars, as shown by this journal
in last weeks issue.
| These classes OF lands one would natu-
rally expect to find in widely separated
! localities and yet anderson has both.
The alluyial lands Of the Sacramento river
are here ali on the west side, and vary in
width from a mile and half to two
miles, and extend both north and south
from the town, which is on the western
border of this class at an altitude of 432
feet.
Directly to the west, with an abrupt rise,
| is the foothill section. Beginning about a
mile from town and extending northwest
and southeast, distance Of about ten
miles, and varying in width from two to
three miles, is what is known as Happy
valley, with an average altitude of about
500 feet, constituting the foothill class OF
| fruit lands.
In both sections property-owners are alive
to the fact that these lands are unexcelled
for fruit purposes, and orchards are being
planted in every direction, over 10000
trees having been put out during the pres
ent, season. On the alluvial lands there
are many family orchards of couple OF
acres, more or less, planted to a general
assortment Of fruits, that have, without
any particular attention being paid to
them, demonstrated what is possible, and
warrants the extensive planting now going
on. None of these newly-planted orchards
have acquired sufficient age to have be-
come remuLerative, but for their age they
are in general thriftiness and strong
| healthy appearance fully the equal of any
orchards seen in any locality.
To give something of an idea of outside
improvements we will cite few of the
recently planted farms, which will serve
to show the genuine faith the resident land
owners have in the fruit future of the local
ity. On the alluvial lands, William Had
! ley has 30 acres, % acres of which are in
fruit and vines. 4. Dozier, one mile
northeast, has 30 acres, 40 of which are now
planted to trees and vines. w. d. Nichol-
son. adjoining the town on the east, has 20
acres of French prunes, three years old,
that are planted eighteen feet apart, and
the growth has been such that the branches
! from different trees already intertwine.
There was quite number of prunes
marketed from the place the past season,
| but as Mr.. Nicholson has only recently
purchased, the exact figures could not be
| given.
\. B. Frisbie, two miles east, is the
owner of what is known as
THE SHADE FARM.
In the past two years he has planted be-
tween 80 and 100 acres to trees, principally
Bartlett pears, French prunes, peaches and
almonds, with a few acres in apricots and
cherries. On his place are about five acres
of general orchard. From one tree of
| French prunes he sold fruit at cents per
pound, receiving therefor $3.50. OF these
trees he has but three, and besides fifteen
two-quart jars, put up for family use, and
quite a quantity given away, there was
sufficient left to make 20S pounds of fine
dried fruit
| From the way the trees grow on these
lands, Mr.. Frisbie has planted all his trees
% feet apart-from five to seven feet more
than the usual distance. The Shasta
County Fruit Company, two miles north
east, bought 200 acres, and have already
$50 in fruit, mostly Bartlett pears and
French prunes. There are 800 apricot
trees, planted in the spring of 1888, that
look exceptionally fine for even this
section.
GREEN K FRIsBIE,
One mile north, have 100 acres-planted
in 1865 acres to French prunes, II
acres TO almonds, and the remainder to
Bartlett pears. I. W. II. Shannahan, four
and half miles southeast, has ten acres OF
fruit and vines. Samples of fruit from
trees three years old, grown on this place,
on exhibition in real estate office in An
derson, are as large and fine as any ever
seen.
! All these trees are growing without any
irrigation, the earth being always moist
enough from its contiguity to the Sacra-
mento river.
| THE IRRIGATED SECTION.
J. S. Foster, of Sacramento, has 53S
acres about two and half miles northwest.
OF which 20 is cleared and planted to trees
and vines. The coming season Mr.. Foster
will plant about 5000 more deciduous fruit
trees and 5000 vines. He will also set
out 500 orange and 500 olive trees.
In the Happy Valley district the lands,
exactly similar to those about Newcastle.
are being rapidly cleared and brought into
subjugation. f. E. Newton came here
Hoih ot- LOUIS ana began IN 1851. lie took
16o acres, has 26 cleared and 20 acres
planted to trees of general variety. He
uses plenty of water for irrigating, which
he gets from the Happy Valley ditch at
10 cents per miners inch per "a hours.
For the whole tract he used from Is to 20
| inches twice per month for both trees and
vines. The growth has been exceedingly
satisfactory.
II. L. HASTINGS
Came to Happy Valley in the spring of
1887. He has eighty acres, thirteen of
which are cleared and in trees. He said :;
Il came here from Woodbridge, and am
perfectly satisfied with my present loca-
ton. j can run water on every inch of
my land, and can do more here in the way
of raising trees than in any place ever
saw" Pointing with pride to his young
orchard, he continued 81 finished plant
ing these trees on the 18th day CT April.
1887. This year, from twelve trees, |
gathered three boxes of fine peaches. as
nice as anyone need ever want to see."
z. S. Hussey came here three years ago.
and bought homestead right to 100 acres
has twelve acres of trees that will he two
years old next February that look now