Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-04-28
Profits of Olive Culture.
fsanta Rosa Democrat.)


 (sAnta Rosa DemOcratl
 Much hss been said concerning the l pecuuiary advantages Of olive cniiur |, but. owlug to it's comparative recent ] into thIs country, few facts and figures have been Bdducrd ID corroboratIon thereof. As compared ! with the immense growth of Inc tree and the enormous age which IL Bttains in its native cline, the few trees ID this country may be saii to be m their infancy, although many orchards are poken of as begiunInZ ID full bearing. Consequently, and figures showing Tue revenue tn be derived from an acre ot Isnd cultivated to the olive must of necessity be incomplete. Such ugu-es ns are given below may be relied upon ns being correct, and m theIr fncom
 nletepe.s from Q basis, lnde finite, [" he sure. upon which It wIll be interest ing to calculate the enormous yield 10 be derived from 6n olive orchard, he trees of which are the sIze of full grown apple or cherry tree, and 3O 10 90 years old. Among the few olive orchards in this state which are sad
 O be in bearing IS that of E. <. Mc JlelIau. situated ius west of the lsgura, on the aebsstopo! Ridge. His orchard ls ,mali. containing but to trees, ranging r, m 10 to F years old, but its age en-
 tiles 1t to rank rmOng the so-calied rull bearing orchards of the state. In
 ,ood years these trees yield At the rate ot IA gallons of the berries to the tree. Oginy to the bO., scOrchIng wind Of last Juue the ctoo was small. averaging but
 title over three gallons to the tree.
 These olives, when picked. are worth sl 25 s gallon Tn the home market, st
 shIch prlce Mir. Mcclellan found ready sale for his crop this year. At thls price
 his 60 trees yielded S225. and If the sea son had been more propltiOus Tor their srogth would have yielded sOO gallons instead Of lS0, which would be equal. a
 ;be price mentioned above, to Sll25 Rut even the last collection of numerals can not be taken aS sn adequate esti- mate of the revenue to be derived from an acre of ground containing l2-year-ojd frees. as the trees m Mir. McCisllan's are planted much farther apart than IS nee sssary. When properly set out. there should be l0S trees to the acre. flRuT- ing on the basis of l0S trees iO the acre, she income per acre would be, averaging the yield per tree to l5 gallons, which r. faIr estimate and not the minimum S2O25. After deduc,ing the cost of cul- Iyating, which is much less than that ot many varieties of fruit, and cost oi pickling, bOtihug aud preparing Tor ma ket, the yield per acre, would stlii be nearly S2,0O0. 4 glimpse into the future of a thrifty olive orchard would c.u-e the eyes of sold worshippeE to sparkle. Wben 1t i5 considered thst from some of the large trees m SD ID and lts'N the average y.eld per tree ID oild is 30OO z Hons, It IS not difficult co understand that the oS her of a | hlurish,ny olive orchard should | consider himself the financial com
 peer Of bank president T stockholder in 6 bloated monopoly.
 As .stei the cultivation of the .--s is attended with Hs little difficulty as the .ulilva:iLs of tbe hsid'Cr yar's Cf
 some of cur domestic fruits. B lag au | evergreen It IS a constant grower, and, l unlike tie deeiduous fruits, 0O-- uot l have its dormant periods, aud ID n-e- quence the vital prupeft'es Of tbe soil
 have to b. renewed ly ferililzinS, Mr. | Mcclellan uses cOurse mauurg once l. every two years, digging a tfeUch four | feet ID diameter about the base of the
 tree. The soil should be kept loose aud
 ploEed and cultivated once or twice dur | us the season. There are various n ''n- lds of pruning out that most 10 pTEc'is and Of which Mir. Mcclellan is an Edvo ate, is ;o trim he tree 10 an umbrella
 shape ss much as possible. TbIs teuds 70 admit ;he free passage Of ar among | he branches and of the sunlight to it-
 center, to the exclusion O; dampue-s | Aud dele;erious moisture. Mir. McCi-l- Ian is sn Cdvoca'e O, the Mission Olise. | de thinks it IS superior in every wsy to the PIchsliue. T. ls larger and has 6
 ma lerss;one. The nUrserymeu, he | h.uks, advocate the cultivation of tho
 PichsiiBe in preference to the Mission
 .ecsuse l. IS much easier to propagate. l Little experience has been had with the
 larger varieties, such ss the Spanish. l Queen olive, etc. Although inferior in ! Joint of size, the Missi D Is & ple1sED'
 70 the taste Rs auy olive grown, and its
 substance is proportionslly greater than
 hat of the larger clIyes. and IS free
 stone. The Queen olive is a clingstOae. The fruit buds bloom in My, and iLe
 fruit Is ripe for picking ID Decemh Der ano l JauuAry, Itintended for pickling .hsy
 are gathered iGst before their yel.OwIsh
 green color deepens int the purple O'
 theIr full maturity. When used for oil
 they are allowed 10 become perfectly | npe. The process Of picsling is simple
 md attended with slight labor sBd D,
 i'ficulty. When pickling under the
 Kimbsll process they are fret put into
 olution of two ounces of concentrated
 ye to one gallon of water snd sliowe, l O .emsin therein for 36 hours, or unii:
 he bitter taste is taken out Of them
 They are next putin pure water and al-
 owed to remain until all traces of the
 i've have disappeared. They are then
 sut into a weak brine, followed by q
 5tronger one. ID which they are subse- quentiy bottled. The olives are geuer-
 lily bottled Tn pint bottles or jars which
 sost already labeled. but s cents The
 olives bottled sell for g dozen, S6 s 1 case. Without consulting any other
 limit than that prescribed by the term possibility. it would not be fictitious [,
 test the elasticity of the imma2ination by penetrating the mist which prevents | me reading in the book of futurity and
 'urning to page 90 yeBra hence, when he young olive orchards of California
 wlll be in their prime. At such a time
 heindustry will have grown tO take 1t,
 place among the most exteDsIve Ot the
 'ge. The yield per acre of olive or
 chards will be enumerated by thoUsrDdf
 If dollars instead of hundreds. sni thsi
 'tauDch branches will remain Co puUc-
 ture the surface of the next flood, and
 -xtend 10 the omened dove the proverb
 isl olive branch.
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