Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-09

Its peaches and plums than for the excel
lence OF its oranges. Nevada county,
beycnd, has been well spoken of as the
Bsrtlett pear country. No county in the
State produces better apples OF pears, and
1t is gratifying to see the spirit of develop
ment which is now taking possession of
that section.
Yuba county, on the north, may be con-
sidered the original home of the peach and |
pear in this part of the country, and its |
immense orchards attest the permanency |
of the fruit industry in that county.
OF Butte county very much might be |
said, but we will allude here only to the |
wonderful colony enterprises that are be- |
ing carried on at Oroville. During the !
past winter it is estimated that ever 90, 600
orange trees have been planted IN this sec
ton alone, and the colonies of Palermo
and Thermalito are becoming as well
known over the State as Pasadena aud
Ontario. In our own county, in this con-
nection, we eaght not to forget our
Orange Vale colony, which is being rap
idly developed By enterprising citizens of
Sacramento. Certainly such enterprises
as these should be encouraged by all legit-
innate means. 1t was by this mothed that
Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties
became so well and extensively advertised
and SO wonderfully developed.
Iehama county, with its great VINEYARD.
the largest in the world, its peach orchards
and grain fields, certainly has great claims
upon the attention Of immigrants, and can
i'll afford not to be represented in an exhi-
bltion like this. The same is true of Co
lusa county, and our neighboring county
of Iolo, across the river, possesses the
largest pear orchard in the world, within
fifteen miles of our city This fact is in
itself the best evidence of what can be there
done in the line of horticulture. Some of
the largest almond orchards in the State
are also found in that county.
Solano county, beyond, with its early
fruits that every year bring in such vast
returns to the orchardist, is well known to
every one ia California and should be bet
ter known in the East, while Napa and
Sonoma are getting national reputation
for the excellence of their wines.
In conclusion, it may be said that the
entire country from Shasta to Fresno, and
from the Nevada line to the ocean, is one
vast empire of untold wealth and undis-
covered power There is no fairer land on
earth, with scenery such as the gods
delight in; towering mountains, deep
and fertile valleys, rolling hills and almost
boundless plains; with variety of climate
to suit the varied desires of man; with
fertile soil such as can only be IMAGINED by
jewellers on the rock-bound Atlantic coast
with rainfall sufficient for all the require
ments of vegetable growth, and yet a rain
| that falls only when it will do no harm,
but always good; with natural highways
Of commerce traversing it from north to
south, and smaller streams furnishing every
| section with ineXhaustable sources of irri-
cation; with railroads reaching in every
direction. What more can be asked or
expected, and what more is needed as the
requisites for drawing and supporting
vast population?
Twelve years more, and in the year 1900
the population of the Pacific slope of the
United States will probably number over
ten millions. More than three millions
will then be living in California, and prob
ably half of this number will be dwelling
In the valleys and territory whose center
of population and business will be Sacra-
mento city. This city will then have
population of one hundred thousand, and
San Francisco over half million. Three
or more through railroads to the Atlantic
| cities will have their connection and head
quarters, here, and numerous roads will be
branching from the city in every direction.
Thousands upon thousands Of tons of fruits.
vegetables and grain, and products of our
manufactures, will be transported to every
portion of our Union and to lands adjacent
and those beyond the sea, meeting ready
sale at good profit.
California will eventually be the Empire
State of the Union. Our climate, our soil,
our productions, our location, and our
many advantages will in time make this
the hub or central axis of the commerce of
the world.