Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-13
BUTTE COUNTY ORANGES.
Choice Fruit Picked From Trees thi,
Menth-The BidMeu Bar Tree.

Choice Fruit Picked From Trees this
Menth-The Bidwen Bar Tree.
This Office is in receipt of samples of
beautiful, large oranges of delicious flavor
received from 81. Arents of Oroville Butte
county. These oranges were plucked from
the tree only few days ago, while ripe
fruit was taken therefrom in November
last. The following communication ex-
plains the hardy nature of this fruit:
ORovILLE, July 10Th.
EDS. RECORD UNION: In the RECORD
UNION of June 2lst appeared an article
signed by Robert Williamson of the firm
of W. R. Strong & Co, Sacramento, headed
E" Oroville Oranges" In the said article
Mr.. Williamson made comparisons with
some oranges l sent bin from the famous
old tree at Bidwells Bar and some he had
obtained from Judge Lofts seedlings of
Oroville, the product of the first or Oldest
seedlings from the Bidwell Bar tree stock.
These oranges were pulled from the trees
on the 18th of June. Mr.. Williamson
compared them with Riverside oranges
selected from boxes in their store. Your
subscribers who read that article will re-
member the result of said comparisons,
and believing you did not have an oppor-
tuny to sample the oranges with Mr.. Will
hanson. / have forwarded you some by
express. They are seedlings from the
original Bidwell Bar tree.
This summer will make these trees twenty.
four years old. The seed was from the first
crop ofthe old tree. You will notice how firm
these oranges are, and heavy They were
pulled from Judge Lofts trees Yesterday
July 9th). The largest weigh twelve
ounces. Judge Lott had oranges from
these same trees on his table last Thanks
giving Day, nearly eight months ago, and
they are just as firm and solid now as they
were then. These seedlings from the Bid
well Bar stock have proved themselves
very hardy, standing droughts and killing
frosts better than any other variety of trees
we have in this vicinity. During the cold
wave of January, 1888, the thermometer at
Bid0 ellis Bar was one night at l6o above
zero. but not limb of that old tree was
injured, and this last year the tree yielded
5000 oranges. At Oroville the thermom-
eter was down TO 200, but not a single one
of the Bidwell Bar seedlings suffered from
the long and continuous killing frosts dur
ing that cold wave, except that some of the
trees lost their top leaves.
In the grounds of D. n. Friesleben, Judge
Lott and others, they had budded Wash
ington Navels into four-year- Oroville
Seeding stock in the spring of 1887 These
had made fine growth up to the January
freeze, and not single leaf of these tender
shoots was injured or curled, with the Their
mometer at 200, and yet Washington Navel
budded trees, bought at Riverside, two
years old froa the bud, and planted in the
same lot near these budded seedlings. were
killed below the bud. We have tested this
stock from the Bidwell Bar tree either as
standards or to bud upon, and believe it is
the best and hardest for orchardists in
Central and Northern California to RELY
on in case of another cold wave. AS stand,
ards. the fruit is of excellent quality, and
to bud on it will stand killing frost bet
ter than any stock we have in this section
of country. Respectfully, H. ARENTs.