The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-03-26

US to some wine. Angelica, port, claret
and white wine were set upon the side
board. Though not a wine drinking man
the port did seem very superior. The
building stone were quarried in the vicin-
ity. II is volcanic rock, easily worked,
and hard enough for building purposes.
It can be furnished and put in the wall at
fourteen cents a cubic foot.
FRUIT
The fruit industry is gaining in impor-
tance in this State 10 this town there are
as fine, healthy orange trees as can be
found anywhere; but the trees must be
protected from frost while young, and
whether they can be raised at profit is
yet to be demonstrated. Peaches, prunes
and apricots seem to thrive from the north
to the south part OF the State, and are pro-
fitable.
Raisin making is rapidly increasing
and profitable industry; but there are
only limited areas adapted tn 1t. One
locality is in San Diego County, one in
the San Joaquin valley, and one in the
Sacramento valley. Here the summers
are so warm and long that they can be
grown and dried by the sun. In this
valley they do not ripen soon enough, and
to dry them by artificial heat did not
prove remunerative. Olive culture is in
its infancy. know Of but two mills In
State for making olive oil, one at Santa
Barbara, the other at National City on the
bay Of San Diego. All the oil these can
make finds a ready sale for medicinal
purposes at high prices, because It is
known TO be pure. have no doubt II is
destined 10 be large industry eventually.
Near San Diego there Is an olive orchard
planted nearly a hundred years ago by
the Jesuit missionaries. This orchard
is still In healthy condition.
The production Of the French prune Is
a profitable and rapidly growing Industry.
Most Of the land in California and even
the southern part OF Oregon is adapted 10
the growth OF the prune, They often
yield, when eight years old, two hundred
dollars worth per acre. They bear some
the third year after transplanting into the
orchard, but Of course not much.
Ten tc twenty acres Of good land ID
prunes will support an industrious family
They haye 10 be trimmed back every year
to secure large ard rich plums. But they
find ready sale at good prices There Is
an orchard near here which bears frUul
forty 10 fifty pounds to the tree. The
owner told me he could get seventy-fvt
pounds to the tree If he did not cut back
the growth, but they would not be Sc
large nor we'll favored. The land has tc
be well cultivated. plnwed twice aud har
rowed several times to keep the weeds
down, and keep the ground well pulver
lied 80 as to conserve the moisture In the
dry season. In this locality no irrigation
is required, but 10 many parts OF the State
IL Is.
The apricot thrives to perfection onl,
In certain localities of this State, and IL II
said that no other county can compete will
US in the production Of this choice fruit
50 that we have the world for market
II Is prepared for market by canning ant
drying, and pays we'll.
The peach thrives almost anywher
except near the coast ana over thre,
thousand feet above sea level In the Sier
ras. There Is no doubt that Calif0rni
can produce peaches superior in qualii.
TO those raised anywhere east OF III
> Rockies. The trees must be trimme,
| every year, and II Is also necessary 10 pic
of from half to two-thirds Of the sets {
9 produce the largest and best havore
4 fruit How long an orchard will live AN
Q thrive | cannot tell, but haye trees 81,
!. teen years old that are healthy and bea
b every year. But there Is no difficulty o
r this point; tor when tree begins TO dt
q cay from age Il should be removed and
= young one planted; 10 this way an Of
!. chard can be perpetaated. But fertilize
a must be used, as const,nt cultivation wi
n gradually exhaust the humus Of the iicl