Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1890-05-16
CALIFORNIA.

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which one can engage, there are really
many things that have to be contended
with. Sometimes the trouble comes IN
heavy and long continued winds, blow
Ing the fruit of before it isrcady for mar
ket. or iniuring the trees. sometimes IN
the form of scale bugs of the white, black
or red variety and sometimes IN sickness
brought on by much irrigation when the
weather is oppressively hot, dc. There
are said to be two remedies Tor the scale
pest spraying with certain chemical
mixtures. and the propagation OF the
Australian Lady Bug. The tirst seems
about "a likely to kill the trees as the
bugs. and some growers will not use the
SPRAYS, which the Horticultural Commits
sion is trying 10 force them 10 do, CLAIM
ing that thousands Of citrus trees have
been ruined by that method. The latter,
tho said To work well, has not been very
generally tried. \ gentleman OF san
Francisco. who had made study ot the
subject, caught onto the fact that IN
AnNAtdAtd Ai'Hf ishA A'NNN '''N No.
to devour scale with great ayidity, and
that thro' their fundamentally the trees
there were kept clear of this injurious
element. 30 he procured small lot
rom the island and distributed them
among several large California orange
growers. They were let loose on the
trees and being capable OF multiplying
very rapidly, soon grew into immense
swarms, that went COR the scale at rate
which was at once gratifying to the or
chardist. and are said 10 have cleared the
trees OF all infection. think there must
be some disadvantage connected with
this procedure also a. it has not been
universally adopted. Can It be- that the
remedy is worse than the disease, as IN
the ease of the English sparrow and the
caterpillar As have not been Ia any
district where the experiment was made,
am unable To say. Il seems that the
scale pest has not attacked the Riverside
orchards 10 any great extent and this Is
where the finest oranges and the largest
crops are raised But in aud around san
a Ana and Orange I'm informed. the
people have been cutting down and
burning orange trees all winter
Growers OF other fruits have THEN trials
also. For instance. in some parts O
southern California the grape vines
have been ruined 10y blight in othe
places the unusually we; winter hs
killed large numbers Of fruit trees, an'
in Others still! the Goblin moth has made
its appearance. Then comes the greed,
middleman, who gets big share OF th'
profits, hni the growers are organizing
and declare that hereafter all fruit shal
Ice sold al home and none shipped abroad
on commission. Still. with all thes'
drawbacks. there's money in the bust
ness for intelligent and Inexperienced men
but the net proceeds are not near So
large as Eastern people imagine from tn,
reports OF individuals and those OF TIA,
newspapers.
There is one thing that the people O
Kentucky might learn from Californian
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fruit trees. II matters not what tn
kind OF orchard. it is thoroughly worke,
every year, and often several times, an'
the trees trimmed of any dead or dyln
limbs when this is not done, the tree
don't bear half crops, and finally die on
or become worthless. In Kentucky IL /
considered actually disadvantageous 4
cultivate orchards; but. from what w
seen, I'm sure it's a great mistake. a
rich as the soil here is, numbers of irul
rasers manure their trees every season
They are not satisfied with q half crop
but want as much fruit as the trees cal
bear up.
The school system of California seem
20 be splendidly carried sut. The build
ings are numerous and are generally
among the handsomest IN the towns
Besides fine publicschoos are many first
rate private schools and colleges; and, /
person does not acquire good educa
ton, it is his own fault. California, like
Texas, has a large quantity OF schoo
lands. the proceeds OF which go to th'
maintenance OF the public schools. II
every township the 10Th and sd section
have been reserved for this purpose.
Since my last report there have bee
two beautiful days, but the balance o
the week has been cool, foggy am
cloudy, with some rain last night. don
say with the poet,
"Giye me a home by the sea,
Where the wild wave are crested with foam
1t is no doubt the pleasantest place
summer, but during the winter an
spring it is too damp and chilly, even
this mild climate
one OF the most interesting objects
this vicinity is the old Santa Barba
Mission, Just outside the town limits.
is built of stone, with immensely tint