Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-27

in force, but it is not the only or nearly
the only thing seen. A good many new
orchards are being set, and new and old,
citrus and deciduous, look the picture of
health. The walnut trees are loaded
to breaking with fine fruit. 1t is a
difficult thing to determine if oranges or
walnuts pay the best. The latter costs
less to plant, the land costs less, the
trees cost less, and they come into bear
ing earlier, while they pay almost as
well. Still the orange leads, it must be
confessed, for some of the Redland or
chards yielded $3.50 to $940 worth of
fruit per acre last year.
All along the line vineyards were seen
and they all look WE'LL At San Bernar-
dino the vines are in perfect vigor, and
bearing we'll. So they are at River
side, the Rincon and Yorba.
were seen and they are doing as we'll as
are some vineyards set three years ago
when the disease was at it's worst. These
vines have never been irrigated,
but they are doing excellently.
They are covered with fruit.
All signs multiply to show that the vine
disease is at an absolute end, and next
planting new vineyards.
At South Riverside a curious phe-
nomenon is observed. On the plain along
the railroad track the water is flooding
the whole country. No one can account
for it, as it never was so before. 1t
comes up from the ground, and must be
either the water used above for irriga-
ton purposes that sinks, encounters a
stratum of rocks and comes to the sur
face again, or it is owing to the abundant
rains of the past thirteen years which
have filled the mountains with water.
A pleasing feature on the mesa east of
Santa Fe Springs is large forest of
young gum trees some one has planted.
They are growing apace.
The orchardists are learning that they
must fertilize their trees. At Riverside
many carloads of sheep manure were
seen hauled there to go in the orange
groves. A few days ago Mr.. A. S. White,
of Riverside, said to the writer that
they had mastered the problems in con-
nection with orange-growing excepting
this one OF fertilizing. 1t is manifest
they have not quite mastered this one.
Sheep manure from the corrals is often
no better than old chips. 1t has lain in
the sun for years, and has caught the
winter rains as long. All the ammonia
is washed out of it. The labor of getting
it to the orchards is great and eXpen-
sive. Most of it is labor lost.
Will the production of fruit in this Sec
ton be overdone? Well, not in this
generation, nor in the next, nor the
next. Ten years ago the apple orchards
OF the United States exceeded in area
the whole territory of the state of Cali
fornia. We have in this section few
specialties that no other part of the con-
tinent will produce. The markets of
the country are ours. The area suited
to each of these specialties is very linn
tied, and the supply will never equal
the demand. All we need is speedy and
reasonable means of transportation.
Fruit specials ought to go into Chicago
in four days, and they will 90 there in
that time before long. There may be,
probably will be, 1000 cars of oranges to
haul out of here next winter. This
number will increase very rapidly. 1t
will pay the railroads to build up the
business, and they will do it. Move
ments are on foot to take care of our
crops. Belford, of the publishing house
of Belford & Clark, and son of Andy
McNally, of the map and railroad pub
fishers, Rand & McNally, all of Chicago,
have big plant nearly ready at San
Juan Capistrano to put up olives, olive
OIL jams, jellies, marmalades and crys-
talized fruit. 1t is concern in strong
hands, directed by wise heads. Their
aim will be to put up articles absolutely
pure. Cheap sugar is all we need. The
Chino will furnish that. There is little
doubt that the OXnards will put
in plant on the Chino
to manufacture beet sugar. Next
year, Belford & McNally will put up
plant at Lordsburg similar to that at
San Juan.
Anyone who has taken the pains to
read the above account of what is do
ing will have his misapprehension cor
rected as to things being fiat about
here. There is pretty good movement
on foot in many branches Of industry.
1t will grow and spread until the coun-
try is at lood-tide OF prosperity. Next
winter there will be very large inpour-
ing of new people. Those who came
last year are writing to their friends.
The false impression as to our condition
is being done away, and the truth is be-
ing learned. There will be another
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