Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-04
GROWING CROPS.
THEIR CONDITION REPORTED FROM
VARIOUS LOCALITIES.
The Grain Crops viii be Light-Gr.pes,
Apricots, Oranges and Cherries
Doing Well.

bulletin received by Sergeant Barwick fol
the week ending May 3D.:
E. c. Voorhees,, of Suffer Creek, Save
the farmers began cutting grass hay.
Grain nay Will be ready to cut in week
affected by the past weeks weather.
]. ]. Campbell, of Salt, says the weather
has been in every way beneficial to horti-
cultural and agricultural interests, and all
| crops have been affected fayorably.
| j. w. Anderson, OF Orangevale, says
the hay crop is very good. Wheat and
barley are below the average. Live stock
of all kinds is in good condition. The
grape crop is above the average. No
crop of stone fruits. Berries and cherries
are below the average. The sunshine has
affected the growth of vegetation in this
section favorably.
]. d. Sturgis, of Folsom, writes that the
hay crop is good. Grape vines are looking
finely. Peaches have been badly affected
by curled leaf. The cherry crop is large
one.
G.. M. Fitzgerald, of Georgetown /:
Northerly winds have dried the surface of
the ground rapidly, and unfavorably affects
some late grain. The fruit crop has been
affected favorably by the past weeks
weather.
A. Pendleton, of Nicolaus. Wheat, hops
and all growing crops have been favorably
affected by the past weeks weather.
G. w. Peacock, of Marysville: The
wheat and fruit crops have been favorably
affected by the sunshine and warm DAYS.
John Lee, of Tehama: Peach trees to a
considerable extent have been affected with
curled-leaf, but appear TO be recovering by
the favorable weather. Other fruit crops
will be lost. The grain crop will soon need
rain.
w. II. Martin, Napa City: High fogs
have prevailed in the mornings, being ia
vorable to the grape crop by keeping of
the frost. Grain and fruit have been favor.
ably affected by the past weeks weather.
Al. Palmer, Livermore: Nights cool
without frost. Grain and all crops favor
ably affected.
c. G. Farmer, Santa Rosa: Hay and grain
crops favorably affected by the sunshine
and temperature during the past week.
kinds are doing WE'LL and were favorably
affected by the fine weather of the past
week.
s. K. Nurse, beaverton: The coming
crop is being favorably affected
A. w. SeahOen, Willows: The acreage
of wheat and barley In this section is
about so per cent. of the usual crop. Their
condition is good and up to the average,
and all affected favorably.
Watson Chalmers, Chico. Grain and
fruits have been very favorably affected by
the past weeks weather.
G. C. Bush, Redding: Grapes, almonds,
apricots, pears, mulberries and cherries
promise good crops, also the Crawford
peaches Other kinds of peaches have con-
siderable curled-le All have been favor
ah1v effectpd hv tho weather
Robert Hill, Sonoma: Our unusual rain
fall the past winter has caused a wide
spread injury to horticulturists throughout
the central belt of this State. The total
rainfall here this season was 81 80 inches.
All crops have been favorabiy affected by
the past weeks weather.
e. K. Abbott, Salinas: Crops generally
look we'll. The ground is sufficiently wet,
but following the heavy winter rains is
quite hard at the surface, making more rain
needed. All crops were favorably affected
by the weeks weather.
Ezra Fisk, Lodi: Grain has been favor
ably affected.
L.V. Nanscawen, Visalia: All grain is
suffering badly, and late grain can amount
to nothing, even with rain. There will be
large yield of hay.
w. E. Keith. Riverside: The barley crop,
about the only grain crop in this section,
has been very nearly destroyed by want Of
rain during April, as the entire month has
given a precipitation of but .O6 of an inch.
The orange and apricot crops have been
very favorably affected by the past week g
! weather.
The rainfall is reported for the week as
follows: Lodi. 90 of an inch; Salinas, 90;
Sonoma, .O5; Reddipg,. 81; beaverton, .O3.
Santa Rosa, 10; Napa, .02; Nicolaus, OF;
Georgetown, .0l; Folsom and Orangevale,
.06; Gait, .16; Suffer Creek, 13, and Sacra.
mento, 10 of an inch.
]. F. Farnsworth reports that heavy
losses of both fruit and trees will occur on
both sides of the Sacramento river, owing
to high water. He thinks that several
thousand trees will be utterly ruined--in
fact, killed
The following crop telegram was for
warded by Sergeant Barwick to the Chief
Signal Officer at Washington, D. c.:
| Peaches have been badly affected by the
excessive winter rains, and thousands OF
trees destroyed along the Sacramento river
Fruit in the upper Sacramento valley is
good. GRAIN about half crop. Grapes,
oranges, apricots and cherries, good.