Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-03
VISTAS, BEAUTIFUL.
Fair Fields This Side the
Flowing Tide.
Green Glades Backed by Grand
Mountain Heights.
Regions Where Frost Is Not Known
in Winter, Nor Heat in Summer.
Broad Acres OF New Potatoes, Green
Peas, String Beans and Tomatoes,
That Ripen All the Days
of the Year.

of the Year.
How many people in this city are
there who never have taken drive
along the foothill country from the end
of Temple street to Santa Monica? Ii
one knew the number he might meas
ure the amount OF sympathy the cir
cumstances call for. For, seriously, the
man is to be pitied who never has en-
ioyed that pleasure. The woman is
more to be pitied, for the reason that
she has a more artistic eye, and more
sympathy with nature, both in her
grander and in her gentler moods. Man
or woman who has not made the trip,
knows nothing of the beauties that sur
round Los Angeles, nor of the attrac-
tions that lie in life in this country.
And those who have taken the drive,
and taken it over and over,
can afford to do it again
for on each trip he will find new beauties
not discovered to his eye before, and
this will be particularly true now, for the
reason that great many improve ments
are being made all along the section in
view. The roads are just now much
better than they have been for years
heretofore. The chain gang has made a
good road at the end of Temple street
which goes toward the Lick tract, or
Edgemont. On both sides of this road
q large number of trees have been set in
orchard rows. There is good deal OF
attention being paid to the cultivationof
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prosperity. Westerly from Edgemont
to beyond the Cahuenga pass the roads
every where have been put in excellent
condition. The storms of the past few
years were very destructive of the roads,
but this past year has seen great deal
Of intelligent, honest work put upon the
thoroughfares.
WINTER CROPS.
This is the frost!ess belt. Along these
foothills the breath OF frost is unknown
in the winter months, just as excessive
heat is unknown in the height OF sum-
mer. This absence OF frost is the farm
ers' bonanza. 1t enables them to grow
crops of green peas, string beans, toma-
toes and potatoes all winter long. The
condition of the fields now manifests
the effects of this circumstance. Crops
are to be found in all stages of develop
ment. Pea vines are being raked up
and burned, where the crop was gath
cred month or six weeks ago. Other
fields are fullof men gathering peas now
ready for the market. In others a crop
of potatoes are just coming above the
ground where the peas were gath
cred a month ago. String beans are to
be found in all stages of progress. To-
matoes and chile peppers in places
make the hillside red. Fields
of potatoes bloom on all sides
Just ready to be harvested. Sum-
mer squash is found in bloom these
April days. In many places the farmers
are planting corn, pumpkin. cantaloup
and watermelon seed. The crops OF
winter vegetables have brought in reve-
nues as high. as 5000 an acre in many
cases during the past winter.
But these are not the only crops that
flourish there. Lemons, lines and
oranges grow here in the highest per-
fection. d. w. Wilson, Cahuenga, has
a lot OF beautiful orange trees that he
gives very little water, and they look
most healthy. E. G. Hurd, at the
mouth of the pass, has young orchard
of lemon and orange which he waters
from well on the place. The trees are
doing as we'll as they could
be expected to do in any place.
Up one of the cations Henry Clausen
settled 18 years ago. He is a most en-
terprising, industrious and intelligent
farmer. His place is beautiful. Yester-
day he was packing oranges to send to
the Chicago fair that were as firm as
ever grew under any sun, and OF any
soil. At Mr.. Benedict's place, at the
mouth OF Laurel caflon, Mrs. Benedict
led the way through the orchard and
regaled the party with paper rind St.
Michaes of the very highest excellence.
The fruit was OF good size, solid and
smooth and bright. The skin was very
thin, and the flesh of delicate texture,
while the flavor was OF
mingled sweetness and piqu-
,ancy that rendered it delicious.
No country could possibly excel in the
production of better fruit than this.
The Benedict and Kays places lie side
by side and are charming in all respects.
The soil is unexcelled; the water is
abundant, clear as crystal the views of
mesa, plain, mountain and sea beyond
the power of mind to describe. 1t is an
other spot is the Durfy Monte Vista
farm, lying close by.
THE VIEWS.
Taking ones stand anywhere along
these spurs of the hills, and what a
landscape stretches all around! From
Edgemont, from the mouth of the Ca
huenga, from the mouth of Laurel canon,
or of Coldwater cafion, from any of these
sunny slopes that lie right in the rays
of the sun all day, with the mountains
at the back of the observer, for miles in
all directions lie vistas of beauty so en-
trancing as to ravish the eye of Adam
fresh from paradise, and to kindle the
heart of artist or poet beyond the limits
of containment. At your feet stretch
the magnificent La Brea, Rodeo de las
Aguas and Buenos Ayres ranchos. Sen
ator Coles elegant home at Colegrove,
surrounded with tall eucalyptus
groves, and perfumed by the flowers of
the orange, lemon and lime, adorns the
center of the first named ranch. Its fer
tile soils reach up to the very foothills.
The other ranches are alive with count
less herds of cattle and bands of horses.
To the east the city of Los Angeles,
.crOWninp moro hills than Rome in the