Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-19
THE RANCHES.
Typical Facts About Southern
California Farms.
Interesting Facts About Profits
From Lemon Culture.
Mr.. Gardner of Riverside Gives Some
Figures from His Experience.
Lemons More Profitable Than Or
anges-El Monte Products.
The Olive-Notes and
News.


Great as the profits are in oranges, there
is twice as much in lemons, and the
market is a much more certain one.
Lemons are necessity in all communi-
ties. The people can do without or
anges-not SO with lemons. This fluit
is necessity of the first order at the
bedside of every sick person in the
: country. 1t is thing, too, which
the cook must have at hand in every
kitchen where cooking is a fine
art; and that is in most American
kitchens. The imports OF lemons into the
United States run up to millions upon
millions annually. From the town of
Catania, in Sicily, there are exported to
the United States 25O 900 boxes annually
each box holding from 250 to $50 lem
ons. The prices in Sicily range at about
twice as much as for oranges, while the
trees average yield of 1000 each, the
orange averaging but 600 to the tree.
There are dozen cities in Southern Eu-
rope from which as large shipments are
made to this country. If Southern Cal
ifornia was now producing 10000 car
loads of good lemons, the United States
would furnish market for them all.
Lemon juice, too, is imported into the
United States, as in all civilized
countries where it is not made, in thou
sands of gallons.
The actual profits resulting from lemon
culture in this section are fabulous, or
would sound so to any but an experts
ear. A story is current that Mr.. Garce-
Ion of Riverside, being pressed by an
eastern newspaper man for some infor-
nation as to the profits resulting from
lemon culture, made the following state
ment: "You may put in your paper
that make 5000 an acre from my lem
ons." A look of incredulity suhfused the
face of the tenderfoot, Mr.. Carcelon said !:
II told you no one in the east would
believe the truth if told it. Now, you
may publish what you wish, or publish
. nothing, but am actually making $500
an acre off my lemons" There is no
doubt but that he told the truth. With
seventy-five trees to the acre, and 1000
lemons to the tree, at 200 to the box,
one gets 375 boxes. Well cured lemons
in Sicily are worth l cent apiece, and
in New York 2 cents. At 81 box
the crop of an acre is worth $500. 1t
is well known here that the Riverside
man often gets $6 box for his
IOAnOh5s VC Cdu pIOuuCo Us SOOO
lemons and as many to the tree
as they can in Sicily. At 1000 to the
tree if they net the grower only q cent
apiece, they are worth $5 tree, and at
rs trees to the acre this is 1876 per acre,
and at that net income a lemon orchard
will pay 10 per cent. per annum net on
$3.50 per acre valuation. Land thor
oughly suitable for lemons, with water,
can be bought for 5000 to $500 per acre.
1t will cost 500 an acre to plant. A
living can be made between the rows
until they bear, and then the man who
has five acres is worth net $1S75 per
annum income. With ten-acre orch
ard he will have net income of $3.50
per acre.-California.
Ell MONTE PRODUCTS.
The soil round about Ell Monte is very
productive. On Monday ]. s. Killian
brought to this Office a few monster
onions of the yellow Danvers variety,
that were certainly very fine specimens.
He has six acres planted to these onions,
and estimates that he will have at least
1000 sacks. He has just received word
from an eastern house that onions are
selling there for So a sack, and he will
ship them there as soon as they are out
of ground. His potatoes will make a
large yield, some of the land going 200
sacks to the acre. There will be about
$4,000 sacks of potatoes; 2250 sacks, a
part of the spring crop, have already
been shipped to Chicago, where John
Hayes, Of this place, is disposing OF
them for Mr.. Killian. The price still
holds good in Chicago, and he will nc
doubt realize a good sum for them. The
sugar beets which were planted in that
neighborhood are doing finely, and the
yield will be large.-[Monroyia Mes
senger.
THE OLIVE.
The opinion advanced by some people
that the olive will yet run the citrus
fruits race for the supremacy in South
ern California is not without reason
Thriving on lands that are not adapted
to general fruit culture and requiring
not so much care and attention as many
other crops, and bearing well when
given good situation are all certainly
factors in it's favor. In some instances
here in Southern California as high al
thirty gallons of fruit have been har
vested from single trees only four years
of age. From the government consular
reports touching on this subject we
learn that "the olive will withstand s
temperature that does not range beyont
10Y degrees to 10 degrees. The countries
where it fourishes have a rainfall Q
from IL to 80 inches per annum. /
likes gravelly soil, preferably calca
reous one, and sloping or undulatins
ground. Rural Californian.
NOTES.
1t is no exaggeration to say that On
tario's coming orange crop promises t.
be 300 per cent. greater than that O
last season, says the Observer. Thi
tremendous increase will be due to tn,
increased age of the trees and the in
creased acreage of trees now in bearing
A prominent fruit grower of SAINTS
Ana says that in order to prevent worm
from getting into dried apricots, all tina
is necessary is to take the fruit off th'
trays and sack it in the heat in the day
say between IL m. and 5 pm. He ha
given it thorough test, and is satisfie'
that worms will not trouble apricot
when treated in that way.-Riversid
Enterprise.
Ten acres of bearing Sultana grape
were recently sold at Hermosa colon.
in the foothill north of North Cuca
monpa for OO-sacrifced, go til