Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-11
AMONG THE RANCHES.
FACTS OF INTEREST ABOUT FRUITS
AND FARMS.
What One Acre in Oranges Yielded-The
Experimental Station-Future of Or
ange Growing-O Matters.

= Covina and Gladstone, hands us the re,
turns from one acre of Seeding oranges
for this year, and we wish to say that
the following statement is no guess
work, but absolutely reliable figures,
; being the exact amount of money re-
ceived in cash from the one acre, and a
liberal allowance for all labor performed
for the year;
Cash received for fruit .. $685. 90
fasnr Gasn PaiS iSr water aSnaa ss Is
Cultivatng five days. s......... ...15 90
Total expense ............... 23 %
Net cash returns. . ...... s611 Is
Mr.. Turner's land in this orchard
looks like sand heap and gravel bed.
and takes less labor and water than
heavier soils, but the secret of its pro-
ductiveness lies in the fact that the soil
is not what it seems, but just under the
sand, which forms mulch to retain the
moisture, is many feet of the fine soil OF
this region San Gabriel Valley Argus.
THE EXPERIMENTAL STATION.
There have been planted at the ex-
perimental station, Pomona, already,
two of every variety of trees, including
forty-six varieties of apples, fifty vari-
cites OF pears, twenty-one of olives, ten
OF cherries, fourteen of prunes, sixteen
of apricots, eight of nectarlnes, forty
three of peaches, eight of Japan plums,
twenty of figs, seventy-five of grapes,
seventeen OF oranges, three OF lemons,
and seventy-fve of plums. The trees
and plants are all doing nicely. The
dates are also making a magnificent
growth. Pomona Times.
WHAT AN ORANGE CONTAINS.
The following analysis OF an ordinary
orange, made by the Boston Journal of
Chemistry, will enable the orange grow
ers to better determine what elements a
good fertilizer should contain:
The skin weighed 67.5 grams, which
is 1888 per cent.
The seed weighed 7 grams, which is
.2.S4 per cent.
The pulp weighed 1872 grams, which is
1888 per cent.
The skin contained in 100 parts: Wa
ter and volatile oil, $500; organic mat
ter, 21.36; ash, GA.
The seeds contained in 100 parts: Wa
ter, 5000; organic matter, 1854 ash,
1.36.
The pulp contained in 100 parts: Wa
ter, 5000; organic matter, S.6S; ash, 33.
The pulp contained in 100 parts:
Grape sugar, 4.3; cane sugar, AZ; in
free acid, 10.
The free acid consisted OF about equal
parts of malic and citric acid.
The ash constituents of the orange
were as follows: Potash, 3S.7;~ soda,
7.6; lime, $50; magnesia, 6.5; ferric,
phosphate, IL; sulphur, 20; silica,
6.2; phosphoric acid, AL.
WHAT Is IT?
What is it? A brown beetle about
half an inch long and resembling a small
sized June bug is reported by r. w.
Parker to be injuring the leaves of the
apricot trees east of town. They only
work at night, entering the ground by
day.-[Pomona Progress.
VENTURA BEAN CROP.
Mr.. Townsend reports that last years
crop Of lima beans in Ventura county
consisted OF about $4,000 car loads, of
which about 200 cars remain in ware
house unsold. These are being moved
steadily, and will be out of the way long
before the new crop comes in. The
market is $2.75 to 1913, according to
quality. The acreage to be
planted in limas this year will be con-
siderably increased, and the soil is in
the best condition. A crop OF 1400 to 1900
carloads is expected. The apricot crop
of Ventura county promises to exceed
last years, which amounted to 5000
tons.-[San Francisco Grocer.
NEW ORANGE ACREAGE.
1t is estimated that 13, 900 acres will be
set to oranges in San Bernardino county
this season-an acreage nearly three
times as great as that OF last season.
The $4,000 acres of orange land, water,
trees, and labor of setting latter, repre-
cents an expenditure of about 81 ,000, 900.
-[Ontario Observer.
KING AND QUEEN SEEDS.
w. w. Gillett, whose home is at Pal
ermo, and who for years was engaged in
raising orange trees in Florida, said
lately in a conversation with Major
Jones, that in each orange there were
two seeds that were superior tc all others.
Said he, "If you examine an orange
carefully you will find two seeds that are
lhrger and plumper than any others.
Plant those seeds and you will find that
the trees from them make a, ranker,
more vigorous and stronger growth than
the other seeds. These two among
Florida nurserymen are known as the
king and queen seeds" The trees
grown from orange seeds are divided into
three classes. Those from the two seeds
named make a large, fine and very
thrifty tree; those from the ordinary
seeds make a good tree, while those
from the poor, thin, fiat seeds make
small and scrawny tree.-[Oroville Reg
lister.