Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07

flantlng mas already commenced
on 300 acres, which, added to his
extensive orchards, will increase
the grand total to 224l acres. Let it be
understood that MIR. Cook is a most Wig
liant worker; constantly adding to and
improving the lands when secured. Mr..
Cook employs none but white labor, to
whom he pays liberal wages, and pro-
viding married men with a comfortable
house, etc. He now employs over 200
persons on his place, and during fruit
picking will require several hundred
more.-[Ventura Free Press.
POTATO AND CABBAGE SHIPMENTS.
]. w. Fryer has loaded several cars of
new potatoes at Fullerton. They were
raised on the Olinda ranch. He has
several cars more to ship. Quite good
many cars of cabbage are ready to be
shipped, but the price is so low il will
hardly pay to cutit. About twenty cars
OF cabbage have been shipped from Pla-
centia, and with the oranges, potatoes,
nuts, etc., shipments will round up 100
cars in the season; at 5000 car, freight
is 100000. That comes out of the farm
ers of this one locality annually. What
is the matter with the farmers and
other parties joining together and build
ing road of their own to the Missouri
river, and ship their produce at nominal
rates? Cabbage sells for from $3S to $45
ton east. The grower gets from Sc to
$40 ton here. One hundred dollars
car would pay well to Missouri-river
points; instead we have to pay 5000.
We are all simply working for the rail-
road [Anaheim Gazette.
The ranch of H. HI. Sinclair is type
of Redlands orchards. He has thirty
acres, of which seventeen are planted to
deciduous fruit, ten to oranges and the
balance is occupied by his fine new
house, barn and grounds about them.
Last year the gross income was $4,000,
and he paid out for labor $1,000. The
net profit was about $3000. His oranges
four years ago brought in s125; three
years ago, $500; two years ago, $780,
one year ago, $500. The returns are
not in hand for this year, but there is a
big increase over last years figures.
-[Redlands Facts.
NOTES.
A few of our berry growers have about
closed contract with the Southern
California Packing company, to deliver
twenty-five tons of strawberries at
Azusa station at three and five-sixths
cents per pound net.--[San Gabriel Val
ley Argus.
The navel orange trees set out last
spring are loaded with fruit, which will
necessitate much labor in its removal.
AS sample, we caught in our hand the
end of small branch on which was
counted fifteen solid, well-set oranges.
--[San Gabriel Valley Argus.
The potatoes being dug on the Vos-
burg-Neil ranch seem to be turning out
poorly. An old potato raiser says they
were planted too early, while another
ascribes the small apparent yield to the
method of cultivation. The latter is
very successful in raising heavy spring
crops of fine, large potatoes without ir-
rigation, and says perfectly level irriga-
ton is the best. That in this section
the tops are small and any hilling up
covers some of the leaves that should be
crop just that much or even more in
proportion. This we know, that in any
dry country nearly every sort of vegeta-
BILE makes finer growth and gives bet
ter returns with fiat cultivation, and we
always have hearty respect for the
opinions of a man who "gets there with
good crop.-[Covina Argus.
Colonel Dobbins, San Gabriel. Touch
ing the Joppa orange, which is at pres
ent commanding considerable attention,
1 must say that l am highly pleased
with the growth and fruit of the few
trees have in my orchard. 1t is thin
rind, firm, practically seedless, pulp
very fine, sweet and juicy. 1t ripens
reasonably early, but its remarkable
characteristic is that it can be left on
the trees as late as July and yet retain
all the features of sound, first-class
shipper. The tree being thornless, an
upright grower and vigorous, look for
its coming into popular favor at an early
date, and expect to see many planted
l regard it as one Of the very best varie-
ties of recent introduction, and feel sure
that as money maker it will be hard to
beat Rural Californian.