Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-21
possibilities of the future !-[Kham in
Citrograph.

NOTES.
The Fallbrook Review states that A.
Clemens has lemon tree on his ranch
which has been planted one year, and
has made growth of feet 81s inches.
The orange crop of the Baldwin Or
chards made 100 carloads, which at 800
boxes per car amounts to $4,000 boxes;
worth to Mr.. Baldwin, at say an average
of 81 per box, 100000. Does it pay to
grow oranges ?-[Sierra Madre Vista.
In Pomona, Ontario and Cucamonga
the prune crop will be unusually light
this season. An abundant yield of
pears, peaches and grapes is promised.
The Royal apricot trees are fairly well
loaded. The prospects for large orange
and lemon crop were never better.-[On-
tario Observer.
Indications 60 to show that the east
ern fruit crop will again be short, and
that the demand for California fruit will
be materially strengthened thereby, and
consequently good prices will prevail.
The outlook is that the coming crop will
be fine in quality and big in quantity
Rural Californian.
Mr.. A. E. Schmutzler has during the
past winter shipped about one-half ton
of cotton grown in Perris valley to Oak
land. California. We have heretofore
stated that cotton could be grown in
this section, and many persons have
raised specimen plants; but we believe
Mr.. Schmutzler is the first resident to
demonstrate that it may be successfully
and proitably cultivated as crop
New Era.
DIR. Behr, an accomplished naturalist
of San Francisco, announces the discov-
cry that little bird of the titmouse
family keeps the orchards in San Luis
Obispo county free from scale and other
pests. 1t preys upon the eggs and lar
vac of the pests, as we'll as upon the full
grown insects. The doctor suggests that
this useful titmouse be distributed
through the fruit growing regions of the
state, and promises to perfect plan to
accomplish that object. Riverside
Press.
/ What munifcent heritage will an
orange grove be to the child of the next
generation Then Cur country will have
population OF 100. 100000, but the area
of orange land will not have increased a
single acre. To Florida and to Calif0r-
MIA must that vast number of people
look for domestic oranges. Then will
the orange growers be the aristocracy of
come for the most toothsome luxury.
To be an orange grower at that time
will be greater and more profitable than
to be city councilman.-[Ontario OBJ
| server.
1t is not generally known that some
commercial fertilizers must be used with
care or they do more damage than good.
| FL. G.. Billings has Just learned this fact
at cost Of $4,000. He recently set out
! twenty-five acres ofextra choice navels
in Grafton, and in order to send them
ahead as fast as possible he placed a
good supply of fertilizing material about
the roots. This was good deal the
nature of unslacked lime, and as soon as
water was turned on it burned the roots,
and all the trees on the twenty-five
acres were killed. He has now engaged
S. w. Strong to replant the tract to new
trees Redlands Facts.
A Pomona lady, who has learned the
secret of drying rose leaves SO that they
will retain pungent and lasting frag-
rance, has filled two large orders in New
York for the dried leaves this season,
and expects three or four more orders.
She made about 500 by the work last
year, and will make over 5000 this year.
The leaves are in demand in large cities
for filling potpourri jars, and by manu-
facturers of fashionable novelties, who
use the leaves to give peculiarly aro-
matte smell to toilet articles, cushions,
sofa pillows, etc.
The Pomona Progress thinks the april
cot crop in that vicinity will be more
than an average one, and that the yield
of peaches will be less than usual.
Prunes, owing to the damp season, have
dropped badly, and the yield will be
light. 1t says that in some localities in
Los Angeles and Orange counties there
will be less than ton of prunes to the
acre. Many men who got $500 an acre
for prunes last year will be glad to get
$50 this season. Fruit buyers are pay
ing $50 ton for apricots and peaches in
that region, but no prices have yet been
paid for prunes.
Hunt Brothers, fruit packers of Santa
Rosa, have just made a novel contract
for fruit at Bakersfield. They have pur-
chased of G. A. Maui all of his orange
cling peaches of this years crop at $40
per ton, but will take no peaches that
measure less than two and half inches
in diameter. The orange cling ripens in
August, and they expect to get at least
two carloads that come within the con-
tract. They will be put up in glass jars
for the fancy eastern market. There is
no reason whatever for California not
supplying the demand for strictly first
class fruit put up in fancy packages.
Here is an almost untried field for fruit
packers Citrograph.
1t is not an uncommon sight to see
two varieties of pears or peaches grow
ing on the same tree, or even red and
white roses on the same bush, but the
ingenuity of an Alhambra orchardist in
growing apples, pears and ounces on
the same tree rather eclipses anything
we have before seen in this line. The
variety was obtained by grating
scions of the different fruits on an apple
stock upon which they seem to thrive
as well as on that provided by nature,
putting forth vigorous growth and
fruiting thickly. In the same manner
the buds of the orange, lemon and lime
are interchangeable, while the peach,
plum, nectarine, etc., also admit of like
combinations.-[Alh Alhambra Review.