Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-02

y pr8ctlco Wnlcn Is not generally f0t-
lowed by dryers, and is only done to
soften up bone-dry fruit sufficiently to
pack it very closely in boxes with q
press. Most of the fruit, however, is
marketed in sacks, making such prac-
tice unnecessary. Regular sized fruit
sacks and twenty-five and fifty-pound
boxes are the packages in which april
cots are usually marketed.
PROFIT IN APPLES.
Although no one doubts that Califor-
MIA produces as good apples as are grown
in any other part of the world, yet there
will no little surprise over the result of
the latest inquiries into the profits of
apple culture in the foothills. On the
borders of the San Joaquin valley a
rancher has fifteen-acre apple orchard,
containg 1920 trees. Each tree will yield
an average of 300 pounds of fruit year,
the gross value of which, at present
prices, would be $3.50. Out of the
large sum of money which can be made
off fifteen-acre apple orchard, the
grower can afford to ray the ex-
pense of transportation to the east
of the bulk of his crop and be
we'll satisfied with the quantity of gold
that will be returned to him. Apple
culture, if the fruit has flavor and firm
ness, is one of the most reliable depart
ments in horticulture. 1t is seldom
that the markets are glutted with really
good apples, and even then the prices
for the choice product are we'll main
tanned. When the ranchers in the foot
hills are educated to the advantages of
devoting special attention to the pro-
duction of superior grades of apples the
growers in the east and west will be
given a strong competition from Cali
fornia. Considering the amount of
money that can be realized from a
15-acre orchard, it is probable that these
foothill owners will soon take an active
interest in the cultivation of the apple.
Whittier Pointer.
AzUsA STRAWBERRIES.
During the ninety days ending June
30th, this season, there were expressed
from the Azusa station 217,27O pounds
of strawberries. These figures are from
the express books, and are correct.
The heavy business was done in May,
when the output amounted to 112.O00
pounds. Last season during the same
period the shipments amounted to 169,-
595 pounds, making an increase of
56,675 pounds this year. This, at the
usual estimate of 6 cents, foots up about
$4,000 cash brought into the valley
for Strawberries through this sta
tion alone, for the three months.
The trade at Glendora has been i'm
mense, and counting the berries sold at
home and marketed by freight, it is
fair estimate to place the income from
this fruit at $40, 900 for the entire valley.
This is pretty healthy auxiliary to
the main crop of deciduous and citrus
fruit, which forms the bulk of our
shipments. The business of berry pick
ing furnishes employment to hundreds
of young people and older, and many by
industry and application make little
addition to their each account in this
Azusa Pomotropic.
VALUE OF THE FoGs.
There is probably no place in the
United States where the prevalence of
fog in the summer season is turned to
account to the same extent as in Ven
tura county. Something like $4,000
acres are planted to beans this year, and
the presence of fogs has assured an
abundant crop. The fog begins along in
May and lasts through June and part
of July, and gives sufficient moisture
to the growing crop to cause very
hearty growth. The small beans
are grown at other places on
the coast, but the lines only
do well in this season, simply because of
the fog. Up in Lompoc good many of
the smaller kind are grown, but they
have too much dry weather to raise the
lima bean, and consequently this pro-
duct is given over to the lower end of |
Santa Barbara and the region along the
coast in Ventura. down to Point Magu,
next to Los Angeles county.
The presence of fog, although not dis
agreeable or unhealthy, is very bene-
fetal to all kinds of growing crops, and
insures big yields, and does away with
the necessity and expense eofirrigating.- of
Ventura Democrat.
SACKS SOLD THIS YEAR.
AS an evidence of the immense re-
sources of Orange county we are not re-
quired to mention all the things pro-
1t is sufficient to show something Of the
quantity of sacks sold to the producers
OF barley and potatoes for the present
season. To the owners of the San Joa-
quin ranch 10000 barley sacks have
been sold, and 81 900 sacks to the rent
ers on the same ranch, and $4,000 to
others, making total of 10000 sold in
this county this year for barley alone.
Added to these, 10000 sacks have been
sold to market our potatoes in. In the
two items of barley and potatoes we
have much to boast of.-[Santa Ana