The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-05-21
GREEN FRUIT BUSINESS.
Its Headquarters Are Located in
Sacramento.
The Varieties of Fruit Grown. and
the Profit Realized in Its
Production.

The following interesting article ON the
green fruit business of Sacramento has
been furnished by 2. f. Plat, President
OF the sacramento City Board of Trade.
AS manager of the w. r. Strong Com
pany he is well posted on the subject of
which he writes:
!, sacramento City may properly be called
the grand center or headquarters ofthe Ca
NORMA green fruit business, so far as the
Eastern shipment of this leading produc-
tlon OF the State is concerned. The bust
ness commenced about twenty years ago
at sacramento in small way, and has
steadily increased until the fruit ship
ments from this point now constitute
about the heaviest item of expectation
from the State. AS will be seen by
graphically located in almost the exact
center of the State. Its position on the
principal line of railroad makes it the
natural point from which Eastern ship
ments originated. 1t is also q railroad
center, and every leading fruit-growing
district is directly tributary. All the
leading fruit shipping institutions in the
ramento. 1t is not particularly the pur-
pose of this article to point out the COM
merclal advantages OF this city, but Incl
dentally these are worthy of note, and
especially so In consideration of the fact
that Sacramento combines with these
commercial facilities the further advan-
tageS of being the center Of a remarkably
productive fruit section. 1t is of this lat
ter feature that l propose to speak Of at
this time.
Sacramento County contains go, 900
acres of land, nearly every acre of which
can be profitably cultivated. There are
FOUR DISTINCT VARIETIES OF SOIL;
First in value being the rich sediment
soil of the river bottoms; next, a deep.
sandy loan constituting what may be
called a second bottom; third, shallower
soil of the plains; and fourth, the foothill
land, which is of a graVeily nature, in
many cases being formed of decomposed
granite. These various descriptions are
of course Of different values, but each is
peculiarly adapted TO the production of
some variety of fruit or vegetables. Land
values in Sacramento County naturally
vary from say $50 to $500 per acre for I'M
improved property. To some the latter
price may seem high, and yet land at
$500 per acre is frequently found to be a
most profitable investment. 1t is truly
surprising the amount of product that
can be taken from single acre of our
best land. The writer has in mind an
acre of cherry trees grown on the variety
of land above described as second bot
tom, which last year produced net in
come OF nearly Sl, 0UO, While Bartlett pears
have frequently produced from $500 to
$500 per acre net to the producer in
single year
LIST OF THE PRODUCTS,
Or principal productions of Sacramento
County, would be a very long one |
think it is safe to say that there is no spot
on earth where greater variety of pro-
ducts can be successfully grown, or where
crops are surer than in Sacramento
County. In this article / will only speak
of few of the leading kinds. 1t is pos
sible for the fruit-grower here to gather
some kind of fruit every day in the year.
During the winter months, pomegrantes,
persimmons, oranges, lemons and olives
mature. The foothill district is especially
adapted to the growth of oranges and
olives. The most notable demonstration
of this fact may be found in colony near
Folsom. Several thousand acres are be-
ing planted in this colony, which has