The herald., 1893-09-07
THE CROPS.
The weather Bureaus Report OF their
Condition.

The Weather Bureau's Report OF their
Condition.
The local weather bureau furnishes
the following report Of the condition Of
the crops In Southern California during
the past week:
The fret part OF the week was cooler
than the seasonal averages. with damp.
cloudy mornings; the latter part was
clear, with the temperature ranging con-
siderably above the normals. Rain fell
Saturday in the eastern districts, being
quite heavy in some places. A severe
thunder storm occurred at Riverside, at
tended by hail. No damage was reported
to drying fruit or grain from the rain.
The fruit market continued without
noticeable change. Drying continues
briskly, mostly by growers, on account.
of the low prices offered for fresh fruit.
An exchange says that the report of
the government statistician, just re-
ceived, shows good reason for expecting
that prices for products will improve.
This is especially the case with fruit.
The tables chow but single item in one
ofthe smallest states where the produc-
tion Is equal to the average. Ii the total
of the dried and canned fruit is as great
ly below the normal yield as the govern
ment report indicates, then when there
ia restoration of confidence and money
begins to circulate, there should be an
Improvement in demand and prices.
SANTA BARBARA.
Bean growers have commenced har.
vesting their crops. Prune drying is
going on, but there Ia no market yet for
the crop. Walnuts are beginning to
ripen.
SAN LUIS oBIsPo.
The mornings were cloudy and the
days warm. Bean pullers are in de-
mand; the crop is good. Grain Ia very
low.
VENTURA COUNTY.
Bardsdale-Besn threshing has begun
the price of beans is nominal and no
sales. May potatoes are good crop
but very slow sales at 75c. ALI products
are abundant but no demand for any Of
them.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
Duarte - Fruit drying continues.
Twenty dollars are offered for fresh
prunes. A heavy thunder shower
passed east Of here ON the I'd; we had a
trace of rain.
Covina-The first few days of the
week WAS cool with foggy mornings, the
remaining days were warm and sultry
with rain in the mountains. Fruit dry
ing continues; pruneH ara turning out
we'll.
SAN BERNARDINo COUNTY.
Ontario-The shower which was gen.
eral in this section on Saturday. did not
reach here; merely q sprinkle fell.
Work has well begun on gathering the
prune crop, which is heavy and of fine
quality. Most growers will dry as but
500 is offered for the fresh fruit.
Chino-A trace of rain fell Saturday
evening; $4,000 tors of sugar beets have
been harvested, averaging IA to 10 per
cent sugar. The weather has been favor
able for ripening beets on account OF the
absence of iogs.
Redlsnds-The rain of Friday night
did but little, if any, damage in this vi
cinity. Fruit drying is brisk and a
very heavy crop will be cured, more
than was anticipated. The honey yield
is unusually large. Grapes are very pro-
life.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
Riverside-Grapes are ripening quite
fast, and in some OF the vineyards in the
lower part OF the valley will be ripe
enough for picking by the middle of
| September. Fh
demonstrating continues in the
valley, and the crops will not all be
harvested for two or three weeks. The
sheep men shipped two carloads OF wool
from Alessandro last week.
Winchester-Our commodious ware
houses are full and but little OF our large
crop is stored away.
Hemet-The roller mill is now turn
ing out a superior quality of family -four.
Large quantities of barley are rolled
here and shipped to points in Arizona
principally. Peaches and nectsrines are
plentiful and are mostly being dried.
Elsinore--Threshing continues. APP
ricots have been told atty to cents a
pound.
| ORANGE COUNTY.
Anaheim-The corn crop is being
harvested and promises fair yield,
Peaches are being dried BY growers to a
small extent; part Of the crop is going