Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-09
UP THE VALLEY.
ORCHARDS GENERALLY FOUND IN
AN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
A Run Through the Small and well-Kep,
Orchards Lying Between Azusa,
Covina and the Glen
dora Slopes.

HERALD reporter, yesterday, took
in the drive between Azusa and Covina,
returning by way of Glendora. His
chief object was to see how the fruit
shipments are going forward and in
what condition the trees are.
"Look here and you will see how
these trees got whipped on the north
side." said Mr.. B. F. Cullen. ''I have
picked about two boxes off most of these
trees, but there are some that l have
not touched at all. Take this whole
row clear up the Orchard, and I have
probably lost box off each tree, but
those that are left on are growing till
yet"
"How are prices about here p"
Ranging from $2.10 to 1925 per box,
according to quality" said Mr.. Cullen.
"Who has bought most of the oranges
about here?" asked the scribe.
well, the Allen Brothers of Los An
geles have been most active about here
for the past two weeks. That is all
and they will ship away a great deal
such hurry to ship green oranges as
main on the trees and get we'll filed
with juice. That means fewer oranges
to the box and a greater number of
| boxes"
The reporter came to an orchard that
had caught it the worst of any in that
neighbcrhood. The number of blown
down trees was about IL per cent in an
otherwise handsome 40-acre tract of
orange trees.
"How do you account for that isolated
condition of affairs ?"
sit comes from two causes" replied
the gentleman who drove the big bay
mare. "To begin with, the soil is as
light as any volcanic ash, and it just 30
happened that this field was very wet
when the big blow came. Then most OF
these trees are grated on lemon roots,
and they never hold as we'll. The roots
were all on top of the ground, which
was wet and yielding, and, as an orange
tree offers very dense surface to gale
of wind, this orchard suffered worse
than any between Pomona and Los An
geleH. 1t teaches us that grating on
lemon stocks will have to be aban-
doned,"
Meeting gentleman whose citrus
trees are few, and who grows large
number of apricots, the reporter asked
how was the outlook.
"Well, you just look up there, atop oi
Old Baldy. This time last year its crest
was covered with snow to depth of at
least seven feet. Now there is little
patch on the east side of it that won't
be seen after the 1st of May. Up there,
about half mile from Mr.. Whitcomb's
house, they are running tunnel into
the side-hill after water and calculate to
strike Thousand miners inches of it.
If they get 800 it will do power ol
good"
"Suppose they don't strike any ?''
asked the HERALD representative.
''Then it will be very hard time for
| this neighborhood, indeed" said the
farmer. "We might as we'll begin the
reservoir system for storage of water
first as last 1t has got to come"
Coming in on the Santa Fe train there
was perfect mob of northwestern folks.
There were five from Oregon, three from
Washington, one from Idaho and two
from Montana; and all were in ecstasies
over the charming weather. 1t was q
perfect day indeed, and as the sur
dipped into the sea, motley mantle o1
purple and gold overhung the rocky
headland of Point Dune, while the
Sierra Madre was a novel blending O.
gray and green. Long after dark mer
stood with their overcoats hanging OF
their arms and could not realize the ap
proach of night. 1t was day such al
one never sees outside of Southern Cal
ifOrnia