The herald., 1893-07-30

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Moreno Indicator. The home secre-
tary Of the Liverside Trust company,
limited, Mr.. j. Newmarch, visited Mo.
reno last Thursday for the purpose Of
noting what progress has been made in
the valley since last November, the date
of his last visit. The Riverside Trust
company. an English corporation, owns
about 1000 acres of land at Arlington
Heights, Riverside, considerably over
1000 acres OF which is planted to oranges
and lemons. Mr.. Newmhrch came out
from England to assume the local man
segment, temporarily, pending the APP
pointment Of q new manager to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of
Matthew Gage. He has made very
thorough study OF horticulture during
his residence in Riverside, preparatory
to making report to the company on
his return home. During drive over
the valley Mr.. Newmafch said: 81
notice that In many Of the orange
groves we have seen, the suckers are
allowed to grow. The owners of these
groves are evidently following o
theory held by few, namely, that the
suckers should be allowed to grow the
first year. They claim that the re-
moval Of suckers breaks the bark and
fetsrds the growth of the tree. This
theory has long ago been exploded in
Riverside by practical ssoeriment.
Every effort should be made to produce
as large top ss possible the first year.
The suckers simply take that much
growth from the top, for all the vitality
that goes into them is wasted. They
should be carefully pulled off as soon as
they appear, thus making it impossible
TO tear the bark of the tree. If they
have been allowed to grow through neg
lect or press Of other work, they should
be removed with sharp knife about a
quarter of an inch from the tree, in
order to prevent tearing the bark"
Mr.. Wood corroborated Mr.. New
march's opinion, and added very i'm
portant point. Permitting the suckers
to grow" he said, "does more harm
than one would suppose possible. 1t
not only takea.the vitality from the top,
but also has tendency to tighten the
bark on the tree just above the suckers.
For lack of a better word should cay
1t makes the tree hide-bound. The sap
fret has to feed the suckers, and that
which would naturally 60 to the top is
stopped by the tree being hide bound,
and unless the young trees are very
hardy and the soil fertile, it Ia almost
cure to result in killing the top"
Mr.. Wood was one Of the earliest set.
tlers in Riverside, and planted some of
the frat trees set out in that city. His
experience in horticulture, therefore,
extends over period OF Is or 20 yeare,
giving him the benefit of all the ex-
periments that have been made in
orange culture.
Nothing surprised Mr.. Newmarch
more than the rapidity with which
everything grows in the valley. The
graceful Australian fern tree in D. @.
Ross's front yard is about 20 feet high,
and Mr.. Ross stated that he planted the
seed only IL months ago. The orna-
mental and fruit trees also show most
extraordinary growth. The yield
of the blackberry and straw
berry vines on Mr.. ROSES and Mr..
Woods places seemed to him almost
incomprehenHible, and he was very
much pleased with the progress made
by the trees on tie ranches OF A. J..
Condee, Leonard & Freefield, the A. v.
Z. company, the A. o. & f. COM
pany and Joe Wix's deciduous trees.
Many other ranches were passed
en- route, many of which elected
favorable comments. After leaving DR..
Frances, "El Rancho Casa Blanca, I"
Mr.. Newmark said ''rhe people of this
valley are certainly hard-workers. IL
seems incredible that the DOCTORS ranch
was barley field only thirteen weeks
ago. Now he not only has fine lemon
ranch, bat has even found time to set
out ornamental trees and flowers. The
energy displayed by Mr.. Ross is also re-
markable. While caring for ITO acres OF
orchard it does not seem possible that
he could find time to plant berries and
alfalfa and ornament his grounds be-
sides. am most favorsbly impressed
with the tidiness with which the ranches
are kept. 1t shows that you have intel
ligent farmers. One of my objects in
visiting this section is to find locality
where there is cheap land that 1 can
recommend to applicants who find our
lands at Arlington too expensive. A
large number of these applicants ask
whore to look for cheaper lands that are
we'll watered. I now feel satisfied that
| shall make no mistake in sending them
10 the Moreno-Alessandro district"