The record-union., 1894-10-18
MILTON.
Our Lands, Nuts and Fruits-An Inn
portant Locality.

Our Lands, Nuts and FruitS-An Inn
portanU Locality.
Correspondence RECoRD-UNIoN.1
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN Milton is the
distributing point of a large section of
Calaveras County, and the terminus of
the Stockton branch of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad. The hotels and stores do
a good business. for it is a busy town,
and is surrounded by soil as rich and pro-
ductive as can be found in the State. Yes,
we have as good fruit lands here in old
Calaveras as can be found in any other
foothill section, and the quicker people
can realize that fact, and our citizens
plant out orchards and vineyards, the
sooner the value of our lands will be
known and enhanced, and this section
Will prosper, as other sections have done,
by and with the aid OF fruit and nut-bear
ing trees, the vine, fig and olive.
10 prove our statement, let any person
visit the California Company's ranch,
three miles north of Milton, and they
can see what work and water will do
There they will find forty acres of grapes.
which were planted six years ago, now
bearing immense crops OF fine Muscats
and other varieties; also / 200 pruue trees
and $50 figs and about three acres OF
mixed fruit. Every tree and vine is
growing thrifty, truiting nicely, with no
&c
Next go to c. A. Willis ranch, there
you will find four acres of nursery and
six acres of mixed fruits and nut trees.
They are all looking healthy and very
prolific.
On the B. F. Thompson ranch are trees
thirty years old, and still bearing large
crops of Al fruit.
John r. Adams has fine orchard on
the upper bench of our foothills. Ali of
his trees are growing finely and yielding
large crops. lie has lemon, orange, lime
and most every find of fruit trees.
Then there are the twenty year old
vineyards of NJ. Owens and Mrs. Elena
Stanaway, which have yielded large crops
for years. Besides these are other small
paintings of all kinds of fruit and nut
bearing trees-oranges, lines, prunes,
pIums, peaches, pears, apricots, olives, in
TACT every kind of tree and small fruits,
and ali OF them growing finely and yield
ing large crops.
The olive does well here, and he who
plants an olive orchard now will in few
years be repaid a thousand fold for his
efforts. Trees planted four years ago
have made fine growth, without any
cultivation or pruning, and have no pest
OF scale.
1t has been proven that the planting of
almonds will pay. Before planting, how
ever, you should be sure that you secure
the best varieties adapted to this or SINH
lar altitude.
The soil and climate of our foothills are
well adapted to the successful growth Of
the almond, and they bear in a remark
ably short time. In many ways almond
growing Is less expensive than fruit
growing, and far less labor is required to
gather and care for the crops, and a
never-tailing market and big prices can
always be secured. The |. y. L.. Non
pariel, Ne Plus Ultra and Treats Golden
State are the best varieties for this soil
and climate.
We think that every landowner should
plant the walnut, at least every waste
place should be planted with the black
walnut. 1t is sturdy, handsome, Vigor-
Gus tree and easily grown. 1t is a valu-
able tree, and no tree can nearly approach
it in yearly future value. All nut-b bear
ing trees are easily cared for, very pro-
ductive, with never-failing market and
good prices for their crops.
With an orchard of walnut trees any
person in time would have an income
as sure as ii his money was invested in
Government bonds, for their value in
creases every year, and the crops are as
regular as the rising of tie sun.
The man with small means is the one
that should plant nut bearing trees.
If only small amount OF rain falls,
take advantage of nature, be ready for it,
have your ground in condition to receive,
and retain it, then cultivate and keep that
moisture in your ground. In that way
you will accomplish more than many
who have ditch-water. 1t would surpris
many people if they would cultivate
properly and irrigate less.
Plant nut-bearing and olive trees. If
you don't, some day you will find out that
these broad acres of foothills were made
for man to utilize. Don't hold back any
longer. Wake up. Plant and plant
trees. Yes, trees. f. f. CARNDUFF.
October IL, 1894.