The sun., 1894-05-06

ruined by the white scale. Orange mon were
IN despair. and orchards worth thousands of
er and look ed as IL fie ed with snow. The Gov
ernments.nta Commissioner er to Australia. who
to the white scale and to-day the trees are
again In hne condition. The white scale Is
anknown antin here nov despite continual inyesti;
horticultural inspectors and associations.
only once In thirteen years has the frost
orange crop. On Christmas eve In lSi,I the
mercury went down to ~ above zero In
r eSn and awn
the growers Knew they had lost over halt a
oranges on the inner and protected branches
9i the trees Escaped with little or no Injury
that @ wos,s ssss01 y, aTmonn Valley marketed
would have been over s25O.0OO without the
This season the frost has injured about five
per cent OF the orange crop. but for q day or
two II was feared the mercury would GO as
thousands OF nersons interested ses in onS niGnts
California In orange growing and marketing
remained up all night and watched their ther,
Lucky" baldwin of San Francisco has
aho9t 500 600 invested in, orange, groves
n letter toa Los Angeles newspaper saying
,,raxan tnat nus exbTrlence IN orange growing had
cent. annually on his Investment in oranges
and suffer complete loss OF his crop by frost
every every & nws year; lie also stated thar he had
orange grove in the last nine years "''
Some OF the statements Of profits made hy
some Of the old orchRr'iists seem SO RbsurdlY
large that, II they did not come from reliable
ana prominent citizens. one would hardly be-
that sOms OF the ten and twelvs yenr. old
orange groves In Pomona Valley have since
they came into full bearing, when six years
grower. 50 u tree or $500 an acre. few
orchards here have neit-d th"ir owners over
OF bearing orange orchards In southern Ctli-
lornih yield crops worth hetwssn >2lo and
$500 an acre in al average year Ons or two
growers who have learned the art nf growing
the best truit. and have parked II carefully
sh.emselyer. have In seys al SEASONS got over
S'An per hrTe clear for investment aud lator
The largest Eroht that ran be relied upon
yel feportri IN Inm"na valley this season for
oranges ls thar from the seyrnty-HcTs HhOrer
orchard which has IrOrne q crop thar was sold
on the trees last week TO - Chicago buyer for
have had unusual care. The pruparfy has cost
10 late n"iween SoJ,OD ami S'UlU.
IhesG profits have created a most woullerful
denahI Tor orange land nnd trees Thou
sands ni acres that were Formerly grain fields
or nhpIo luetiEs nl anJ crops have hern plant
bubble of 1887 hurst. Two years ago III" PIg.O,,G
IT0yreSS estimated that nearly $1,000 200
was invested IN one seas n in land. trees and
labor for orange groves. the amount Invested
in trees aioue icing GtOut SiOUOOl This
season orange TlantinE amt the purchase and
preparation OF land for tho same will pTohahly
run M toward 81 .6hliSbL itiyaFsitle rNpeets
to aid To its acreage by about zoo acre.
POMONA 10y 500 acres Pasadena ~ lHIU acres
san Gahriel ~ 5uO acres. Eedlands BY 900
acres. and "'heI localities about 40 acres.
Nhu' especially plrIses the grower heIs is
the 'act tuat in the last ten years the c1nsump-
t."h uf oranges has increased 500 peT cent la
ibis countr'. and is on the Increase Not only
this, but rival ami new roais have opened 10
2 M9rSet Tor California ITuit which II has not
hal In former years.
Of the various kinds OF oranges grown here
first in size AMI Leauty IL the Navel which
was tmDor!ed irom bahia, EIazll in 1870 IL
i u large. b"autiful frIit and nearly ssedless.
Almost . Iuaiiy a. large II the Mediterranean
SWer Of hne flavor. luiry. and few sssls.
While the N!lyels ripen in December and jan
nary the other orange comes later. often in
May OF unc. The Maltese Blood lilo. Paper
Iangerlne Is what mar be termed 9 fancy
variety. very sweet, with a bright reddish
yellow skin, the latter coming on easily. These
are the common varieties. but a stroll through
luVerside. Pomona, or Pasadena groves will
snow score or more. representing all the
0TanEs-prod ucing countries In the world