The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21
IN THE GOLDEN STATE.
a SaVannahian Presents Some Facts
About Orange Culture.

Floridians Have no Reason to Fear
the California Orange Growers-In-
sects which Hurt the Orange Trees.
Too Far From the Eastern Market.
Other Fruits-How the Fruit Growers
Live-Their Advantages of Climate.
Looking Forward to the Opening of
the Nicaragua Canal.
Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 15-Having
spent nearly year in the southern citrus
belt OF California, four years ago, and be-
ing again in this country, may be able
to interest your numerous Florida readers
with some account of what has been going
on here, in reference, particularly, to the
cultivation of the orange.
Southern California is cut up by hills
and mountains into numerous valleys, and
the valleys are divided into localities,
which differ greatly from each other in
climate and conditions. The chief reason
for this is the difference in elevation.
IL IS evident, therefore, that a given
frult will thrive better in one place than
In another, but everywhere it is possible
to grow great many varieties of fruit
Tor domestic use. Each locality has its
champions, who declare their neighbor-
hood to be the garden spot of California,
and maintain this statement almost to
point of blows, but when it comes to
making any sort of exposition, or adver-
usement of the country's advantages,
these jealousies sink, and they all unite
IN booming California as whole. Every
q nyni nf 70 at
the Columbian exposition at Chicago last
summer or who will visit the midwinter
Ialr soon to be open in San Francisc o
VIII appreciate what the people can
10 When they get together.
writing more particularly of the south
ern citrus belt, it seems to have been dem
ohstrated that those valleys whose eleva-
tlon range from 1000 to 800 feet above
me sea are the best for oranges.
nave no figures at hand, but from OBJ
eerVatlon, covering three lines of railway,
edcn OF about sixty miles, | may say the
acreage IN oranges has been largely in
creased in the past four years. This has
oeen brought about, think, by several
gduses' VIZ: the price of orange land has
uecIlned about 80 per cent. and nursery
sIock quite as much; then the land
ana water ompanies-wealthy corpora
!tlons, owning large traets-not find
fulSh CnOusu odleS lOI ulllul-
proved property, have planted
oQJ acres and acres in oranges,
winch they are now offering in 10, 20 and
fu-acre ranches, for so much cash, balance
IN yearly payments, the companies under
taxing to keep them in order and Guilt
Tate them until final payment is made.
ms seems very attractive. A man may
iouoW his usual calling, investing his saw
;.lgs IN an orange orchard, and never give
IL thought until the trees are bearing
ana the ranch yielding a revenue. Be
s.Ies this increase of acreage, a number
VI orchards have come into bearing, and
we yet older orchards are producing
more largely; so it seems a safe predic-
slon That the shipment of oranges from
southern California will steadily increase
GGurlng the next few years. It should
oe said, also, that in, setting out
new orchards care has been
tSq4Aen to plant only the best varieties.
mere, again, the climate and soil have
ueen taken into consideration, and the va
rely best suited to each locality selected.
limos ~ most cases the justly famous Washing
va navel Is given the preference. If the