The herald., 1894-09-21
THE CROPS.
The Weather Bureaus Report OF Their
Condition.


! Condition.
The weather bureau furnishes the fol-
lowing report on the condition OF the
crops hereabouts:
Nearly normal conditions prevailed
the earlier part OF the week. which gave
place later TO the highest temperature
that has yet occurred this season, and
which was accompanied by dry, desert
! winds. Fruit drying was greatly facili-
ta.ed under these favorable conditions,
and the seasons work in this line ia
about finished some late peaches and q
| few prunes yet remain to be cured, but
the coming week will see this &C
complished unless the fall rains set In
in the meanwhile. Raisin grapes are
being picked and dried, but the crop is
reported to be under the average, and
the punches and berries small.
SAN LUIS oBIsPo COUNTY.
Owing to insufficient rain cereals were
not up to the average; some barley
yielded rs to 80 bushels to the acre.
wheat 35 TO 45 per acre. The fruit crop
is excellent; prune drying Is nearly
completed. Highest temperature, 81
degrees lowest, so.
VENTURA COUNTY.
Bardsdsle-The week WAS warm, with
some hot winds. Beans are about all
cut and being aaved; corn 10 maturing
very fast. Potatoes yielded splendidly.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
Pasadena-Cold. foggy weather was
followed by very hot wave. Grapes
are being cured; late peaches are just
coming ia; prnne drying ia in full
swing. Highest temperature 81 degrees,
lowest 54.
Drarte-The temperature WAS above
the normal; the highest was 1O1 de-
grees, the lowest 81. Pruue drying ia
over and next week will finish the late
peaches, if the rains hold off.
SAN BERNARDINo COUNTY.
Ontario-The week was warm and
dry with touch of 'norther" in the
air from Friday to Sunday. Prunes and
grapes are drying rapidly. The cannery
ia running on late peaches and pears.
Some shipments OF dried fruit have
been made, but the bulk of the output
is being held back for better returns.
Chino-The continued warm weather
is very favorable for maturing o high
grade Of sugar beets. The harvest to
date amount to 2l,000 tons. The per-
centage OF sugar continues good.
Redlands-Peaches are all dried ex-
cept late clings, and il was the biggest
crop ever known. This orange crop is
showing splendidly where plenty OF
water was available for irrigation, and
will chow q marked increase in yield.
The fourth crop OF alfalfa ia now being
cut.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Santa Ana-The weather on Monday
and Tuesday was cool and pleasant,
with heavy fogs until near noon each
day; Thursday was warm, with good
ocean breeze; FriGsy and Saturday were
excessively hot, the temperature going
up to SO and 9S degrees at noon which
was fine for drying prunes. Walnuts
are too far advanced to be injured by
heat. Sunday was cooler and somewhat
cloudy.
Capistrano-The weather was favor
able for wGlnuts. which ars an i'm.
mense crop and the finest ever grown
here. They are now beginning to drop.
Fall apples and winter pears are large
crops. Highest temperature, 81 degrees;
lowest, 62 degrees.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
San Diego city-The last three days OF
the week vera very warm and dry the
temperature the remainder of the week
was about normal. Rsiein grape pick.
ing began on the 18th on the Cajon val
ley ranches. The yield will not be very
large and the lunches are small, as we'll
80 the grapes. Drying of other fruit 10
about over and some parties have great
quantities on hand.