The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-05-17

harvested should cool weather continue.
Haying has begun.
BardsdaIe-Cool weather continues,
with frequent fogs and heavy mists.
Aprcots are nearly grown, but are
month later than last year Hay is be-
ing cut, aud lie up to the average, on
account OF being irrigated; but the crop
as a whole in the valley will be light.
The prospect for potatoes is good, but
not many have been planted.
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.
Beans and corn will be greatly helped
by today's (Monday) rain. 1t has rained
steadily all the afternoon.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
Colegrove--High fogs prevailed night
and morning the early part OF the week,
with clear days; the latter part was
partly cloudy, with light rain Sunday
morning. A very fair crop OF hay 10 be-
ing cut; all kinds OF fruits are doing
splendidly: lemon trees are being ex-
tensively planted.
South Los Angeles High fogs, lasting
till the late forenoon or early afternoon,
fruit and crops.
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to O.2l OF an inch, came too late to be OF
any benefit to grain and will damage
mown hay.
Pasadsna-The deciduous fruit crop is
very large, and should no hot spell hap
pen it will be the best in years. Oranges
are nearly gone. Grain Ia beyond hope
of recovery; rain now would only help
fruit.
Covina-Hslf an inch of rain fell on
Monday mo rning. Apricots will have
to be heavily thinned in many instances.
Prunes are not setting 80 we'll.
Claremont-The week was cool and
cloudy with foggy nights. There has
been nothing to damage crops and their
general condition and growth is good.
Highest temperature, rs degrees.
SAN BERNARDINo COUNTY.
Ontario-Monday nights rain makes
the total for the season $40 inches. In
the upper part of the colony the fall was
nearly an inch, making the total there
about Is inches. Some damage was
done to hay, but, on the whole, the rain
WAS welcome. Highest temperature, S6
degrees.
Chino-Foggy nights prevailed aud
young bsets are making q very rapid
growth.
Redlsnds-Crops under irrigation con-
tinue to give promise OF first class yields.
Moisture from fogs benefited crops. Re-
ports from high elevations in mountain
valleys indicate complete loss OF fruit by
the cold snap Of two weeks since. April
cots, peaches and grapes promise large
crops.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
Riverside-Quite heavy rain is fall.
ing tonight Monday, but it was too
late coming to do any good. Out hay
will be somewhat damaged. The En-
tsrprise says that Palm valley has ripe
apricots. and grapes will be ripe in a
couple Of weeks.
Perris-The new crop OF the Perris
valley has been harvested, and the yield
was much better than expected.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Anaheim-A trace of rain fell Mon
day. The nights OF the past week have
been uniformly foggy, which benefited
growing crops. No more rain to do
good is expected, and the beet crop will
suffer.
Santa Ana-The walnut crop in Or
ange county promises to be very large
and the quality of the nuts superior to
those of former years. The deciduous
fruit trees show fine, healthy growth,
and the crop promises to be very heavy.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
Bernardo-The hay crop is being cut,
and is much less than fair yield; in
many places the crop is not large enough
to NOW Alfalfa ia verv good and an ia
shows no effect OF the dry weather.