The record-union., 1895-07-17
fruit to ripen slowly. Tomato plants are

fruit to ripen slowly. Tomato plants are
looking well.
Considerable grain has been raised on
the CatneroS Creek hills this year, most
of which has been harvested.
SANTA CLARA.
Gilroy-Quite number of orchardists
report crops as being better than had
been expected. particularly in prunes.
In one orchard the prune trees have all
they can hold up under. The peaches
| show a full crop of most excellent quail
ity. Pears, apples and other fruits will
also be good crops, while grapes promise
| excellent results.
San Jose-Ihe apricot drying season is
on once more, and all who have them are
busy picking and drying rhem. The
crop is not large In this section.
Santa Clara-A ride among the fruit
orchards this week has revealed q very
satisfactory condition of the prune crop.
Trees in many orchards are loaded al
most to breaking down. The size of the
fruit is very satisfactory and promises a
heavy return to the owners OF prune
orchards.
mpbell-Foster Salway and Craw-
ford peaches are looking we'll and there
Will be full crop. lrunes are unusually
large at this period of growth and Will
be something immense at maturity.
Moorpark aprlcots are ripening up slowly.
| Our nights are cool and foggy.
SAN JOAQUIN.
! Lodi-The weather is cool and windy
harvesting is progressing and the output
Is In most cases disappointing. Melons
are rlpenlng and a few have been put on
the market, but they are not yet plenti-
ful enough 10 ship in carload lots. The
army worm has made its appearance In
or near the alfalfa fields and have done
some damage to pumpkins and late corn,
out are not numerous enough to be very
destructive. Highest and lowest tempera-
| ture, 930 and $50.
New Hope-We have always raised
milling wheat and brewing barley in
this section; that is, the grain has been
always up to these grades. This year the
crops are fully half short in weight and
the quality is below the average also.
The cause. no doubt, is to be found in
the hot weather of a few weeks ago.
which came this year at just the wrong
| time tor this section. In former years
the hot spells have came when they did
not do so much damage, stTik ing us
either earlier or later In the making of
the crops. This year the spell came at a
! time when 1t shrunk the kernels OF the
grain so that there is great shortage in
weight and In yield us we'll.
STANISLAUS.
Oakdale-The mountain trade is brisk
and fruit-growers are busy gathering
and shipping prunes and early peaches.
Many hands are employed drying april
cots.
Westley-The early wheat is turning
out about eight sacks, and barley about
| fourteen to sixteen sacks. Late wheat is
not turning out as well, for the reason of
rust and not enough rain in the spring,
but taking the grain in general it is not
| turning out as we'll as expected.
MADEIRA.
Maders-The barley crop in this
locality has about all been harvested
and the yield and quality is up to ex-
pectations in moat instances. but so far.
wheat is falling far below the estimate
placed upon it before harvest began, both
as to quantity aud quality. In this
county it is now thought that the wheat
crop will fall short from one-third to one
halt of the estimated yield. Rust is
thought TO have been the cause of the
shortage in this crop.
FRESNO.
Reedley-The weather has been un-
usually cool for the season and grain
is not yielding as we'll as was ex-
J pected. Peaches are ripening slowly.
| Highest and lowest temperatures, 1929
and 720.
| Fresno-The weather is cool. Grapes
are ripening rapidly. The most of the
vineyardists will pick their grapes from
one to two weeks earlier than last season.
Nectarines and peaches of excellent quail
ity are being marketed. Highest and
lowest temperatures, 1922 and $50.
TULARE.
| Harmony - The farmers along the
river are still planting corn and potatoes
on land where they have made crop of
hay.
Lime Kilu-The highest and lowest
temperatures were 104' on the 9th, and
co. on the 1Ith. With the exception of
two hot days the past week has been
equable and cool. Harvesting is well
under way, and, the crop as whole is
good. Citrus tfees are making good
growth and promise good yield con-
sidering the age OF the trees. Irrigation
is well under way.
Iulare-The hay and grain crop is
large one, but the grain is not as large rs
was expected. on account of the rust and
weeds overgrowing 1t. The fruit crop
! ia smaller than was at first Xpected.
Peaches, pears and plums are short
crop, while grapes will turn out large
crop. Highest and lowest temperatures,
no. and 56'.
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summer crops. Highest and lowest
| temperatures, l0l0 and 590.
Delano-Thousands of sacks of grain,
have been harvested from the surround
ing plains, aud Yet the harvest season
has only about commenced.
SANTA BARBARA.
Los Alamos-The farmers are heading
aud threshing. The wheat will be light.
The barley and mustard crops are good
Cat Cauyon-The weather is all that
one could ask for. All summer crops
are looking we'll Mustard is all har-
vested and will be quite a paying crop.
Beans are looking well, but the squirrels
are getting away with great many of
them, and are more numerous than ever
before known in this vicinity.
Santa Paula-Apr pricot drying is about
finished in this section. We have had
some pretty heavy fogs for the past week.
| Highest and lowest temperatures, 76o
and 410.
Fremontville Gather favorable to
growth OF all KINDS, but on account OF
the many drying winds there seems to
be lack of moisture. Beans on sandy
| land in this vicinity will be almost a
failure. Highest and lowest tempera.
lures, 900 and 590.
Satlcoy w Gather partly cloudy and
foggy, which is very beneficial Tor beans
aud corn. Wheat is looking well. Apri-
cot picking and drying is being vigor-
ously pushed.
ORANGE.
Orange-The walnut trees have hitherto
been exempt from insect pests or disease
in any form, but disease has appeared
in some groves in this county that is
causing the growers much alarm. A
black specil appears on the young nuts,
which soon drop.