The record-union., 1895-08-13
THERE WILL Be 4 LIGHT HOP CROP.
Picking VIII Commence in a Very
Few Days.
Fruit Going Forward Rapidly. but the
Crop Is Short-Grapes Fast
Ripening.

Director Barwick of the Californ MIA
Weather and Crop Service, summaries
"a follows for the past week:
The average temperature for the week
ending Monday, August 18th. was: For
Eureka 540 Fresno 81. Independence lS0.
Los Angeles 700, Red Bluff 81, Sacra-
mento ~, san francisco % san Luis
Obispo 66o and San Diego So.
AS compared with the normal tempera.
ture, there is a deficiency of heat re-
ported at all stations except Red Bluff.
where an excess of heat OF L prevailed.
The deficiency was as follows Tor the
places named: Eureka, San francisco ana
San DiegoZ0 each and Sacramento 3. While
at Fresno normal temperature pre-
vailed.
The weather has been during the week
altogether favorable for the rapid devsl-
opment of all summer crops. Fruit is
being rapidly gathered for shipment to
the Eastern markets, and also tor drying
and canning purposes. The crop Is gen
orally light one.
The outlook for beans in Ventura
County has improved on account of the
foggy weather, thereby producing the
needed moisture for the proper develop
ment of the crop.
Hop-picking will begin in about ten to
twelve days. and the crop will only be
fair one.
Grape picking is being done on small
scale, but will soon be in full blast. The
honey crop will be better than at first
supposed.
BUTTE.
PentZ-Drying of tree fruit nearly done.
Grapes are ripenlng fast. Raising max
ing will soon begin. but the crop has
been injured by grasshoppers. Highest
and lowest temperatures, lOl0 ana 0U
nitnrp
and are of fine quality. Prunes will be
light crop. Pears and fgs are being
picked and being dried. Orange trees are
making good growth. Highest and lowest
temperatures. 1l00 and so.
YUBA.
Hop picking will begin about the 22d.
Fruit in the Pleasant Grove vicinity is
excellent this year.
SACRAMENTO.
Folsom-Grape- picking will begin next
week.
Sacramento-Wheat is being mark
River fruit is about cleaned out. Grapes
are coming in freely. Hop-picking will
commence now soon. The third crop of
alfalfa is being cut, and the crop is short.
Highest and lowest temperatures. go and
$40.
Clay-Farmers in this vicinity are all
through with their grain, and are now
hauling straw.
SOLANO.
Dixon-Farmers are now planting po-
tatoes, beans and other vegetables OH the
tule lands.
fremont - Fruit-drying has COM
menced in this section.
Vacaville-A great many peaches are
being dried. The principal shipments
now being made are of grapes and
peaches.
Callstoga-Prune picking will COM
mence in this valley in several orchards
on Monday next. The corn crop is said
to be about the average In both quality
and quantity.
ealdsburg-Every dryer in this end
of the county is running in full blast, as
the greater portion of the fruit in the
upper end of this valley and county will
be dried.
Forestville-We Gather foggy and smoky.
Fruit-drying is in full blast. Early
Crawford peaches are about gone; Muir's
and clings are ripening. Prunes are
changing color and will prove a good
crop, with very few exceptions. The
black berry crop is about all harvested.
Corn is making a fine growth. Highest
aud lowest temperatures, 90o and 4S0.
Stony Point-Fruit-dryi is getting
well under way.
Santa Rosa-A prominent fruit-grower
places prunes at q full half orop.for this
county and valley. AS matter of
fact. some orchards are quite full
and may yield even more, in
one or two instances, than last year;
others have nothing TO speak OF. Again,
III some orchards. some trees are full and
others bare, or part of the limbs on the
tree bend under the load, while other
l N = IN
wine grape will be short this year. The
berries have not matured as well as was
expected, and it is now thought that the
yield will be 25 per cent. less than the
first estimate.
SANTA CLARA.
Campbell-Prunes are coming In freely
now and are of excellent quality and size.
Picking will begin in real earnest this
week in this locality. The cannery peo-
pie are at present being engaged on pears,
of which a considerable quantity will be
disposed of. The nights and mornings
are quite cool.
Alviso-truft picking has begun in this
vicinity, and farmers teams are busy
hauling to the cannery and dryers.
Saratoga-The hot weather of the past
week has ripened fruit very rapidly.
Crawford peaches are being dried and
canned. French prunes are dropping, so
that 1t Will be necessary to begin picking
them Immediately. But few sales have
thus far been made, and no doubt many
OF the growers will dry their own peaches
and prunes. There will be a reasonably
falr yield, both as to quality and quap-
tlty.
STANISLAUS.
Turlock-Harvesting is nearly all fin
1shed. About one week more will wind
1t up here. Have no change for the bet
ter to report in the yield. Barley is the
only crop that did not disappoint the
farmers. All fruits are ripening much
earlier than last year. Peaches and
grapes are excellent. Highest and low
est temperatures. 112o and $50.
FRESNO.
Huron-This has been q verv cool
summer until this week. Harvesting
will be over in about two weeks, and
the crop is light this year. Highest and
lowest temperatures, llS0 and 60.
Easton-This has been week of very
hot weather and fruit is ripening yery
rapidly. Some orchardists are losing
peaches, because they cannot cut them as
are wormy and are dropping from the
trees.
Fresno-The weather is very good for
ripening grapes aud other fruits. High
est and lowest temperatures, 1100 and So.
TULARE.
Tulare - Harvesting is mostly over.
also fruit picking. and both crops short,
Grapes are ripening and the yield will
not be as heavy usual. Alfalfa is
being cut for the second crop of hay.
II ighest and lowest temperatures, Il40
and 540.
KERN.
akersfield-Farmers are already plan
ming to seed a very large area to grain
another year, the satisfactory returns
from the present crop inducing many to