The herald., 1895-07-25
Weather Bureaus Report of
Prevailing Conditions
TOO MUCH FOG FOR FRUIT
Beans and Corn Better for the Moisture
at Night
None Of the Districts Report Marked Depart-
ure From Normal Temperaturcs-The
Prospects Are Generally Good


Mornings foggy, beneficial to beans but
retards fruit dying. Grain and mustard
harvest progressing with favorable re-
suits.
Los Angeles county-Fruit drying slow.
ly on account of foggy or cloudy nights
and days not as warm as they should be.
Aprlcots nearly gone; peach drying be-
gins next week. haying about over In the
Antelope valley; quality good but yield
not heavy.
San Berna,dino and Riverside count les
Good warm growing weather. favorable
for fruit drying and young trees. Apri-
cots gathered and dried; peach harvest
begun, quality good, yield large: most OF
the crop will be dried. Hay baling and
threshing about over. yield large. Com
ing orange crop looks well. Early grapes
have been shipped from Palm Springs.
Orange county.-Weather has bean IA
looks well; barley not threshins out as
we'll as expected. Apricot crop was light
but quality good; large acreage has been
planted to celery.
San Diego county-Clear weather with
warm days aud cool nights in the inte-
being dried grapes ripeningi honey be-
ing extracted and marketed. lrrlgating
OF citrus trees going on.
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo-The weather was IA
vorable for all crops. The grain and
mustard harvest is progressing with good
results. Highest temperature, 81 degrees;
lowest, 81 degrees.
Ventura County
Bard dsdale-The bean crop is the prinoi.
pal, growing fine now; 1T is making line
growth and promises large yield. Foegy
mornings have prevailed steadily for sew
eral weeks and are generally beneficial but
retaId fruit drying.
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles City-Cloudy or foggy
nights and mornings and clear days pr
vailed with the temperature ranging from
to degrees less than the daily normals.
The highest temperature was SO degrees;
lowest. So degrees.
Lancaster weather has been good
for farmers. Haying is about ended;
the quality is good but the yield not
heavy owing to short stalks; more will be
stored than in 1898.
La Canada Weather favorable. High
est temperature. 81 degrees; lowest, 80
degrees.
Pasadena Continued cool and cloudy
weather; warmer neeoed tor fruit grow
ers. Apricots nearly dried; peaches most
ready; all crops doing finely. Storm on
the mountains evening of 21st. Highest
temperature, 30 degrees: lowest, 81 de-
grees.
Duarte-Nights were cool and either
cloudy or foggy. All crops are growing
nicely. Peach drying will heign the COM
ing week. Highest temperature, 92 de-
grees; lowest, 56 degrees.
San Bernardino County
Redlands-Apricots about all gathered
and dried peach harvest begun, quantity
not over the average. quality good; al
grain harvested, yield large; plums, pears
and apples all good crops; olives seem
light crop; coming orange crop looking
well. Good, warm growing weather; sum-
mer rains have begun on the desert east
OF here, which causes q trif1e of sultry
feeling in the day time
Riverside County
Moreno-Clear, hot days have caused a
iine growth in tho young orchards.
Peaches are ripening and large yield is
assured Threshing and baling are so
nearly completed that the yield may be
reckoned as a ton of hay and a sack and
a half of grain to the acre; the quality is
good.
Palm Sprnes-Six or seven carloads of
cary grapes will be sent east.
Elsinore-Some rowers have about fin
ished drying their apricots. others are
still st work 1.-THE dried fruit is pronounced
OF fine quality.
Orange County
Santa Ana-Weather favorable for the
farmer and orchardist; all kinds OF fruits
in abundance. Vegetable crops are being
sent to market. Two hundred acres of
peat land have been planted to celery this
year.
Tustin-Weather has beSn as favorable
for crops and comfort as could be desired
Apricots were a light crop but fine quail
ity. and have becn generally disposed of
at fair terms. Corn looks well; barley is
a fair yield, but in places is not threshing
out as much grain in proportion to straw
as was expected. Seven or eight thresh-
ing outfits ara at work on the San Joa-
quin rancho.
Caplstrano-Highest temperature 50 de-
grees; lowest 66 degrees.
San Diego County
San Diego City-Cloudy nights and
mornings, with clear weather the remain
der of the day. occurred during the week !:
the temperature was below the average
the highest being "A degrees and lowest go
degrees. A small amount of dew was pre-
cipitated at night
Bernaldo-The weather averaged pleas
ant and equable, with bright warm days
and cool nights. No fruit being dried at
present; quite a lot of honey is being ex-
tracted and marketed. Alfalfa is in fair
demand. Highest temperature "a degrees :
lowest As degrees.
Fallbroox-The week was unusually
warm. the temperature rising to about 90
degrees each day; the nights were cool
with some fog. Peaches are being dried
and grapes are beginning to Tipen. Iri-
eating citrus trees is the order of the
day.
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