New-York tribune., 1895-02-10

trls inh,l. the oIor of the orange blossom whiie
Ter rh. ercat reaks age capped wIth sno". ana
urrchancc the upland blizzard ls l"ghg lul lul,o"iS ~,
From tho vantage ground Of tn. orange ston' ,, ,n
,ylnI can IL. seen on Mount san Antonio 'mplc CON-
monty known 49, "Ol Haldy.D whlrlng aioit m m,nr
snow ln gigantic wrehths. tossing IL npM"iu " v1,.
clouds maj rise hundreds of feet 10 be borne away
over the lowland AMI dls-ip1tci n me "'tin'' a"
The orance-picScr however ms no ui,H =" sa'. =,
ON t acsh tl.s -! tn lblect; he T. picking against
time ana an East b. wait'ns
\ alance n, the hundreds Of orange sroNes ~
Southern california ar the present PICKING "nt "n.t
hardly suggest g. thr novice IN" iact thht ~
w,rs' ,,n ,n.r. wer, few bearing trees outside OF
s ~ ission in the cSuntry Tho returns of the
orange groves OF Pasadena. HiNerS.dc ana ,, v.n,t
Identities "Nhihitng The result OF he last htieen
MANY OF those who first came u 'Ai!iU'n'i ,h
ing to make 4 fortune in oranges failed, put me
posscssors of these fine groves to-day are 'h' '"'
The rrsf oranges in Southern California were
planted hy the Old mission fathers VINO un"o"u'eiS i
brought The seed from Spain. wheIt IL 49, We VI ~
ally carried from Arabia by wand.rnE .isofs' uha,
orange i, rcmarkane reG II non,shSI rern ~, T.s rp
fruit viii hang on it, limbs Tor = year Lin; ,i, & - ,hr - a
WAYS I'm fruit oI blossom. The tree Wil or1I "n'i,
ia = tree M Nice that Is hfiy feet high ana stli
hears G,ND oranges year It's 'Nac' "sc J. "'
The orange craze as 1t has been ceI.ed is Ism most I,
,lluring Tho uroS oeci viewed by IN" novice Is
of sitting down ana waiting for ~, as"n, 10 rort
round yearly and buy the crop yet constant WoiN PIN
and attention AZ" necessary me oi"nII' S'nrrr,ah
ouir.s to h. irrigated ploughel lnd wecic thTpGeh-
Out the ycgr. bot the chcf roubl" lies III ~ ,,
OF southern california were almost ruined py tnrr
whit scale" orange men W't' III @ @.,'aPi H. i,'
orchards worth thousands OF d9H%is VIZ aniIay,
given up 10 the destroyer and l)okcI ds II nrekel
wth snow Thc Government sent e9Iin,SSi,ao ,na !,
To Australia, VINO discovered Il hi! n"7 va ~
proved an enemy the white scale ana TO-DAY M tne
trees are again In hnr sonIl'on ,',.i 1nvestga.
is unknown here now despite continual @ SaE,i
tons and searches for II by ne many ''''' 'o'
cultural inspectors and associations
Now that horticulture has become susn u seIsnv ha,e
ana the Southern California orange growers nave
learned how to banlc the attacks 81 scar putS a,t
other parasites. as weli az noI for Irrieaton
and tho nroncr uulnity OF water 10 be used, the
only climatic circumstance tcn'en ~ II, ,s''a rI inwer
lions for checknr the havoc that the air OF clear
stll night. when the mercury goes uown 10 t,,' - y
degrees above zero may 90 ~ haiirs @ nave been ex-
pended In getting up devices tlt ".,' :,hrs ara @
work OF fros, among the orange .rees, lneis ar
schemes for quickly starting DoniIet OF tolnpustl-
blos that will creatc a sTudge, whcn the tnermOHi-
meter shows the anxious noftlcultuIiSs tli' JAN
Frost Is not far of There are nns
ike n he,vv iog can be started AZ a momeht
notice from Iron gas ppcs. laid TO hundreus OF Spots
i'm an orange grove. Ia the llst Few years an caO-
or.te system of pipe. buried beneath the soil OF tne
orchard and With upright IRON portS, sutinouh'ei
by huge burners at distance OF nIy icet rom oll'
another has come into vogue among tlose ol
yrovcrs v,hn are possessed of large means. Tle
pipes arc automatically nllel with crude petroleum
from hns' Inks locnird nt o % pI.';n b y,
st,rieI q, each %, the upright ports. similar TO the
nunhth uame1 that street hucksers use AT night foi
ilI,,nlna ion nv.- neir wagons ana stands In East
.rn ctI.s I'.m orange grower who has any snch APP
pIratus for defying frost as here described Usually
has an electric thcrm3neter az IN. sidG OF ms nouse
on couise me coolest period or the day - AWAY
AZ shou, 4 n M 40 when tne mercury lowers Ia
h, or 81 degree above zero, little bell Is rung py
electric current from thc tnerni9meier, ana .he
ing the record of the mercury ana SCANNING tne
heavens is reused from his bed and can e~egcise