The record-union., 1895-09-10

Capay Valley, which in the marvellous
ness of its fruit production, and the early
period in each year in which fruit Is
ready from this valley for shipment to
the East, is of worldwide fame. There
is no spot on the continent where nature
is more fruitful, bounteous and rapid in
her production of rare fruits than in this
Capay section. Indeed, the region gener-
ally, including the beautiful Vaca Valley,
the heart of which region the Capay Val
ley is, is one famed for its fine and early
fruits, and the luxurianoe Of yield and
excellence of product.
1t will be seen also from our map that
lines leading across the foot of the San
Joaquin Valley from Sacramento to the
fertile regions of the Santa Clara Valley
on the south, and that similarly from San
Jose this relation in continued down the
Santa Clara Valley. And we may add,
though it 10 not shown within the 100
mile limit of the map. that Sacramento
Is thus directly related by rail to all the
south coast section, the Bay of Monterey
and the region below it. and the line of
road now rapidly nearing completion
that will early connect Southern Califor-
MIA with the metropolis, the central and
the northern regions of the State. by way
of a coast route, through Monterey, San
Luis Obispo. Santa Barbara and Ven
tura Counties.
So, too, on the west of the Sacramento
River. it will be seen by examination of
our outline map that by way of the rail-
road leading from this city to Port Costa
and the Straits of Carquinez. one may. by 8
radiating line from Suisun, reach the rich
counties of Sonoma and Mendocino, with
their wealth of production in grain. tim
ber, minerals, fruits, grapes; and SINH
larly by still another line leaving the last
at the foot of the Napa Valley, traverse
that beautiful region its entire length
and to the foot of the mountains that cut
it short
It will be noted that our map largely
edits itself, and that the necessity does
not exist for much elucidation here. Thus
the chief production of every section is
plainly marked across the face of the
county, and in addition some few minor
details have been indicated. Thus the
great sugar pine belt of El Dorado and
Placer Counties is noted, and the area
also of the railroad grant lands. The sec
tion in and about OrovilIe and Marysville
and other places where citrus fruit cult
ure is most engaged in; the regions in
Placer, Solano, YOlo, Butte. Yuba. Napa
and Sonoma, in which nuts, olives,
grapes, oranges, lines. lemons and SINH
lar products are freely cultivated for COM
merce.
We have likewise indicated the chief
grain lands, the counties within which
are located the most famous OF our min
ersl springs, and the larger bodies of in
land waters, and the location of the min
sral sections for gold. coal. quicksilver.
etc. There is marked also the general
direction of the Sierra Nevada. and the
Coast and ST. Helena ranges of mount
aims.
The Sacramento River, navigable for
thov Ia oil lu Late n
In its general course, and shown to be the
drsinwsy of the noblest valley on the
continent. So, too, the second navigable
river in importance in the State. the San
Joaquin, Is shown upon the map as the
drainway of the great San Joaquin VAL
ley, which. in it's capacity for production,
and to respond to the wants of man. il
marvellous, while its extent Ia even
broader and longer than the valley of the
Sacramento, though the variety of its pro-
duction is not so great.
It will be noted that this map reveals
the fact that within 100 miles on all sides
from the Capital City of California are the
most populous and the longest settled
and most prosperous sections of the en-
tire region of the north and CENTER
While the map embraces in whole or in
part thirty Of the counties of the State,
considerably more than half, there are
ten or twelve others that may reasonably
be classed as within the area affected by
Sacramento trade, and which lie with out
the hundred mile sweep of our illustra-
ton.
And here IL would seem proper to note
and Southern California, these are not in
vidious distinctions, nor do they indicate
climatic differences. On the contrary,
| latitude in California is no indication
whatever of the climatic character. AS a
paragraph in late approved geographi-
cal work puts it: "a thorough scientific
examination OF the citrus belt OF Califor-
MIA has shown that different parallels of
| latitude do not mean different degrees of
| temperature. There 10 no practical diff
| ference between Southern and Northern
California at the same elevation and with
the same relative position to the ocean.
Oranges are grown from San Diego to
Shasta County. and the strangest fact In
| that all fruits ripen much earlier at the
north than at the south. Another re-
markable fact is that, owing to the dry
ness of the atmosphere. orange trees