The herald., 1895-10-07
The County Commissioners Pre-
sent Their Report
A MAGNIFICENT INDUSTRY
Summary Of Fruit Shipments for the
Past Year
The Success Of Cooperative narketing dives
Good Promise Of Future Prosperity.
Local Brevitles

RIVERSIDE, Oct. 5.-Following 10 the
annual report OF Felix G. Ravens of the
county board of horticultural commits
sioners:
The magnitude of the fruit growing ins
terests OF this county is best arrived ct
by study of the following figures: The
assessors books show there are lib, 307
acres of fruit land with water rights in
this county. This land is assessed at
$4, $50, $40 and the fruit trees growing on
1t are assessed at $68S, TAT.
When we consider that all fruit trees
under years old are not assessable, and
that even In the city of Riverside more
than oDe-haf the trees are in this cates
CORY, we can form some conception OF
the present Importance and future great
ness of this over-shadowing industry
(the values given above do not include
the buildings ON these lands or the water
properties, or pipe lines. bitches, canals,
dams, etc., Ii all these were included
it would show that fully 70 per cent OF
the assessed property OF this county gets
lite value from this one industry.
There are 25, 149 acres devoted to horti-
culture in the county, divided as follows:
Citrus fruits, Is, 407 acres; deciduous
fruits, 1886 acres; grapes, 1856 acres;
olives, 800 acres. There were about 1000
acres newly planted the present year, az
follows: Citrus, 800 acres; deciduous,
foregoing it will be seen that our horti-
cultural possibilities are largely I'M
touched as yet, and that very few
years at most will see the area of oul or
chards doubled.
There was shipped from the Riverside
valley the past season s37, 147 boxes CT or
anges and ABOUT 70 carloads OF lemons,
and from South Riverside A oarloads Of
oranges and lemons, making grand to-
tai of S71, 347 boxes or 2904 carloads OF
800 boxes each. The totals of the crop of
deciduous fruits for the present year are
not accessible yet, but is known to far
exceed any former crop in this county.
When we consider that not to exceed
one-third of our orchards are in bearing,
and not over onefourth in full bearing, it
can be seen that an enormous increase in
our fruit product will occur in the very
near future.
The good record the rhizobius vetr ais
has made IN Santa Barbara county hiss
influenced our growers to colonige with
them to some extent, but as their work
was not at that time very discernable in
our groves, and as the value OF the para
sites was questioned, we deemed it best
to investigate before going further. Ac-
cordinely May last MIR. Van Kirk, chair
man of our board, went to Ventura and
Santa Barbara counties for that purpose.
U pom his return and favorable report we
began the importation of these parasites
anu curing tue mor uUOub 1UU, VUV VI
the beetles have been liberated in our
groves, and recently they have become
sufficiently plentiful in some orchards SO
! as 10 be quite easily found and several
| orchards that have been badly infested
with black scale are showing a very
| marked improvement in appearance. We
are encouraged by what we have seen, to
| hope for valuable assistance from these
| parasites, but all orchardists who are nos
willing to wait for results from the rhizo-
hius we urge to spray their trees, hoping
thereby to keep the pests in check till the
parasites dem onstrate their value.
In conclusion l would say horticulture
in this county Is on better basis than
ever before, and with the success of the
cooperative marketing of fruit its future
is brighter than ever.
SUPERVISORS MEETING.
The board of supervisors will meet
Tuesday in regular session. One of the
important matters TO be disposed of at
this meeting is the awarding of contracts
for furnishing the county hospital and
officers with supplies. Bids are expected
for supplying groceries, medicine, coal
and wood, etc., for the hospital, as well as
for furnishing stationery for the different
county officers.
1t is expected tnet Chairman Shaver,
who was made a committee to confer
Will OuBeINl5OT IbhIudll All buo lHdbtcI vi
surveying the county boundary line, will
make his report.
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
A valuable dog belonging to Lester
Black jury and known around the streets
as Sport was poison ed by some unknow n
person Friday evening.
The Sunset Telephone company has a
number of line men putting in the new
express system i'll this city.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
oil the Kelley institute company will be
held on Thursday next, October 10th, in
the directors room of the First National
bank.
The Pioneer LUMBER company yester-
day filed papers in foreclosure suit on
mortgage on nursery stock belonging
to James Boyd.
Col. Nav berry of Helmet was visitor
a short time in the city yesterday, ac-
companied by ex-Judge Van r. Patterson
of the supreme bench of this state. They
we're on their way to Lake Helmet, where
they Will spend few days trout fishing.
Report from the bedside of District
Attorney j. M. nj. Anderson yesterday
was to the effect that he was somewhat
better than on tho evening before. For a
time during Friday night friends of Mr..
Anderson had little hope that he would
live through the night.
Something About Moonshine