The herald., 1897-11-13
the point Of picking ripe olives.

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essential, 30 that the work of neutralix-
ing the bitter may be uniform in all re-
| spects. When SO graded and separated,
the olives are placed in cement vats.
covering them with concentrated lye in
the proportion Of one can to five gallons
Of water. and placing cover over them
to keep them under the lye. They ar.
carefully stirred every six hours until
all the bitter is neutralixed; the length
of time required for this depends largely
on the variety Of the olive, and the con-
dition Of the weather just before picking
the fruit. being never less than twenty
four hours and some times eight days.
After the lye Is extracted from the olive
/ remove the fruit into barrels, which
are Immediately headed up and filled
full of brine; they are then put aside Tor
ten days, when, II they are to go to mar
ket, the brine is drawn off and they are
refilled with brine that has been boiled,
skinned and cooled"
The result of the ensuing discussion
was that different varieties should be
cured separately, as should olives Of diff
ferent degrees of ripeness. Absolutely
no set process Of picking will answer,
as each season brings it's own peculiar
tiles, as olives are very sensitive to at
mospheric changes.
The Rev. Mr.. Loop then came forward
and gave a sketch OF the work he had
done in importing varieties Of olives
from the Mediterranean. He exhibited
among others, specimens of Espinosa,
or the Spanish Queen olive, and the As
colana, or white olive of Ascoli.
In pickling olives in Italy they place
them in large vessel, holding perhaps
one-half to one barrel; pour in the pickle
then turn on top gallon or so of pure
olive oil, which excludes the air.
THE PEACH
]. w. Mills of the agricultural expert
ment station then read an attractive pa
per on "The Peach. The history Of the
peach, he said, antedates that Of the
olive; 1t was said to be indigenous to
the United States, but we have no au-
thentic information on that point. We
do know however. that it fiourishes in
Japan, China, India and Persia. Many
of our best canning varieties originated
in the latter place.
An exhibition was made of six va
rieties OF canned peaches, Mr.. Mills stat
ing that these have been especially pre-
pared for him by the Pomona cannery,
with a view to testing their respective
values. He stated that Yellow Tuscany
was the best and very prolific. McDev-
tits Cling was second choice, although
not so prolific as the first mentioned.
Sellers Cling was said to be an excel
lent canning peach but very shy bear
er. The other three varieties were con-
demned, they being California Orange
Cling, Nichols Orange Cling and Run
yons Cling. Intending planters were
warned against INSCRIPTIONS nursery
men who might attempt to substitute
'Tuskena," Tuscan Cling" and "Tus-
can"
Mr.. Mills gave practical Illustration
Of how he would prove peach tree,
which was followed with much interest,
eliciting good many questions.
A NEW PRUNE
An interesting feature of this session
was the exhibition Of samples of the
new prune, "Clarrac Mammoth, or I'm
perial Prune." Italian prune from Ore
gon Wickson plum and Queen apricot
which were sent down from the state
board of horticulture by Secretary B.
M. Lelong. These were inspected with
IuuCA lHtcIC6ts MIL LciOH6 WIOtC tIdl
he had shipped several boxes of horti-
cultural literature for free distribution,
but they failed to arrive. Residents of
Pomona and others who wish to secure
some of these can do SO by calling at
the Office Of the Pomona Times.
REBUILDING
At the afternoon session a duet enti-
tied Il Know Bank" was charmingly
rendered by Mesdames A. c. Abbott and
F. Garcelon.
E. e. st. Clair Of Pomona then read
a short article on Rebuilding Old
Orange Trees" which was followed by
lively discussion, the old subject of
lemon root versus orange root being
threshed over again until every one
present must have been thoroughly
posted as to the relative value of the
two stocks.
CHILD STUDY
A paper on "Child Study" by Miss
Mary L. French Of Pomona was then
read in the absence Of the author, by
the Rev. Searles M. Wren.
Until recently child study was regard
ed as a fad, device for employing the
time of over jealous educators now 1t
Is a recognized power in the educational
world. The most telling work has been
accomplished in the treatment of chill
dren with defective sight. Many who
have been unable to see the charts or
black board, and have been by poor eye
sight debarred from observation of the
world have by the aid of glasses been
put on an equality with their comrades.
The study of Individual children whose
lives have been frightened would fill
volumes.
In conclusion, the author said: Pos
sessing as they do the ear, the heart and
sympathy of the children, parents have
it within their power to develop their
children into almost whatever they may
wish. If they would devote themselves
as diligently to the nurture of their
children as they now do to the ways OF
fashionable and business life, or with
the solicitousness that they exercise in
the rearing of their horses, cows and
chickens and in the care of their fruit,
the problem Of the moral regeneration
of the race would be most thoroughly
solved"
This paper ELECTED a most enthusiastic
vote ne thonks IN tho authnr and wa q