The record-union., 1897-05-11

and lowest temperatures, 50 and 80 de-
grees.
NAPA.
Monticello-Grain still looks we'll and
fruit is doing nicely; rain is badly needed
and anxiously looked for; haying has
begun and the crop is reported both
short and a light one; highest and low
est temperatures, 70 and ~ degrees.
Napa-Grapes doing we'll and promise
a full crop; prunes damaged and crop
will be a very light one; other fruits are
looking fine; hay and grain is looking
fairly we'll; many farmers in this sec
ton are trying the sugar beet, but they
will be failure unless rain comes soon,
as the ground is very dry; highest and
lowest temperatures, 50 and 40 degrees.
Calistoga-The grain crop is said to be
in pretty fair condition.
SONOMA.
Sonoma-Cool nights, a few foggy
mornings, with heavy dew and light
sprinkle of rain on the 9th has freshened
up the growing crops, but the cry is for
more rain and plenty of it, as the ground
is too hard to pillow, except in orchards
and vineyards where the first blowing
prunes are falling and pears are showing
blight; Royal apricots will have to be
| thinned; cling peaches will be light
crop; grapes are looking We'll; hay VIII
be a short crop; more young plantations
of one to three year old trees are drop
ping and dying, probably from the eff
fects of sour-root, than during any prev
ious season: highest and lowest tenn
peratures IS and A degrees.
Cloverdale-Haying has commenced;
grain fields are suffering from the
drought as are also young vineyards,
while fruit of all kinds are doing well.
Santa Rosa-Rain is sadly needed, and
it is doubtful if it will come early
enough to benefit early hay very much;
some orchards and vineyards have not
yet been plowed; grapes promise fairly
we'll.
Green Valley-Peaches will be a light
crop: prunes also will be light; cher
ries will be a full crop, and Cravenstein
apples promise a good yield.
neutrality-suspicious. are falling badly
in the Dry Creek region and the same
can be said of pears, peaches, etc; hay
will be the shortest crop ever before
cut in this valley.
CONTRA COSTA
Antioch-Fruits of all kinds are do
ing we'll: haying is in full blast; wheat
is heading out well; rain now will be
Of no benefit in this vicinity; highest
and lowest temperatures so degrees and
60 degrees.
ALAMEDA.
San Lorenzo-Cherries are light
crop; apricots look fair in some or
chards; pears and all varieties of plums
about half crop; currants and goose
berries are looking pretty well, but
rain would help them; the hay crop will
be short and light.
San Leandro-Outlook for large
crop of apricots is very good; there
will also be a fair crop of cherries ex
cept the Royal Ann which are dropping
badly; tomato plants that have been
set out are looking we'll but will need
rain before long.
Livermore-Continued dry weather is
having a disastrous effect on all crops;
wheat and barley is beginning to turn
yellow; haying is in full blast and the
yield will not be as good as last sea-
son. rain would do but little good now
except in very few places; grass
lands are about dried out; fruit and
vineyards are looking WELL
SANTA CLARA
Santa Clara-Unless we have rain
soon late sown grain will not make
half a crop; grain in some fields is al
ready firing badly; it is feared that