The record-union., 1897-07-21

barley all sacked; wheat harvested.
Huron-Harvesting over.
KINGS.
Armona-Harvesting over; fruit pick
ing and drying on; crop large.
Hanford-Warm, but no damage;
grain harvested; fruit crops above av-
erage.
TULARE.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES favorable for
fruit
Tulare-Drying fruit; harvesting pro-
crossing finely.
KERN.
Observation-Disclosures favorable for
ripening fruits, melons, etc.; grain and
hay harvesting.
HUMBOLDT.
Eureka-Weather favorable. Small
fruits excellent in quality and abund-
ant Large fruits except peaches doing
well. Corn splendid. Hay and clover
on marsh lands unusually heavy.
MENDOCINO.
Pomo-Weather too hot. Fruit ripen-
ing; good quality.
SONOMA.
Santa Rosa-Prunes dropping badly
owing to hot weather; grapes and hops
doing well.
Sonoma-Tokays damaged by hot
weather; extreme heat of Sunday and
Monday caused apples to drop.
LAKE
Upper Lake-Hot weather has brought
late grain forward rapidly; haying over;
short crop; off year for apples; no dis
eases on vines.
NAPA.
Calistoga-Dry and hot weather in
jured grapes somewhat; harvesting
nearly over.
Napa-Peaches. plums, apricots. pears
doing well: hot weather has burnt
grapes some; grain threshing.
ALAMEDA.
Livermore-G Grapes slightly damaged;
hay two-thirds last years crop; fruits
ripening fast: fair yield; beets doing
well: some orchardists smudging day
and night on account of ladybugs.
Niles-Hot weather ripening apricots
fast.
San Jose-Favorable weather; I'M
mense crop of apricots nearly dried;
prune dropping of last week confined to
non-irrigated lands.
San Leandro-Digging potatoes, pick
ing apricots, harvesting hay; garden
truck looks well. Cherry plums fine.
SAN MATEO.
Menlo-Picking fruit and threshing;
wheat yields 20 sacks per acre.
SANTA CLARA
Campbell-Hot, dry weather causes
prunes to drop badly; apricot drying has
begun.
Gilroy-Fruit doing well; apricots dry
ing; threshing.
SANTA CRUZ.
Santa Cruz-Good outlook for fruit.
MONTERREY.
Kings City-Very hot; grain and fruit
ripening fast; threshing half over.
Salinas-Harvesting half over: pota-
toes ripening fast; beets looking we'll.
SAN LUIS OBISPO.
San Luis Obispo-Beginning of week
too hot except for bottom land crops;
fruits doing well; grapes fine.
San Miguel-Warm; heavy threshing
now on: fruit doing well.
SANTA BARBARA.
Santa Warm; apricots doing
well; also grain and walnuts.
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and mustard: fruit doing well.
VENTURA.
Santa Paula-Walnuts three-quarter
crop. large size; honey men busy, large
crop.
Ventura-Fourteen thousand sacks
new barley sold this week; drying april
cots: prune crop almost a failure; high
est temperature, 50 degrees.
LOS ANGELES.
Burbank-Fruit ripening fast; water
melons ready to ship.
Duarte-Apricots ripentng steadily;
peaches and prunes late; hay and par
ley being stored.
Los Angeles-Cloudy mornings, warm
days: fruit ripening fast; drying and
canning continue; sugar factories busy.
Palmdale-Prune crop heavy; al
monds fine.
San Fernando-Warm; apricots and
neaches ripening fast; grape and honey
crop good.
ORANGE.
Tustin-Threshing wheat and barley;
drying apricots.
SAN BERNARDINO.
Redlands-Dryers busy; weather
warm: packing dried fruit.
Riverside-Very warm; apricots rlpen-
ing fast; peaches forced; threshers
busy: oranges doing well.
SAN DIEGO.
Escondido-Fruit ripening fast; wea-
ther favorable for drying.
Poway-Warm days, togless nights
checking honey production.
EUREKA SUMMARY.
Tomatoes commencing to ripen; sec
ond crop alfalfa cured; prunes looking
well. some falling; dry, strong mortimer
thinned out apples; bad for grass.
LOS ANGELES SUMMARY.
Warm weather ripened apricots faster
than they could be we'll handled; purple
fos ripe: sugar beet harvest has begun;
walnuts doing well, but crop light; corn
doing we'll.
Keeping UP Appearances.
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