The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04
FROM THE CROP SECTIONS.
SUMMARY OF THE PAST
WEEKS REPORTS.
Injury to Grapes in Some LocaH-
ties-Apples, Corn and Hops
Look Well.

The following summary Of the cli-
mate and crop conditions is based upon
reports received from eight Weather
Bureau Stations, fifty-two telegraphic
reports received through the courtesy
of the Southern Pacific Company, and
many reports received by mail from
crop correspondents scattered through
out the State:
The week was warmer than the pre-
'ceding one. Throughout the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin Valleys the
average temperatures exceeded nor
mai conditions by about 2 degrees,
whereas in the preceding week they
were below normal conditions. Along
the coast the temperatures have been,
as before, slightly below the normal.
Sprinkles of rain fell Wednesday morn
ing in Los Angeles and Orange Coun-
ties. No damage is reported.
Wheat harvesting is nearly over in
many places. Threshers are generally
at work and hay baling is in progress.
Grapes are for the most part reported
as doing nicely, though in some places
the table varieties have been badly in
jured and sunburned by the whitening
hot norther of two weeks ago.
III the part VI the san JOd-
quin Valley it is reported that Mission,
Zinfandel and other varieties are not
injured, but that Tokay and Muscat va
rieties will suffer severely. Peaches of
the cling variety are reported in some
localities as turning out poorly, with
split pits. gum and other defects.
Prunes are doing finely in general, but
in one or two places are found to be
4 Ill ~
the north wind of ten days ago. APP
pies are reported as a heavy crop and
free from worms.
Corn, hops and beets are doing we'll
Along the southern coast foggy morn
1ngs have aided the crops materially.
Sugar beets are doing we'll. Melons are
plentiful and of good quality. A large
yield of honey is anticipated. Oranges
set We'll for fine crops. At Peachland
it is reported that some damage has
been done corn and peaches by the
twelve-spotted Trabatica.
The average temperatures for the
week ended August I'd were: Eureka
81 degrees. Fresno 81 degrees, Los An
geles 20 degrees, Red Bluff 81 degrees,
Sacramento 10 degrees, San Francisco
56 degrees, San Diego 6S degrees, San
Luis Obispo &c degrees.
The departures from the normal
were: Eureka 2 degrees, Fresno 1 de-
gree, Los Angeles 3 degrees, Red Bluff
2 degrees, Sacramento degrees, San
Francisco degrees, San Diego 1 de-
gree, San Luis Obspo / degree.
The departures from the normal rain
fail were: Los Angeles .06 of an inch,
San Francisco .03 of an inch, San Diego
.03 of an inch
SISKIYOU.
Yreka - Favorable for harvesting;
highest temperature 90 degrees; lowest
IS degrees.
Montague - Warm; still harvesting
grain; threshing commenced; yield
larger than expected.
MODOC.
Cedarville-Warm for this section;
grain ripening fast; haying well along;
favorable weather.
SHASTA.
Anderson-Warm; fruit ripening rap
Idly; prunes and peaches drying.
TEHAMA.
Red Bluff-All fruit ripening rapidly;
harvest over, crop satisfactory.
COLUSA.
Grand Island-Prune crop very good;
above average; plums good; pears av-
erage.
YUBA.
Observation-Disclosures favorable for
harvesting grain; wheat plump and
good; cling peaches poor, split pi,s,
gum and other defects; north wind ten
days ago injured prunes, burning on
north side.
Wheatland - Seasonable weather;
harvesting completed; hop picking in
full blast, crop light
YOLO.
" Woodland-Harvest over; some dam
age to grapes; melon crop not up to
standard.
Guinda-Weather favorable for late
fruits; grapes improving rapidly.
PLACER
Colfax-Warm weather ripening fruit
rapidly.
wcastle-Weather favorable for
growth and ripening of fruits.
Roseville - Grain harvested; table
grapes damaged.
Ell DORADO.
PlacervilIe-Fruit ripening rapidly.
{ BUTTE.
Chico-Weather favorable for fruit
drying; wheat harvest two-thirds over.
Honcut-Very warm, with hot south
wind Friday; harvesting still on.
GLENN.
Willows-Harvestin over.
. SACRAMENTO.
Galt-Wheat harvest nearly done;
weather fine; grapes looking well.
Sacramento-Grain and hay crop Sc
cured; fruit and hop-picking, output
fair; bulk of Bartlett pears and plum
yield have been picked; grain not up to
estimates as to sacks per acre.
SOLANO.
Dixon-Grain harvesting completed
crop beyond expectations and slightly
in excess of last year; apricots all pick
ed. crop large; grape crop heavy.
Vacaville-Crops doing we'll: peaches
and pears beginning to move; grapes
doing well.
CALAVERAS.
misunderstanding over; half crop;
good quality.
SAN JOAQUIN.
Lodi-Warm; wheat harvest over;
yield UP to expectations, quality good;