The record-union., 1899-06-07
Agriculture
and
HOrtic ulture.

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cultural items show some of the phases
of growth that characterize the rich
son and varied conditions of Pacific
Coast States:
LARGE STRAWBERRIES.
So Corning Observer: James Ford went
to the bend Saturday to visit his SON..
an-laW, G. u. Damon. On his return
mere he brought to the observer office
quart box of strawberries. The ber-
RES We're of the Arizona variety and II
only took fifty five Of them to fill the
box, or 220 to the gallon. Mr.. Damon
has two acres planted to these vines and
goes to town every other day to market
the fruit. On Saturday his sales
amounted to SAB, which. was slightly
above the average. His vines COM
menced bearing heavily about three
weeks ago and are still fun OF frnlt
Nearly $50 day as the gross output
OF two acres of land for even one month
IN Year is not at all a poor invest
ment. Mr.. Damon also has blackberry
and raspberry vines which Will pesin
to bear about the time his strawberry
crop is over, and these viii become the
source of considerable revenue. Of
course to make these small fruits pay
We'll a great deal of care must be given
them. They must have good land and
plenty of water.
THE DECIDUOUS GROWERS.
Riverside Press: The deciduous fruit
growers-some of them-and several
dealers and other interested parties of
Riverside and vicinity gathered in the
Supervisors room recently To
hear A. r. Sprague on the merits of or
ganization. E. l.. koethen was elected
Chairman. He called on A. r. Sprague
to state the plan of organization and
report results. Mr.. Sprague called at
tention to the unlimited extent of land
on the Pacific Coast suitable to decidu-
Gus fruit culture, and said it was only
question of time when the product
would be something enormous There
fore, it behooves growers to lay plans
TO put their business on a. stable and
substantial basis. He knew of nothing
so promising Of the desired result as CO.
operative organization. This plan had
been tried and proved as to it's efficacy
in the citrus industry The plan is
much better adapted to the deciduous
product for obvious reasons. It is not
so perishable, can be insured and used
as collateral security. The Pomona As
ISOLATION borrowed last season ON their
fruit as much money as others received
altogether for their product, and after
deducting advances and expenses had
a handsome dividend of profits. The
sam Gabriel Association got l. and IL
cents pound for dried apricots last
year. which is equal to $40 a ton for the
fresh fruit sold to canneries. The av-
erage net returns to growers was $50
per ton of green fruit
Z. L. Koethen reported that the indi-
cations for Riverside and vicinity are
for very fair crop of apricots Peaches
will yield a light crop.
j. H. Reed, with his usual optimism,
combined with close and intelligent
and far seeing observation, said in five
years the deciduous fruit interests of
this county would at least approach in
magnitude the proportions of the citrus
fruit industry. By that time we shall
wonder how we ever thought of hap
hazard competitive marketing. He urg-
ed the Importance and magnificent op-
portunities of cannery for Riverside
We could commence with early vege-
tables from our river bottoln lands, and
follow with deciduous fruits in season.
rounding out the year with specialties
lIOIl our citrus Dy-pfOQuctS.
FRUIT PESTS.
Modesto News: Our attention has
been called to two pests that are play
ing havoc with vegetation. One of the
pests is the small red spider which in
tests adj kinds of vegetation, but is
especially injurious to almond trees and
the fruit. The red spider is very small
and can scarcely be seen with the naked
eye, but it is a very prolific propagation,
and in short time after it has taken
possession of q tree the limbs and fruit
is soon covered and they infect all the
other trees in the neighborhood They
are very destructive and form a scum
upon the fruit and branches. On grass
and weeds they thrive and in some in
stances reported to us they have become
household nuisances. A spray of dry
sulphur is a sure eradicator, especially
if used in warm, dry weather. The
/ fumes of the sulphur are deadly to them
and in a short time a shrub or tree
that has been sprayed win be free from
the pest.
The other pest is a borer which has
not been named as the descriptions sent
out by the agricultural department of
the California University does not as
far as investigated. show what species
the borer belongs to. 1t Is injurious to
trees and in many instances the tree
is killed off completely Horticultural
Commissioner A. L. Rutherford has Sc
cured specimens of the insect and will
send them to the California University
to have them examined and ascertain
the means best designed to exterminate
them
As soon as Mr.. Rutherford hears from
the University authorities he will give
the public the benefit of his informa-
ton so that the proper methods can be
employed at once to eradicate them.
WHEAT AND FARMERS.
Tacoma Ledger: Wheat shipments
from this country for the past two
wesks have increased nearly two and a
half million bushels over those of the
same period last year. In spite of this
fact, Pacific Coast exports, which this
year mean Washington and Oregon,
have decreased from those of last year
This is not due to lack of wheat but to
the fact that farmers are holding for
better prices It is estimated that at
least five million bushels of last years
crop are being held by the growers.
SHIPMENTS from the Pacific Coast for
the ten months of the present crop year
have amounted to 1S,396,305 bushels
as against 4O643,O5S bushels for the
ten months OF last year. OF course, the
total failure of the California crop must
he taken into account, the exports Of
San Francisco decreasing over fifteen
million bushels
However, these figures show that cas-