The record-union., 1899-04-30

toward securing a, trial of the method
here; the motion prevailed.
GROWERS ARE HAPPY.
Santa Ana Blade: AS the fruit sea-
son advances it is becoming more and
more apparent that the recent estimate
of only half crop of apricots was en-
tirely too small. 1t is now said by those
who are in position to know that the
yield of apricots will be very good, as
the late bloom is now setting very well.
The fruit, which was heretofore too
small to be seen, is now showing up
finely, and many growers who some
time ago considered their crop almost
an entire failure, are now we'll satisfied
with the outlook. Eastern buyers are
now in San Francisco and their agents
are going out among the orchards SO
as to find out what the yield will be. A
better price than last year is expected
The fruit will be larger and therefore
more saleable.
The walnuts have just begun to show
themselves, and the trees are quite full
but as yet it is too early to form an
idea of what the crop will be.
THE LIMA BEAN MARKET.
Ventura Independent: There has
been considerable excitement in the
lima bean market during the last few
days With the March rains some of
the dealers tumbled over one another to
sell short, expecting the market to go
to pieces. For once in their lives the
farmers kept a level head, and beans
did not offer nearly so freely as was
expected. April 18th delivery day.
drew near, and as the country did not
get any more rain the farmers thought
they did not care to sell at present.
The result was that the people who had
to have the beans to give delivery were
entirely at their mercy, and as much as
$3.50 per Genital was paid The excite
ment is now over, and if few inches
more of rain falls limas will get down
to about tilree-cent basis.
GLORIOUS CROWN VALLEY.
Winchester Recorder: Crown Valley
is at it's best now, and is Well worth
visiting. A drive six miles south and
three miles east of Winchester over a
well-gra1ed windi lg road brings one up
to the entrance of the valley. The val
ley is full of surprises. 1t is scarcely
a valley at all, rather a deep cleft in the
mountains, picturesquely irregular and
winding, with ramifcations leading off
in all directions. Now it widens out
into quite a respectable little valley, and
there is room for grain fields and orch
ards and pastures; a little farther down
the hills press in closer and the valley
is only a narrow gorge with oaks and
sycamore and chaparral growing in the
bottom and on the slopes, and jagged
boulders massed together higher up.
GEYSERvILLES WINERY.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: From
Supervisor Joseph McMinn, who was in
town yesterday, a press Democrat
representative learned that ground had
been broken for the immense new win
cry ]. D. Bosch is erecting near the
Geyserville depot.
The winery is located ON a strip of
land purchased by Mr.. Bosch from Mrs.
Hamilton alongside the railroad track.
The wells have been dug and the
pumps placed, and the work of con-
struction will be pushed with alacrity.
The building will be one of the largest
in the State and will be a great thing
for the locality
Mr.. McMinn says the people of the
Geyserville section are very enthusi-
asitic over the building of the winery.
That it can be successfully operated
Mr.. McMinn says there is not the
slightest doubt.
Speaking of the development of the
wine industry in that section of the
country, Mr.. McMinn says there are
at least two hundred acres of new vines
now coming into bearing
RED BLUFFS MUTTON MARKET.
Red Bluff News: The first big sale of
the year of mutton for the San Fran
cisco market was made on Saturday
when Cone & Ward disposed of 5000
head of ffve-year-old wethers to James
Cotton, representing the Western Meat
Company of San Francisco. Mr. Cotton
and Major Ward will go to the range
on Monday and select 1000 head of the
sheep for immediate delivery. while the
balance are to be selected in June The
sheep are said to be a magnificent lot,
equal to the very best to be found in
the State, and their appearance in San
Francisco will not reflect otherwise than
favorably to the sheep industries of this
county.
During last year this same firm dis
posed of 10000 head of sheep to foreign
buyers for the metropolitan markets,
and it looks now that the entrance made
into the markets below last year have
given us an advantage which will be ap-
preciated to a greater extent this and
following years. Mr. Cotton, besides
making the big deal above mentioned,
has been inspecting other bands. and
has his eye open for any good mutton
which he can take in hand.
We do not know the price at which
this big trade was made, but under
stand that it was away up in the fig
ures.