The record-union., 1899-06-11

the citrus and semi-tropical fruits, as
almost every fruit. nut. plant, grain,
grass, or vegetable which can be pro-
duced in either tropic or temperate
zones will thrive in the rich and fertile
soils, -
With the bright prospects ahead of
the town of Yuma and Yuma County
there can be no better investment for
capital seeking large and remunerative
returns thaneis afforded, here. With
matchless climate, where all forms of
disease knownste the damp and rigor-
GUS regions Of the East and North are
unknown, where the bright sunshine
kisses into bloom and fragrance every
form Of vegetation, and where the clear
days and cool and balmy nights are one
long continued poem of happiness and
delight, we can offer to capitalists an
ideal field for investment, and to home
seekers veritable paradise in which to
settle.
AN IMPROVED ORANGE.
Riverside Enterprise: For many years
the people Of Southern California have
been hearing stories of the wonderful
improved navel orange perfected by Mr..
Thompson of Duarte, in Los Angeles
County, and the methods by which it
had been brought to it's present state
Of perfection have been. to say the least,
marvellous. The story. as it goes, is
that Mr.. Thompson, by a method of
splitting buds of different kinds of or
anges, and uniting the two in budding.
with view of originating a more FER
feet fruit succeeded so admirably that
in his improved navel he has got an
orange that combines all the good
qualities Of those selected from with
none of the draw backs. Now, to begin
with, this method of splitting buds and
making a perfect blend of the two kinds
and again taking third or a fourth
or more for still further Improvement
! is a very improbable story. That two
buds can be Joined at all is something
| that if not impossible is probably en-
tirely new in vegetable physiology, and
so far as the writer knows has never
| been successfully done. It is process
we'll known in the seed by polinlZatlon.
and has been practiced by those wish
| ing to originate new varieties for
| long time and is really the process by
which Luther Burbank OF Santa Rosa
| has been able to do so much, but the
| navel orange is quite different from
other kinds of fruits in that'it does not
| bear perfect flowers and it would seem
| to be very difficult, if not impossible. to
| change the type in that way, or II
would have been fortified long ago by
bees and other insects. Indeed, Mr..
| Thompson, when pinned down, makes
no claims either by polarization or
| blending of buds, and has, from all ac-
counts, always acted very mysteriouslE
! in regard to the orange that bears his
| own name. That it may be asked:
| Whence does it come? The most ra-
tional explanation is that it is sport
like the parent tree and Mr.. Thompson
has simply taken advantage of it. In
all orchards. no matter how uniformly
they may have been treated, there is a
variation in the quality of the fruit, and
so we'll is this known that certain or
| chards have a better reputation than
others ON that account. In support OF
this theory of its origin is the fact that
Mr. Thompson is a hard headed Old
Scotch gardener, and has simply
brought his skill gained by experience
to bear on this sport and has been able,
apparently, to fix the type.
| FRUIT IN BOXES.
Dixon Tribune: A glance at the boxes
and packages Of vegetables and fruits
| in our local markets betrays the fact
that the producers are not residents OF
this section, and that the products have
been shipped here The amount of
money sent out of town during season
! for these table necessities reaches many
| hundreds Of dollars. and could just as
we'll be kept in the community. The
soil here will produce everything found
| in OUT markets, with few exceptions,
| if given a chance, and stop a heavy
drain in the finances of the town. Our
| dealers would much rather buy of
| local producer than to send to Sacra-
mento markets for their stocks, from
which place the money never returns.
Let these thoughts take root in the
minds of some of our pOsseSSorS of good
garden land, who have enterprise
enough to undertake to supply at least
local needs. 1t is a proposition worthy
of consideration, and its results cannot
| fail in being far reaching and benef1-
cial
HOBBS AND HAY.
! Gridley Herald: Work in orchards
and hay fields il making a brisk demand
for labor Farmers pick up every avail
able man and put him to work, many
even being glad to get the transient
| hobo. Never in recent years has there
| been SO good a chance for the laboring
man to get job. There are a few
whose hardest work Just now is to avoid
finding employment. This class is, for
tunately, not large hereabouts. So long
as q man has leaning toward industry
he is yet within the reach of reforma-
ton, no matter to what depths of mean
ness he may sink. But the fellow who
persistently avoids any semblance of a
! site upon the community, should be
compelled to do the work necessary to
maintain him. The scheme of nature
contemplates that all mankind shall Ia
Dor, earning his bread in the sweat of
his brow To reverse this order in any
case entails more than a just share Of
toll upon the industTiously disposed
VALUE OF BIRDS.
New York Sun: 1t is the testimony
of the foremost naturalist of France
that if the world We're to become bird
less man could not inhabit it after nine
years time in spite of all these sprays
and poisons that could be 1nanufac-
tured for the destruction of insects.
By a general movement for the preser-
walton of the birds there would be not
only an esthetical and moral gain, but
the face of all nature would be made
more beautiful and attractive, and it is
a. most worthy object for neighborhood