The San Francisco call., 1903-12-03
THE STATES RESOURCES.

writer who is an Engshman, has visited Caornla, ana,
speaking of the effect upon papas grass OF transferring
it from the pampas of the Argentines, he says Like
everything else in California, found that the trans
fer of this plant greatly increased its luxuriance of
growth and the beauty and utility of its pumes Like
everything else in California tells in phrase the Won
deru story of the effect OF soil and sunshine upon
all useful plants.
Our yield of all fruits of the vine and tree is
nous persons outside the State are increduous
When told the fact that prune orchard California has
produced an average of pounds of fruit tree in
season. bearing ton, they cannot
comprehend it. for it lies outside OF their experience
When they hear of usual crop of being ten to
sixteen tons per acre. and that vines have produced
individual punches weighing from sixteen to twenty-five
pounds they have no personal experience
standard Of judgment. So when the peach-growers OF
Michigan New Jersey Delaware, Maryland and Georgia
are told that in California the peach for aught
know long lived the oak they refer to their
experience which is that the life of the tree there is
limited seldom exceeding ten years, and averaging per
haps seven and comprehend the for the
difference in longevity But in that very fact lies an ad-
vantage enjoyed by peach-growers here When
orchards have be regularly repaned and bearing time
to waited for through several years, without profit
the expense of business and the OF production
enhanced.
Those distant growers, subjected these disadvan
tages find another fact to believe which is that
peach tree in the orchard in January other
spring months may be expected to bloom and bear fruit
the This strange union OF longevity and of
precocity bearing is characteristic of all of fruit
plants The olive in the Mediterranean countries does
not bear until it is seventeen years old Here bears
three years and expected to throw full crop
All of these facts and numerous others which
the foundation and permanence of fruit indus
try it object to put before readers regularly
with expectation that the story, validated by the sg
of observers and experts will be used to spread
to
the capacities of California.
The latest Of these publications from the pen of Gen
eral Chapman, president of the State Board of Trade
by official figures demonstrated the magnitude of the
fruit industry here leading interest OF the State In
the East all know orchard crops side issue
In States special attention is paid lines of
fruit production Missouri has created special inter-
est inthe apple New York the hif1s of the Hudson
and at Hammondsport and around Keuka Lake, has de-
veloped great industry in grapes producing principally
the Concord and other congeners of the wild fox
The peach in Eastern centers is made staple
chard crop But outside of California there is State
that regards fruit production of its leading inter-
because the climate and SOIL by natural selection and
adaptation do indicate here special and friendly
! fitness for that form of production.
The pre-eminence of California in this respect is
tilted to throughout the East by certain commercial facts
We speak of the odors of Araby when perfumes and
their origin occur; Goconda and Kimberley when
diamonds are thought of Cashmere and the Gardens of
Gul are Joined when we think of natures floral gifts
Now in exactly the California has come to
be associated with fruits Everywhere in the East any
considerable towns California fruit stores and
from Duluth, the zenith city of the unsalted seas,
Eastport, Maine everywhere fruit is 1t is
there while the fingers the late spring. and when
it falls in early winter and before either leaf or bloom is
the Eastern tree, and long after both have fallen
With these advantages, and progressive improvement
in packing and transportation, California fruit will hold
lead in which has already left the rest of the world
far behind Nor is field limited to the United States
Every increases fresh fruit shipment Lon
don and widens its market that metropolis Our
fruits, including raisins and prunes, rapidly reaching
for the control of the worlds market those products
and will finally conquer and hold it. This widespread
influence of our products based on soil and climate
longevity of and vines and extraordinary produc-
ton AS these elements nhere in natural unchange
able physical conditions, which exist nowhere else as
they do here, it will be that have speciality
which take from
We just upon the of expansion in the charac-
and taue of orchard products When the plans
of Mr. Swnge of the Agricultural Department are per-
fected there is doubt that we will domesti
the Colorado desert date production that will
supply the world There the deglet moor the "date of
light the finest grown reach unlimited production
as adequate irrigation is provided. Now it is
grown on in the Sahara where it is laboriouslv
irrigated with drawn in buckets from deep wells
and transported railroads in Algeria on the backs
of camels proposes also introduce into Northern
California the large pistacho of Syria hghprced
article of commerce. which should flourish here like the
almond Natural fitness will domesticate with us other
valuable exotic fruits supplement present standard
sorts.
Surely fitting that the press should seek to let
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