The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-25
California Notes.

in several things. Perhaps the first
item which struck me with aston1sh-
ment was in reference to the bad
roads which you have, and the fact
that stock runs at large. l can
imagine no country progressing to
any extent where such condition
exists. AS I notice the paper quotes
much from California, take 1t that
Floridians are interested IN. the pro-
gress of Our state. Our county roads
are models of comfort and beauty,
we'll oiled and rolled, often times
bordered with fine trees, and as for
fencing in orchards and gardens that
is never seen. The only thing which
is fenced in is stock. One orchard
runs I'D to another orchard with no
dividing line, and I have driven all
dav through wheat field without a
fence nor gate. Points like this
attract people to a community.
If YOU could know the state we are
in over the appearance of the white
1y here, the gentle assurance in the
August IA issue that the fly is not
necessarily fatal to the trees would
be amusing. The State Of California
does not intend that we shall be
bothered with the white fly, even if
it is not fatal to the trees. We have
fought the black scale with a bug,
and the red scale with fumigat1on
and we do not propose to be beaten
bv a fly. 1t is this eternal vigilance
which assures California fruit grow
ers success.
I notice you give considerable at
tention to fumigation It is reg,
ular business here, generally handled
bv the citrus exchange, and compul-
sorv. oThe Horticultural Comm1s-
sioner is back of the exchanges and
all orchards must be fumigated when
he so orders. If this were not SO
when an orchard became infected, all
the adjacent orchards would soon
suffer. Some complaint is made that
the cyanide used in furnigat1on kills
off the birds, and laws regarding the
birds are very strict, it being unlaw--
full to kill mocking birds and several
others Of Our songsters.
There is much in The Agriculturlst
now which is valuable reading, the
article headed "ImpOrtance Of Hu-
mus" being something every one m
terested in growing, things should
read I read that cultivation IS ruin
Gus to your climate, in an article on
page 4 Of August IA, and that causes
me to wonder Why should cult1va-
ton be ruinous because OF frequent
and successive floods.
T am desirous.of growing the Man
90 ALLIGATOR Pear and the Pecan on
nv ranch, which is in the frostless
belt, twelve miles from the ocean, ana
would appreciate articles upon the1r
care and cultivation. They are stra''-
gers to me-. -,
The Los Angeles Times reports the
following: "J. c. Drumming OF Fruit
land, CAL, bids fair to gain reputa-
ton as a grower Of unique fruit. Inc
Chamber of Commerce has just re-
ceived several specimens of fruit from
Mr.. Drumming, which were grown by
him on his place at Frultland. There
are two varieties Of the fruit, and
thew are known as garden lemons and
melon peaches. In shape, the spec1-
mems resemble a cantaloupe. except
that thew are much smaller. The frult
is thin-skinned, golden in color, ana
grows on vines. 1t can be serVeu
cold or preserved Presumably the
fruit was named according to its TIA,
vor, the garden lemon being sour and
the beach being sweet. This is said
to be a new variety of fruit. It is
the first of it's kind ever placed IN
the exhibit at the Chamber of Com
merce. It is supposed that Mr.. Dunn
ming obtained the seed from the gov
ernment or some foreign country