Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-25
ORANGE CROP IN
GOOD CONDITION
VALENCIA SEASON OPENS IN
LOS ANGELES
GROWERS REPORT FAvoRABLY
ON APRICOT PRODUCTION
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Passing of Frost Period Assures
Safety to DecIduous Fruits, and
an Unusually Large Yield
ls Expected

@ and lemons from Los Angeles, as re-NS.
@ ported by the California Fruit Grow g
o ers' exchange, were 1874 carloads Of g
@ oranges and 126 carloads of lemons. G
@ Total to date this season there were e
@ 22,286 carloads, of which 2547 were i.
@ lemons. e
q Total to date last season there were &
@ 2O,286 carloads, of which 1899 were (.
@ lemons. g
3 Daily carload shipments from Los &
@ Angeles last week werei g
O Thursday-Oranges 1I8, lemons Id. z
@ Observation-Disclosures 100, lemons H. g
@ Tuesday-Oranges 108, lemons ID. .
O. Monday-Oranges 1875, lemons 10. G
8 Sunday and saturday-Oranges ITO,
@ lemons 20.
o Friday--Oranges 100, lemons 2s.
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Last week, being the first of the sea-
son for Valencias and seedlings in the
Los Angeles market, gave evidence OF
good and plentiful crop. The oranges
which arrived met with a good sale al
top prices. While the receipts were
limited owing to the cleaning up pro-
cess, the market was in fair condition
and the fruit moved well. The only
navels Of any consequence on hand were
Off blooms. This week will witness
larger and better market.
Apricots made their first appearance
last week, coming from the Coachilla
valley, where the crop Is reported to be
In a fiourishing condition. 1t Is antici-
pated that this will be big apricot
year. Reports from other regions are
equally favorable.
Fruit growers at San Jacinto report
that present indications are that the
deciduous fruit crop of the valley will
be we'll up to the average this year
Apricots, which are generally consid-
cred an uncertain quantity until late
in May, are now past the frost period
and give promise of an unusually large
yield. Peaches and pears have also set
WELL
The present outlook for abundant
shipments of Valencias is favorable,
and high prices for the fruit will doubt
less prevail.
This week the season will open at
the Rivera and East Whittier districts.
One grower In particular, when dis
cussing the probability of good prices,
said that several carloads had already
been ordered at the rate Of So t. o. b.,
point of shipment.
This is certainly an encouraging sign
and will cause feeling of content In
the breasts of ranchers who cultivate
the late orange.
Budding Oranges to Lemons
At Corona the Chase Nursery COM
pany is budding 100 acres Of navel
oranges in Orange Heights to lemons
The lemon acreage is to be further in
creased by setting about forty acres Of
land near the foothills and known al
part of the Forden-Deuress ranch. Thi!
tract now has forty acres in potatoes
The ranch receives its water suppl.
from the nearby foothills. which fur
nish 20-inch f1ow
Advices from Highland are that II tbs
heavy bloom of this spring and the vasi
number of little oranges that have
every appearance of possessing staying
qualities are evidence of a big crop
then the Highland district has the evil
dences. High up, low down, inside and
out, a heavy crop is setting. OF course
O very large percentage of these will
fall in the June and July drop, but
where there are so many setting this
shedding" process is absolutely neces-
sary to the proper growth and develop
ment Of crop of merchandise fruit.
With two-thirds of the month Of May
gone there remains In the Highland dis
trict, according to estimates furnished
Saturday by the managers of the vari-
Gus packing companies, LAG acres OF
citrus fruit. The holdings are as fol-
lows: East Highlands Citrus associa-
ton. %; Stewart Fruit company, 8;
East Highlands Fruit association, 20;
total for East Highlands, GA cars; High
land Fruit Growers association, 20; In
dependent Packing company (Cleghorn
Bros.), TO- Highland Orange Growers
association, 16; California Citrus union.
6; total for Highland proper, 81 cars;
West Highlands Citrus association, 10;
Ely Gilmore company, 8; Pinkham &
McKevitt, Is; total for West Highlands,
80 cars.
Delayed reports from the railroad
companies of the orange and lemon
shipments from Riverside for the sea
son show that the total has passed the
1000 mark, and IL the average of the last
few weeks Is maintained dt will reach
the $500 mark by June 1. Heavier ship
ments of lemons are reported, and with
warmer weather in the east quite large
shipments will be made during the next
few weeks.
Reports from all over the Imperial
valley show that the crops of ex-
perienced cantaloupe men are in fairly
good condition.
Heber shipped the first cantaloupe
from the valley, the same bringing 81 In
Los Angeles. This melon was picked
May 8 on the Van Horn ranch.
Brawley shipped the first full crate
Of melons, however. The crate brought
81 per melon in Los Angeles, being
shipped from Brawley May 15. Last
year the first crate was shipped two
days earlier.
Crops about Calexico will soon be
maturing. some of the best stands In
the valley being in this neighborhood.