The San Francisco call., 1910-12-06

dox, and consists of fine collections of
plants and ferns. The housekeeping in
dustries are under the committee of
Mrs. j. G. F'ikenscher, Mrs. Fred Uhl,
Mrs. E. F. Kreiss. Mrs. G. l.. Weathers.
The following women are in charge
of the needle work and art BOOTH
Mrs E. NJ. Perdew, Mrs A. D. Sweet, Mrs
J. Sub Johnson, Mrs J. X. Yoakum and Mrs
Juvenile committee Margaret Hanson
Miss Carrie Swank and Hubert Fisher.
Baby show comm ittee-Mrs. w. W. Squires
Mrs. Robert Johnson. Mrs. y. o. Bradley.
Sunday school committee-A. L. Baker, chair
Della Giiroy. Mrs. & F. Lewis. Miss wi Winifred
Switzer, B. H Heberlng.
Ben NJ. Maddox president of theN vi
salia board of trade and a thorough
student of the Tulare citrus industry
has this TO say of its development in
Tulare county:
The land suitable for the production
of oranges, lemons and grape fruit, ex-
tends from the county line on the north
to the county line on the south, along
the eastern side of the county for a
distance of 10 miles. The growing of
citrus fruits north of the Tehachapi
mountains is not an old industry
Twenty years ago only enough trees
were growing to show that in certain
localities they would thrive and pro-
duce an excellent fruit that would ripen
early the planting being mostly in the
vicinity of Porterville and Plano
Seventeen years ago there We're only
about 200 acres planted in the entir
county. In 1890 the first trees were
put out at Lindsay, but it was not
until 1893 that any considerable acre
age was planted. About this time quite
an extensive area was planted to
lemons at Lemon Cove and a year or
two later the development of the in
dustry at Merryman and Exeter be-
gan. In their order followed Naranjo.
Red Banks. Venice, Cove Woodlake.
Strathmore, Orosi, Three Rivers, Ducor.
Klink, Terrabella, Rich Grove, Earli-
mart and Delano.
Some of the earliest groves were on
Tule river below Sprngville, and in all
the places mentioned the trees found
congenial home and the returns to
the growers have been entirely salts
factory As the first trees were planted
near Porterville, it was only natura
that the first shipments should be made
from that place. Everything grown on
Tule river and at Plano was al first
hauled to Porterville TO be packed, and
that town led in shipments for time
Today Lindsay leads all other points
in the county and will continue to do so
for a long time to come. PorterviIle
, M
ranjo, Plano, Globe and Orosi follow in
the order named as shipping points In
a very few years there will be other
shipping places of Importance The ex-
tension OF the Visalia electric railroad
from Lemon cove to Red Banks and
Woodlake has opened up a territory
that bids fair to rank with Lindsay
within q very short time One firm in
tends to plant 5000 acres in that vi
cnity at once, and the attention of
investors is being attracted in that
direction because of the abundance of
water that can be obtained for irriga-
tion near the surface and also on ac-
count of the excellent transportation
facilities. East of Orosi, Cutler, Low
ell, Taurusa and Klink. every acre ia
suitable for the growing of oranges.
and enough are now planted to prove
the territory. The biggest development
in the county within the next 10 years
will be in that section.
Strathmore is ideally situated and
many hundreds of acres are planted
some of which are now in bearing. On
both sides of Deer creek, south of
Plano, young groves dot the plains
At Ducor and Rich grove and between
these places hundreds of acres are
planted to oranges and are showing a
splendid growth. Near Delano in Tu-
lare county are other groves, and
Earlimart is also experimenting with
the golden fruit. Tor the entire rs
miles of orange belt in this county It
is no longer an experiment from
climatic standpoint to plant citrus
fruits. The energy of the people in
the various localities will of course
determine where the greatest develop
ment will be. but the ease with which
water can be had for irrigation and
superior transportation facilities will
appeal to the careful investor"