The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20

on a tall bookkeepcr's stool all day,
and barely earned enough to keep
himself and his family from the
bread line Lack Of food and air
and sunshine broke down his nerves.
and when his mother left him a pit.
lance "f $500. he brought his family
To California. for better oil for
worse" 1t had turned out to be so
hugely for better" that he could not
express enough the happiness and CON
tent tina were luis. His work was
nut Of doors. in the glorious, tinsline
air and golden sunlight. in IL beautiful
grove lie a flower garden, picking the
sweet smelling orangcs-good pay.
and Il cottage covered with roses,
where his happy wife and healthy
blooming children had fresh, whole
Vegetables. such as a. millionaire could
not buy in the snow bound east.
Do Nou think Jim Deacon takes in
terest in his work: No ven the
boss himself is more careful that
every orange shall be carefully picked
one Of the kind who has helped make
the magnificent oranges of California
known in every mansion of Europe.
1t is the care as vel as the skill
given to the handling of oranges. that
make il possible to hip them TO Lon
-o' - ~ = ~ CsIAA r. DJlO lIoNe llIcli L 4
arrive perfect, solid. luscious. SO that
fruit dealers can keep them for weeks
without the slightest deterioration.
And as for landing them in our
OWL markets of Chicago and New
iork-that. is nov done in such y
the fastidions New Yorker finds be-
fore him on his breakfast table. an
orange whjcl seems to still wear the
ardent kiss of the golden California
sun and the soft moisture of the
moonlight dew.
When I was q boy We only were
given oranges on very special occa-
OF July. They cost q. lot of money
then and they were full of seeds
and funny of taste. for they were
picked green and ripened in the
freight cars or in the grocer's win
dows.
|. The man who attempted TO ship 2
box of green oranges nowadays wo,ld
be called crazy and stunned wider |
than a graveyard at midnight.
Seeds Left Out.
selves. helped by the federal govern.
ment. who " studied conditions
and exchanged experiences. and cm-
ploSed expert scientists to further the
o. s'S w - III u l'iN I
oranges and lemons. One fanou ex-
pert, my friend. the man who knows
oranges has travelled wherever an
orange tree grows. studying the soils.
moisture. culture. climate. propaga-
ton and habits of all varieties Of cit
results of his research. and giving
his knowledge and the benefit Of his
experiments to the hundreds of or
ange growers whose golden crop
(hurried eastward in cool refrigerator
cars) gives delight and sustenance and
health to millions Of people.
Way back in the days when was
learning how to keep afloat in the
village swimming hole, all the oranges
had seeds. But now, at least three
fourths Of the oranges grown in Cali
fornia. are seedless oranges. The
were discovered in Brazil in 1870 and
sent to the department of agriculture.
Budded trees were shipped from
Washington TO California, and there
such a widespread budding and
grating and planting took place that
did, luscious fruit dash ,nadly across
the mountains n plains and rivers
TO the markets of the east.
il only for the good Of the little
kiddics. we are glad these navel Or
ange trees We're discovered in that
Ai0Adu- village uoWH III pTdZlI. Every
time I eat a navel range L am hap
PLY easy in my mind. not having to
think that a crafty seed is going to
suddenly slide down by Sunday
throat" But yet, here in California
they have an orange almost seedless
that IL 30 delicious I almost forgive
and forget about the few seeds it
sometimes contains. It Is called
Valencia and is ready for market
later than the navel oranges. It Is in
the height Of its shipping season dur
Ing June, July and August-after the
big harvest Of navel oranges, and
lasts till Thanksgiving.
The object points of all this study
and investigation on the part of the
citrus fruit growers Of California ID
TO suit he trees to the particular soil.
degree Of moisture and kind Of culti-
walton that will produce the greatest
possible quantity n highest possible
quality Of fruit from each tree. They
are also finding h trees thai pro-
ducs the highest yields and the finest