246 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



NOTES FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 



By Geo. P. Weldon, Chief Deputy Commissioner of Horticulture. 



Report of the State Board of Horticultural Examiners. 



Since the last report the following men have qualified for the position 

 of county horticultural commissioner in the counties named: 



Sonoma County: San Benito County: 



0. E. Bremner.^ Leonard H. Day. 



A. E. Gallaway. Inyo county: 



W. J. Newcomb. ^ j^ Bro^^k 



A. J. Cook, 

 Thos. F. Hunt, 

 Harry S. Smith, 

 State Board of Horticulture Examiners. 



NOTES ON OLIVES IN TEHAMA COUNTY DURING 1913-1914. 



By Chas. B. Weeks, County Commissioner of Horticulture, Tehama County, Cal. 



At the present time the olive is looked upon as a very promising 

 crop in the upper part of the Sacramento Valley, and many people 

 are on the lookout for all the available information regarding the 

 soil, varieties and cultural methods necessary to make olive growing 

 profitable. 



With us the old theory that any soil is good enough for olives has been 

 killed for good, as the very best soil obtainable will give correspond- 

 ingly good results with olives as any other horticultural products; 

 however, verj^ good results have been obtained on land that was of 

 poor quality when irrigation and cultivation were practiced. 



Let any newcomer drop into the town of Corning, which is at 

 present the center of olive acreage in this county, and ask three of 

 the prominent olive men of the town what variety to plant. He 

 would be told by one that Mission olives were the best, the next 

 probably would say that Manzanillos w^ere preferable, and the third 

 that the Queen olive could not be beaten. The fact of the matter is 

 that the three varieties mentioned all have their good points and have 

 advantages peculiar to themselves. The Mission is comparatively free 

 from disease, a fairly regular bearer and the best keeping olive when 

 pickled, free at the pit and wnll stand a bit more frost than the other 

 varieties. The Manzanillo will ripen earlier under the same condi- 

 tions than the Mission, is large sized and a regular bearer. The 

 Queen is very large and ripens early and is a very good producer. On 

 the other hand, the following faults are found with the above named 

 varieties which make none of them ideal for planting : The Mission 

 is late ripening, which renders it liable to frost danger. The Man- 

 zanillo sticks to the pit and is reported to contain an acid that will 



•Recently appointed commissioner. 



