KDITOK'S TAHLK. 



Camfoujjia Items — for most of wiiich ato ftro iiulobtod to tlio California Farmer, an 

 excellent weekly journal, publislied at San Francisco, by Messrs. Warhen & Sox: 



"Apples of Gold in Pictl'rks ok Silvkr." IIow shall thfij he preserved? — We were shown one 

 of the nio~t splendid specimens of tlie GoUhn I'i})])iu, from Oregon, that we jircsume has ever 

 vet been grown. It was brought to o«r oflice by I. C. Woods, Ksq., received by him from 0:e- 

 u'.in. We note the weight, one pound and fourteen ounces — fair and very beautiful. It was 

 Mr. Woods' desire to preserve this noble specimen and send it forward to the Great Exhibition 

 at Paris, if it could be done; we are satisfied, liowcver, of the impossibility of its being done — 

 fruit being perishable in its own nature. However perfect the covering upon the outside, decay 

 would commence within, and in a brief time it would fall to pieces by the decay and pressure of 

 the atmosphere. If the covering were thick, the beauty and origin.ility of the fruit would )>'■ 

 lost. The only way of preserving its size, color, and form, is to have a perfect fac simile in 

 wax. In this manner a perfect resemblance can be had, so perfect as to deceive the eye. Such 

 specimens of our best California and Oregon fruit we have now on exhibition at our rooms. We 

 are rejoiced to see the house of Adams & Co. thus interested in Pomology; we consider it an 

 express favor done to the science in general, for which all should rejoice. 



Str-^wberrie.?. — Visions of happy times long gone were recalled to our mind yesterday, when 

 a moderate sized hamper, presented to us witli the compliments of Mr. J. L. Rankord, was opened. 

 Tliere, heaped in different bowls, were varieties of some of the most fragrant, the largest and 

 finest Strawberries we have seen in California. Tlie Boston Pines were the sweetest, perhap-, 

 but all were delicious. Besides these were heaps of Burr's Xew Pines, Crimson Cones, Prohjic 

 ]Iauiboys, Rival Hudsons\ Early Scarlets, and the famous Big Bugs, which last were the darkest in 

 hue, the plumpest and sweetest smelling. They liad all been grown by Mr. Sanford in the Sli. U 

 Mound Nurseries and Fruit Gardens, near Pan Antonio, in Alameda County. The plants fit ni 

 which the berries were taken had continued to bear fruit for months. It is something unusu.'d to 

 find berries on them, full grown and ripe, at tliis late day of the season. Jlr. Santord will 

 receive our best acknowledgemeits for so pleasant an offering as his Strawberries were. — Cali- 

 fornia Chronicle, San Francisco, November 1. 



FiN'E Vegetables. — We h.ive received from the farm and garden of Judge McIIbnrt, at Oak- 

 land, some of the finest vegetables we have yet seen grown in this State. They were not so 

 very large, but yet full size, well and handsomely grown; fine grain and smooth skin, finely 

 formed, and giving evidence by their appearance of having been grown in fine, deep, well-cul- 

 tivated soil. The variety shown us were Beets, Parsnips, and Carrots, as samples of several 

 acres, all of the same quality ; finer specimens can not be had. For these, and the kind invita- 

 tions to visit the grounds we return our thanks, and we already anticipate much pleasure from a 

 ramble over that beautiful spot. We rejoice that our citizens are thus turning their attention to 

 the cultivating and beautifying our bright spots — this, this will make California prosperous. 



Apples im Oreook. — The Portland Oregonian of the 21st ult., states: "Thomas Pritchard, Esq., 

 of this city, has shown us the finest specimens of Apples we have ever seen in any country; 

 many of them measured fifteen and sixteen inches in circumference, and weighed twenty-eight and 

 twenty-nine ounces. Fifteen or sixteen fill a half bushel measure. These Apples was raised by 

 N'athan RonixsoN, of this county, (not by Lewellen' of Clackamas county,) on trees of only three 

 years' growth. Mr. P. has several bushels of them which he is going 1o ship to San Franci:=co by 

 the next steamer. Oregon can beat the world in fruit growing, as a few years will demonstiate." 



Who — Beets! — We have received a fine large 5a«5a«o Beet, from Xapa city, through the 

 kindness of H. Dudley, Esq., which weighs 31 pounds. We feel indebted to our friend for the 

 t manifested in forwarding this specimen. Tlie Beet was grown on the farm of Mr. A 

 ', one mile from Xapa City, and without irrigation the entire season 



