Tehama County 



of the county, as well as one of the most profitable. Irriga- 

 tion is not necessary to the growing of choice fruits in this 

 county. 



Developments of the past few years have proven that 

 the foothill lands are especially well adapted to growing 

 fruit, particularly those above enumerated ; and oranges 

 hold as firm as any. These facts have convinced our land 

 owners that citrus fruits are adapted to this county. They 

 grow with but little care, there being no need of protection 

 from climatic influences. They ripen from four to eight 

 weeks earlier and possess better color and flavor than the 

 oranges of the southern portion of the State. There are but 

 few homes in Tehama County without orange trees, and the 

 number is being increased every year. 



Figs are remarkably productive in this county, often 

 three crops maturing a year. They are easily grown, a few 

 years developing a large tree from an ordinary slip. 



Apples do not prosper so well on the valley lands as they 

 do in the foothills and mountains. Apples from the uplands 

 of Tehama County are as good as the best grown in Oregon 

 for taste, flavor and color, and are better in size and will 

 keep for months after picking. In the mountains, apples 

 ripen as early as May, and keep ripening through the var- 

 ious varieties until about the first of November. Wliat is 

 known as "Manton District," lying about thirty miles nortli 

 and east of Red Bluff, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada 

 mountains is coming rapidly to the front in the production 

 of apples, and the quality of this fruit raised there is second 

 to none raised in the State. 



Tehama County is really the home of the Bartlett Pear. 

 This fruit grows to large size and is of excellent flavor. The 

 acreage is not so large as that of the peach or prune, but the 

 pear will yield a revenue to its owner of from $250 to $300 

 per acre, when pro])erly cared for. 



Concerning the abundant yield and profit of the Bartlett 

 Pear in this county, I here refer to one orchard. That of 

 D. S. Cone five miles east of Red Bluff. In 1900 he received 

 $29,500 for the product of 100 acres of Bartlett Pears — 

 nearly $300 per acre. Porter Bros. Company, through their 



