HOKTICULTURE 



lemons, pomegranates, 



IS and peaches. Early 



r, il.rielhad over 2,000 



III a thousand. Fig. 



eupatu 



■ iiii- traces in Califor- 

 , l;u.->sian settlements, 

 and the immigration 

 American types of 

 e <*tate is now the seat of a wonderfully 

 vani-il fruit culture, although the small fruits have not 

 yet attained that prominence 

 which they enjoy in older 



fruii 



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pages. ' "Olive Growing," Pohndorff, San Francisco, 

 1884. "Olive Culture," A. Flamant. San Francisco, 1887. 

 "The Olive," Arthur T. Marvin, San Francisco, 1888. 

 "The Raisin Industrv," Gustav Eisen, San Francisco, 

 1890. "The Wine Press and Cellar," E. H. Rixford, San 

 Francisco, 1SS3. "(irape Culture, a Handbook for Cali- 

 fornia." T, H-irt Hv.itt. San Francisco, 1876. "Orange 

 Cultur. I" ' iiiii. ,1 , ' TliomasA. Garey, San Francisco, 

 1882. I -II, lis on grape culture, by L. J. 



Ro.«.'. -'<•■ - 1 1 1 re." W. A. Spalding, Los Angeles, 

 Calif. • rii. I iM rnia l-\armer," established in January, 



Details of the early Cali 



veget ible*i \nd the crop of 

 ISdI sold tor upwards of 

 $200 000 The crop nf pntT 

 toes onions beets tuniii s 

 and tomatoes was 1 I no 

 bushels The sam i | it 

 noted an onion wei.,liin_ 1 

 pounds and at tht 1- iii 1 

 18 3 i the committee n \ 



turnip weighing i ] mil 



pounds and a tomato weigh 

 ing ;)^o pounds Thus early 

 C ilifornia began to boast of 

 the mammoth productions of 

 her soil. The hrst official 

 report printed in California appeared in a document is- 

 sued by the Secretary of State for 1852. The capital then 

 employed in "fruits and orchards " was given at $306,910. 

 The market-garden interests were surprisingly large; 

 among single items were "460,000 pumpkins, worth 

 $16,000;" upwards of 5,000,000 pounds of onions, "worth 

 $186,000;" 30.000 bushels of beans, "worth $72,000." 

 Santa Barbara county reported "1,370 barrels of olives, 

 worth $27.."i'i > U-iii iul-iiriil statistics are continued 

 intherep.Mi- • ^irveyor General. In Decem- 



ber, 18.')3, Th' s \ ilrural Society of California 



was orgaiu/.-M. a. r ;i ■ i.,r,_ssful exhibition in San 

 Francisco, wlit iv uliti-ai.ls, tigs, olives, walnuts, and 

 many other fruits, as well as vegetables and flowers, 

 were shown. Fairs were held in 18.54 and 1855, but were 

 not officially reported. The state began to publish the 



ni.-iiil,r]-^hi|i w.is ,s.",i;, aii.l ;iniin:il ii I'll . Ii:i\ ,• .-(intinued 

 till till- |ii',>^. ■lit tiijic. 'I'lif I ■;,! , , . ; ;i, .:ltural So 

 .■irtv wa, i.i--,nii/,r,| .Vpiil :., I -I :, !■:, ilie state 

 Beard ..f H.,rti.-ulturr w.as ,-i 1 1 ,i i-l,.-l , I;. .ports of 

 these bodies and of the state fruit-growers- conventions 

 have appeared annually or biennially since 1882. The 

 State Viticultural Commission was organized in 1881, 

 and its reports continued until 1894. Upwards of one 

 hundred octavo volumes represent the official output of 

 California since 1858 in lines ef Horticulture, including, 

 of course, the California Experiment Station reports. 



Among the special California horticultural literature, 

 are the following: "California Fruits." E. -T. Wick'.on, 



first edition, 1889; sf ii.l .-iliti..,,. l.s:ii ; thjnl ,.iliii,.ii, 



1900. So many chan^-.- .11111 aailiiMii^ li:n. inr-.l hi 



this book that all tlir..,. .ilitiMns will l.i. r..iiiMl vr. u-.- 

 ful in libraries. "California V.-ital, I. s." i:.,l. Wi.ks.iu, 

 1897. The only book on this suli.iect that has yet ap- 

 peared (1900). "Gardening in California," Wm. S. 

 Lyon, Los Angeles, 1897. This is a small volume of 156 



1854, and maintaining a spasmodic existence for a num- 

 ber of years, printed the first pomological and horti- 

 cultural reports of committees, etc. "The Rural Press" 

 was established in 1871, in San Francisco, and still con- 

 tinues. "The Rural Californian," of Los Angeles, still 

 in existence, was established in 1877. "The California 

 Fruit-Grower," commenced in 1888, and still survives 

 (1900). "The California Florist," first issued in Santa 

 Barbara, then in San Francisco, began in May, 1888, and 

 stopped in April, 1889. "The California Cultivator." of 

 Los Angeles, established in 1884, still published. "The 

 Pacific Tree and Vine," of SanJos«, established in 1882, 

 still pfiblished. 



California is now a horticultural wonderland; but its 

 illimitable plantations are depressing to the man of 

 small means and non-commercial ambitious, or to those 

 who would grow for the discriminating personal market. 

 Difiicult climates develop the highest type of the ama- 

 teur. 



Periodicals.— Whilst the periodicals of any subject 

 are supposed to chronic 



