seen mi i 



1 , ,...n, 

 grow 



:xur;untly, tliev "- 



uieu oieu irom uiat cause. Thev suf 

 I'ered from the grasshopper plague, 

 which played ,-uch great havoc iu so 

 many places last year in California, 

 but two-thirds of those that were so 

 attacked, and that appeared to be dead 

 : the summer, started again in 

 the tall and are now growing nicely. 

 Mr. Flainaiit claims, alter his recent 

 that we -iced no more fear 

 the grasshopper. Since thuinlrode 

 oi lie- newly discovered arsenic r< n 

 he can keep the grasshoppers out of all 

 mischief, 



The Olive. 



T^'^id'tf 1 ' 4&3T-T i ' ' i ' t ^- > 

 I have been talfed here to-mj 



tLe olive is a profitable tree to 

 vate. Is it profitable? Just list 

 for a moment: Italy is one of tie 

 great olive producing countrie 

 Its territorial extent is about 114.0C 

 squaf miles, nearly one third less 

 than California, which has 156,591 

 square miles. Italy is situated be- 

 tween the 38 and 46 degrees north 

 latitude, and has a population now of 

 about 28,000,000 people. In 1879, 

 2,224,000 acres of land in Italy were 

 used in the cultivation of the olive 

 alone, which produced in oil over 89,- 

 438,000 gallons, besides pickles and 

 other usea to which the olive was ap- 

 plied, the whole bringing Italy an 

 annual income of about $40,000,00 ). 

 Are olives profitable? [Laughter and 

 applause.] California is the home 

 designed by nature for the olive, and 

 the possibilities in this direction are 

 boundless. The olive tree will stand 

 great drought, will endure neglect, 

 bat prospers by care, grows among 

 rocks, and often on poor land, will 

 nourish on fifteen or twenty inches of 

 rain a year, prospers well along fences 

 and on avenues and other uncultivat- 

 ed places, if the soil is deep, bears 

 but one good crop in two years, is a 

 beautiful evergreen tree, can be pro- 

 pagated from cuttings, produces well 

 in from six to ten years, lives to a 

 zreat age, and increases in product 

 ,ntil it is twenty to thirty years old. 

 [ts true home is near the seacoast. 



W M 7?af0t>'a Kt-ipe'** " f ff'**Mi'o Iffiffr. 



-FVcfs ABOUT THE OLIVE. 



, ,.,... * Great Comnier- 

 falrte Throughout the ^ orld. 



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Italy Tias^ 2, 225,000 acres' plant er% 

 olive's/and her annual production of 

 27oU is estimated at 90,000.000 a!- 

 lonfl Crete alone produces 13,000,001 

 gallons of olive oil annually, nnd the 1 

 , tie island of Mitylene 2,500,000 B al ons. 



Over half a million gallons of olive od 

 ia annually imported into the United-, 

 States. The following is an official 



gsjfr*- -as- a. 

 r 55 



18 The value of the annual exports of 

 , olive oil from Turkey is 815.000,000, and 



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f goap maae ui u, 



Io the three months ending Septem- 

 ber 30th, 1884. the imports of olive o 

 the United States amounted to I 

 gallons, valued at 8182.285.^ For tl 

 responding period of 188o t 

 reached'148,721 gallons, valued at S156- 

 653 Most, if not all, of this oil is adul- 

 terated with cotton seed or lard oiK 

 These figure are taken direct from the 

 las t report of the Washington Bureau of 

 SUtisL. The duty on olive oil a 

 dollar a gallon. 



Dr. AgarJ, who has a youncr forty-acre 

 orchard of olives nt Anbnrn>, Plr -er coun- 

 ty, recently visited the famous >)ive or- 

 chard and oi) works of EHwootl Cooper, 

 at Santn. Barbara. This establishment 

 makes olive oil of wide celebrity, for 

 which the demand far exceeds the sup- 

 ply. The market is at present bare of 

 Cooper's brand, and none can be had un- 

 til the new stock comes in next March. 

 Dr. Asrard asked a dealer in Sat,a Bar- 

 bara, who has the handling of Cooper's 

 oil, to book an order for a cnse to be de-c 

 livered next March, hut the dealer said! 

 it was doubtful if the order could be' 

 filled, owing to the large number of , ad* 

 vance orders. Just as good oil can be 

 made anywhere in the Sacramento Val^ 

 ley. and its foothills. Cooper's brings 

 813 50 a dozen bottles about five of 

 which make a gallon. Bee. 



FACTS \lt(M I 

 Figures*)* 



Italy has 2,225,000 acres planted ir 

 olives, and her annual production ol 

 olive oil is estimated at 90,000,000 gal- 

 lons. Crete alone produces 13,000,000 

 gallons of olive oil annually, and the 

 little island of Mitylene, 2,500,000 gal- 

 lons. 



Over half a million gallons of olive 

 oil is annually imported' into the 

 United States. The following is an 

 official statement: 



Year end ending Jue 80. Gallons. Valne. 



1883 636.759.... $826,154 



1884 910,429.... 672,552 



1885 493,928.... 547,017 



The value of the annual exports of 

 olive oil from Turkey is $15,000,000, 

 and of soap made of olive oil $9,000,- 

 OCX 



In the three months ending Septem- 

 ber 30th, 1884, the imports of olive oil 

 by the United States amounted to 

 106,454 gallons, valued at $132,285. 

 For the corresponding period of 1885 

 i the imports reached 148,721 gallons, 

 valued at $156,653. Most, if not all, 

 of this oil is adulterated with cotton 

 seed or lard oil. These figures are 

 taken diieot from the last report ol 

 the Washington Bureau of Statistics. 

 The duty on olive oil is one dollar a 

 gallon. 



Dr. Agard, who has a young forty- 

 acre orchard of olives at Auburn. 

 Placer county, recently visited the 

 famous olive orchard and oil works ol 

 Ellwood Cooper, at Santa Barbara. 

 This establisment makes olive oil o) 

 wide celebrity, for which the demand 

 far exceeds the supoly. The market 

 is at present bare of Cooper's brand, 

 and none can be had until the new 

 stock comes in next March. Dr 

 Agaid asked a dealer in Santa Bar- 

 bara, who has the handling of Coo- 

 per's oil, to book an order for a case 

 to be delivered next March, but the 

 dealer said it was doubtful if the or- 

 der could fee filled, owing to tbe large 

 number of advance orders. Just at 

 good oil can be made anywhere ir 

 , the Sacramanto Valley and its foot- 

 hills. Cooper's brings $13.50 a dozer 

 bottles about tivo of which make i 



lutsajiilN^!-^ y , ( .- 



. e ...^nrtifs Tafr n't Racra- 

 c-fito and coumic-ntin;-' on the same, we 

 hink the various journals of the coast 

 have overlooked tne -feat importance o! 

 the olj,ve and nut-bearing trees. 1 

 that loo much attention cannot be called 

 to the, cultivation of the orange and the 

 lemon in Northern California, butat the 

 same tim<5 there are vast sections of land 

 that will produce good olives that wi 

 not ;_'row good oranges and lemons. All 

 through the foothills there is a good 

 ! deal of land that can be profitably plant- 

 led to the almond, the walnut and the 

 j pecan as well -as the Italian chestnut and _ 



1 the beechnut, . U r , 



\yiuie we have great 1:litl1 '" tlic f"t l . lre 

 of Northern California as a latrus region 

 it is not well to lose sight of the fact that 

 many other valuable semi-topical trees 

 e.ui ho grown. \Ve have o;i a d,i/.-,-n dif- 

 ferent occasions called attention to the 

 i fact that tbe i-ainphor tree would thrive- 

 here, and that possibly it might pay to 

 :grow the camphor. Qther trees might 

 Irj named such as the lequot and the 

 Japanese persimmon, that have not re- 

 ceived their share of 'Attention, but ii 

 may ))e that tbe fine exhibit of oranges 

 ami lemons was all that our esteemed 

 cutemiiorarii-n could stand at one lime, 

 and that it will take- a second or even a 

 third exhibit to bring these other usel-.i 

 ^reductions into general notice. -Oruville 

 "eginter. 



Oil. 



< 



Citrus Fair is a IK-TV brand of pureulive 

 oil from the (;uito Olive Farm at 'iiiln- 

 crville, near Santa Clara. The mvhard 

 ((insists of eighty acres, thh : 

 are now in bearing, and the i^uito olive 

 oil is now being put on the market for. 

 the first time. Thu-e who an; In 

 formed state that there is no really cure 

 olive oil imported. A gentleman 

 speaks Italian, and who is now traveling 

 in Italy and carefully investigatir 

 jmatter,Jsays in a recent letter that i 

 been tolil by 



il III! 



two are crushed and manipulated to- 

 gether, and the result is a compound of 

 olive and 'cotton seed oil. It is now 

 well know that ; stuff is sold in America 



| for olive oil which consists almost whol- 

 ly of cotton seed oil. What is 

 the use of importing and paying 

 a high price for an aai 

 ated article, when a perfectly pure and 



, \yholesale olive oil is produced less than 

 fifty miles from this city? The oil pro- 



iduced at the yuito olive farm is guar- 



,anteed to be absolutely pure. The pro- 

 prietors wish to establish the reputa- 

 tion of the new brand, and to accom- 

 plish this they propose to make 

 and sell a strictly pure and first 

 class oil. They invite criticism and 

 analysis. Mr. Cooper has demon- 

 strated that California can produce an 



uteri-jays in a recent 



?.u told bv friends in Italy that there 

 :io pureoliveoil in FIore;!e<-. Cntton 

 -d is put iii with the olives and the 



olive oil superior to any produced any- 

 where else in the world. The oli\ 

 very hardy tree, will stand considerable 

 cold and even snow, and can be grown 

 in most sections of the Stale. 1'urc 

 olive oil is a most valuable article of 

 food. In Spain and Italy among the 

 peasants it takes the placeof both 

 and butter, and is found to be palatable 

 and nutritious, and a good suliMi- 

 meats of all kinds. It is c\tcn-ivdy 

 used by the best physicians, both 

 emollient and as an int'i-e-lient in vari- 

 ous pharmaceutical preparations, 

 it is of the first importance when used 

 medicinally to have only a pure article. 

 and as all imported olive oils arc adul- 

 terated, physicians and druggists will 

 find it to their interest to pin-elr 1 

 j^ui to oil, which is guaranteed strictly 

 pure. There is no reason why t 

 nia should not supply the whole t'nited 

 with a pure, wholesome article 

 of olive oil, to the exclusion of the infe- 

 rior and adulterated article of home or 

 I foreign manufacture. As it become* 

 known and appreciated its consump- 

 tion oiiL'ht to be indelinitcly incn 

 The (iuito oil retails at .?! 'A per b 

 for the best and s;i cent* for an 

 brand, both equally pure. 



This second brand is much < 

 than the imported oil which sells at the 

 same price. Ho cents, but contain 

 about 10 cents worth of olive nil. As 

 Mr. Cooper's product for last season is 

 all sold, and nearly all the output of 

 his coming crop is already con : 

 for in advance, doubtless t'h<- <;uito oil, 

 which is said hy the best judge- to bi- 

 as good as the Cooper oil, will ,-oun be 

 in great demand. The vuito olive oil 

 (arm employs a skilled and e 

 superintendent, and the utmost cart 

 and cleanline a re ubserw '1 i" 

 step of ih .,f ni-inuf.-'- 



The olives are lirst dried on bricks 

 after the Italian method -in order to 

 ab-orb the moisture; thus inei- 

 the density and improving the tlavnr 

 of the oil. The i;nito olive oil took the 

 first prize at the Citrus Fair in - 

 inento, and can be seen at the Citrus 

 l-'air now in proiriess at the M;"-h-.uiies' 

 Pavilion. A. T. .Marvin oi ,'iin Cali- 

 fornia str,, 



live oil he . 



i wo and three v< ars old. 

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