mvpa m lurufli .'iiipliranls with 



full instructions as to the lx->( methods 

 of sotting out and cultivating olive 

 orchards. >Hiv ; .- c-ulturc i w one"! 1 Uic 

 must hopeful of our lionir 

 and promises to l>rr:n<- a source of 

 great-wealth to the State. The I'lntcil 

 States imi'urt annually over fiOO',000 

 gallons <if olive oil, valued at about 

 $COO,000. Italy produces annually 

 about ! >:>,000,OOO gallons, worth in round 

 numbers $100.0011.1100. \\"ny cannot j 

 California do e nuillv n< wp.ll'' 



Tin: OLIVK. California is the home 



designed by nature for the olive, and 



the possibilities in this direction fire 



boundless. The, olives tree will stand 



urtsat drought, will endure neglect, but 



I prospers by care, grows among rocks, 



mil often on poor land, will flourish on 



15 or L'O iiu-'iv-sof rain a year, prospers 



well along, fences and on av*enues and 



..ther uncultivated places, if the soil 



,.p, bears but one good crop in two-, 



,' is a beautiful evergreen tree. 



he propagated from cuttings, pro- 



3 well in from six to ten years, 



lives to a great ago, and increases in 



.product 



Fair is a ne/>-and of pure oli^e oil from the 

 Quito Olive Farm at Gubserville, near Santa 

 Clara. The orchard consists of 80 acres, 30 of 

 which are now in bearing, and the Quito olive 

 oil is now beintf put on the market for the first 

 time. Those who are best informed state that 

 there is no really pure olive oil imported. A 

 gentleman who speaks Italian, and who is now 

 traveling in Italy and carefully investigating 

 the matter, says in a recent letter that he has 

 i been told by friends iff Italy that there is no 

 pure olive oil.in Florence. Cotton seed is put 

 in with ^he olives, and the two are ciusheS and 

 iaanipulated together, and the result is a com- 

 pound of olive and cotto- seed oil. It is now 

 well known that st\ is sold in Ameri- 

 ca for olive oil -u consists almost 

 wholly of cotton seed oil. What is the 

 use of importing and paying a high price for an 

 adulterated article, when a perfectly puro and 

 wb lesome olive oil is produced less than 50 

 mi. from this city? The oil produced at the 

 Quito Olive Farm is guaranteed to be absolu'ely 

 pure. The proprietors wish to establish the 

 reputation of the new brand, and to accomplish 

 this they propose to make and sell a strictly 

 pure aud first-clasa oil. They invite criticism 

 and analysis. Mr. Cooper has demonstrated 

 that California can produce an olive oil superior. 

 t:> any produced anywhere else in the world. 

 The o ive is a very hardy tree, will sta u 

 siuaxablu cold and even show, and >,. ._ bo 

 grown in most sections of the State. Pure 

 olive oil is a most valuable article of food. In 

 Spain and Italy, among the peasants, it takes 

 the place of both meat and butter, and I 

 is found to be palatable and nutritions and a 

 good substitute for meiits of all kir It is 

 eutensively used by the best physicians botL as 

 an emollient and as an ingredient in, various 

 pharmaceutical preparations. As it is of the 

 first importance, when used me^'cinally, to 

 have only a pure article, and nt i.} imported 

 olive oils are adulterated, physiciaus and drug- 

 gists will find it to their interest to purchase 

 the Quito oil which is guaranteed strictly pure. 

 There is no reason why California should not 

 npply the whole United States with a pure, I 

 ^7~3)lesome article of olive oil to the exclusion 

 uc 'the inferior and adulterated article of home 

 or foreign manufacture. As it becomes known 

 and appreciated, its consumption ought to be 

 indefinitely increased. The Quito oil retails at 

 $1 2o per bottle for the best, and 85c. for 

 another brand, both equally pure. 



This second brand is much better than the im- 

 ported oil which sells at the s ime price, 85 cents, 

 but contains only about 10 cents worth of olive 

 oil. As Mr. Cooper's product for last season 

 is all sold, and nearly all the output of his com- 



uTg crop is already contracted for in advance, 

 doubtless the Quito Oil which is said by the 

 best judges to be as good as the Cooper Oil will 

 soon be in great demand. The Quito Olive Oil 

 Farm employes a skilled and experienced super- 

 intendent, aiid the utmost care and cleanliness 

 are observed in every step of the process of 

 manufacture. The olives are first dried on 

 bricks after the Italian method in order to 

 absorb the moisture; thus increasing the den- 

 sity and improving the flavor of the oil. The 

 Quito Olive 0" 'ook the first prize at the Cit- 

 rus Fair in Sue. .11 to, and can be seen at the 

 Citrus Fair now in r -_ "s at the Mechanics' 

 Pavilion. A. T. Marvin oi 61C California street 

 is agent. Besides the Quito Olive Oil, he also 

 sells rooted olive trees, two and three years old, 

 and ia prepared to furnish applicants with full 

 instructions as to best methods of setting out 

 and cult, fating o.ive orchards. Olive culture 

 is one of the most hopeful of our home indus- 

 tries, and promises to become a source of great | 

 wealth to the State. The Unite*! States imports 

 annually over 500,000 gallons of olive oil valued 

 at about $600,000. Italy produces annually 

 about 90,OUO,OuO gallons, worth iu round num- 

 bers $100,000,000. Why can not California do 

 equally as well ? -^ 



// /Success With Oiwei, 

 '/. ^Jet^^f^- V/<2- 



There is not a single place in this 

 county from which a failure in growing 

 an olive tree has been reported after tin- 

 tree is well started in orchard. Every- 

 where they do remarkably well. J. O. 

 Loomis, at Pino, has a row that were 

 set omt in an old hard roadway, and 

 they have been cultivated but little, if 

 any, and yet they are very fine young 

 trees. J. P. Whitney has 12 or 15 that 

 were planted somu years ago as a curi- 

 osity and they rfre all large,;thif y trees, 

 r W. ButleAhas 200 that he planted 

 four years ago and they are among the 

 finest trees on his ranch. In no case 

 ara they troubled with any kind of pest. 

 It does not wein as if it needed further 

 proof that this is one of the best. sec- 

 tions for producing olives. The only 

 difficulty is in propagating the young 

 trees, but nurserymen furnish trees of 

 the Picholine andMission varieties for 

 from $25 to jpSO a hundred, which is as 

 cheap as many other kinds of fruit trees, 

 and the Mission will be a good stock on 

 which to graft other varieties if any bet- 

 ter ones shall be brought from Europe. 

 In any case the Mission produces a 

 good olive both for pickles and oil. The 

 Mission oil now brings the highest price 

 of any made in the State. Olive culture 

 is sure to be a prominent and one of the i 

 most profitable industries in this part i 

 of California. fP'acer Republican. 



tjfXljmt Olive Treei. f 



The" ijnlfo olive produced in this t 

 the first premium at the late citrus fair in Sacra- 

 rx.dnto city. The orchard from which this was 

 produced contains eighty acres, thirty of which 

 are now in bearing, and is situated about seven 

 miles southwesterly from Ban Jose, at Gubsar- 

 ville. It has been demonstrated that a batter 

 quality of sweet oil can be produced here than 

 anywhere else in the world. , This is an industry 

 which should have been entered upon ia this Stato 

 long N,;O. It would have been only that other j 

 fruit-producing trees produce quicker returns. It 

 takes linger for an olive orchard to come into fall 

 Uhan most other f raits, but not nearly sc> 

 Kojpne. The olive tree is a very harrly. 

 ng-lived tree. From the vary i 

 r for returns from it than from , 

 other fruits, tliieliujMtry is not likely to be over- 

 done. In planting ft P*Vb orchard for instance, 

 it would be wisfto plant jne peaches farther apaqt 

 and tatersperae them with olive trjas. Ia a fo^ 



! years the poach trees will have passed their boar- 

 ing days and then they can be removed and the 

 same land will by tht time have a paying crop of 

 olivea. The Quito oil brings the largest prioa til 

 the market li^wnso it is the best article. By all 

 It f California supply the United States 



witL..livu oil. 



bearin 

 long a 



fact it 



GOSTAV EISEN, in the Fresno Re- 

 publican, says : " It was Unfortunate 

 that the Mission olive was the first 

 kind to be introduced into Califor- 



nia. Its slow-growing qualities and 

 its tardiness in bearing make it 

 very undesirable, exce >tin orchards 

 where the owners can afford to wait. 

 On this account there is a popular 

 prejudice against all olives, the gen- 

 era,! idea being that it takes olives 

 too long to bear. This is an error. 



1 We have seen olive trees that bore 

 over 1,000 olives the third year 



1 after they were set out, and even as 

 early as the second season had sev- 

 eral hundred. When this variety is 

 five or six years old it will have 



i paid for itself many times over, and 

 will then yield a handsome profit to 

 the orchardist. Those who wish to 

 set out an olive orchard should se- 

 lect some stock that will easily take 

 the graft, and wait their time. In 

 a few years they produce scions of 

 fine varieties for grafting. Though 

 we have many fine varieties of 

 olives in this State, none are to be 

 had in great quantity at present. It 

 takes years for the newly-imported 

 trees to supply all the cuttings 

 necessary." 



The 



e. 



'* , 



Fruit growers in the central part of' 

 state are turning their attention to the 

 olive. This is a sensible move. This fruit 

 is more profitable than wheat, and the 

 ranchers of the state are beginning to re- , 

 alize that fact. The Auburn Republican 

 says- "The Quito olive oil, which took 

 the first prize at the citrus fair, is de- 

 scribed as having been pressed from olives 

 first dried on warm bricks. Mr. Gould 

 prepared his olives for the press by drying 

 them on the trays of an ordinary raisin 

 dryer with equally good results. The 

 only object of the process is to get rid of 

 the water in the berries, while at the same 

 time the oil collects together in little glob- 

 ules and makes the pressing process com- 

 paratively easy. Drying them on bricks 

 is the Italian method, but there seems to 

 be no reason why an ordinary fruit dryer 

 is not equally as good." 



_ 



There is not a sjngle place in th^ coonfty from 

 which a failure in growing an olive tree has ben 

 reported after the tree is once, well started in 

 orchard. Everywhere thoy do remarkably well. 

 J. O. Loomis, at Pino, has a row that were rat out 

 in an old hard roadway, and they have b. culti- 

 vated bnt little, if any, and yet they are lery fine. 

 yonne trees. J. P. Whitney hai twelve or nftoen 

 that were planted some years ao as a curiosity 

 and they are all large, thrifty treee. P. W. Butler 

 has 200 that he planted four years ago and they are 

 a-nong the finest trees on his ranch. In no case 

 are they troubled with an; kind of pest. It does 

 not seem as if it needed further proof that this is 

 one of the best sections for producing olives. T.'ir- 

 only difficulty is in propagating the young tress, 

 but nurserymen furnish trees of the Pioholine aod 

 Mi&tion varieties for from $25 to 850 a hundred, 

 which is ae cheap as mauy other kinds of fruit 

 trees, and the Mission will be a good stock on 

 whinh to graft other varieties if any better ones 

 i-hall be brought from Enrope. J.a any case the 

 Mibfciun produces a goud olive both for pickles and 

 nil. The Mission oil now brings the higb^t price 

 of any made in the State. Olive culture is fare to 

 I be a prominent aud one of the most profitable 

 iadubtrieB in this part of California. 



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r.LAOK KXOT .OSflKAI'M. 



Several viheyardists are now using 

 paint and coaloil mixed as a remedy fiir 

 tins disease. The black knot is care- 

 fully pared off or dug out and the mix- 

 ture put on. This remedy is, sajd/ to be 

 bolb cheap and effective. " 



