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While spme ^ 



county -ieve that, owing to the E D R Bianciardi contributes lin 

 large acreages of new vines planted article ent itled "Under the Olives' 

 each year, not only here but in all , Q wllicu the cu ] ture o f that tree and 

 portions of the State, there will result ^ manufaoture of olive oil in Oa ii. 

 in a few years an overproduction tl it ^^ ^ ^^ favorably notice d. 

 will make the business unremunora- ^ t exhibition of oliye oil by 



tivo, still the large majonty are o r ^ f 



to J5-2?5l SI vs^h! f^ L os Angeles ha ^ 

 in this fertile valley. Be jeot more prom 



may there is a wide field tion of the put: -m the vari- 



or the cultivation of the soil to other ous accounts it ,to, that the oul- 

 prolucts and in a diversity of pro- Nation of the olive in those regions 

 lacts is the assurance of a country's adapted to it promises the largest 

 welfare. Napa county presents a and most long continued profits ol 

 splendid opportunity for the culture anything that can be grown. There 

 of the olive, an industry that is meet- , 8 an old Tuscan proverb which says 

 ing with great success in the central "Plant a vineyard for jourself. an 

 and southern portions of the State, i or ange orchard for your children 

 though yet in its infancy. To the nd an O u ve orc hard for your grand- 

 query whether the tree will grow here Children. " But in California the 

 the answer can be made that it flour- . p j anter o f an o ii ve orchard may rea- 

 ishes in ^ ilM '"jail an f 00 f easts' |so nabl y expect to reap the benefit of 

 H" t iTniay be successfully cultivated it himself and then leave it for his 

 here ^.t the banking house of Jaa. ghjidren and successors for many 

 H. Goodman & Co. ^^ io ^f M l generations. , Olive trees grown 

 branch frorn *" i ^ e g V6 j[ e ^ a ^ gro wn at from seed do not bear for many 

 th^residence of Geo. N. Cornwell^at jeal . s> but from cuttings, sprouts, 



roots come into bearing in from 

 to eight years, and continue to 



'a'nd'set'thetrTout in the yard". The ^ ro w through centuries. Mr. Bian- 

 next year he started several others .^^ ^^ of Qne neur Nice> tllat is 



pTanted^thTordinary soil, wVo'ne known to be over one thousand years 

 exception received no unusual care, b id, and in a single year produces 

 were exposed to heat and frost with- 500 oun(ls o f o ji. The tree is 



the resence o . . , 



the head of Seminary street. Mr. 



the flower-garden and hence received region south of Monterey, and 

 irrigation and cultivation, making a Luia 0bj spo \ la , a ;,,, .-. known as the 

 little stronger growth than the others Tree The 



Th trees have borne quite a number 



of excellent olivea this year, being the Spanish missionaries knew the value 



fifth year from the slip and seed. o { ^ s tree an( j planted it at an early 



iQne of. the trees P. la ^ "^f^g*. date, but Americans know little of it 

 in six inches m diameter, lur. uori 



well has no doubt that the cultivation an d the groves of the missions have 

 of the olive could be made in a few' been neg iected until they are value- 

 t'llY JSS^SpSKS S*i 1- tave been destroyed. La, 

 There i< f no waste in working up the terly more attention has been paid 

 olives. They make a delightful table to tueir valuable products and it is 

 article when pickled and in this form bable that ero manv years olive 



rl'f "m \SW^ W lStaS S culture and oil manufacture will be 

 Ithe article for table use. The pulp is ^ong the leading industries of the 

 heated by steam and a lubricating oil ^ coast From the reports 



UUl.ll !>- *i*Bfcw *- x _ 



pound, when used as hog-teed, 

 any other sji'^tanco kno"' i 



Oliv^Dulture ia \n]>n. 



It ha/oei 



xt no.* been^retty well demonstrat- _- 

 ed that all fruits, flowers and trees ,'" 



profitable business the farmer could 

 engage in. At a late meeting of the 

 State Horticultural Society it was 

 stated that an olive farm yielded 

 Mr. Ellwood 



will prosper in this county. Happen- 

 ing up at Napa Soda Springs yester- 

 day we found the practical florist 

 and gardener of the place, Mr. Law- 

 rence O'Toole, busily occupied iu set- 

 ting out and transplanting a large lot 

 of olive trees that have come from the 

 now famous olive ranch of Col. W. W 

 Hollister near Santa Barbara. These 

 trees are three years old, trimmed 

 to about eight feet high, and 

 i igorouii, healthy and attractive 

 ly fresh in both bark and leaf. This 

 experiment of an olive orchard in this 

 county will bn wVitohBd here with a 

 great deal of interest ;*r besides be- 

 ing a beautiful tree torfohade and o- 

 nament the olive is a vy profitab 

 production as an artiola^f commerce. 





Cooper of Santa Barbara issued a 

 pamphlet in which he stated that in an 

 orchard of four years growth he had 

 inhered over two "allons of berries 

 tror trees. In 1880, the trees 



then ug eight years old, some of 

 1 5 and fullest trees bore forty 

 gallons of olives. One hundred trees 

 per acre at such rates would pro 

 "'uce 40,000 gallons, and five gallon.' 

 olives will produce one gallon oi 

 oil, and one gallon of oil will mat 

 tivo bottles which usually sell < 

 SI. 25 per bottle. This of course ; 

 an enormous result, and a fourth o 

 it would be a great profit. The fig 

 ure? of Mr. Cooper are very favot 

 able, and should be so enoouragiu; 

 t i .rmers as to induce .the genera 

 Anting of olive tree 



The Los 'Ancles Henti : 

 publishes a letter from Frank a./i^ _ 

 of National City, on olive culture. As 

 Mr. KimbaH has been very successful in 

 the cultivation of the olive. ex- 



perience may be of benefit S^KKrs. we 

 reproduce the letter in full. Ho writes : 



KmTOB HBKAI.U: In your auswer to 

 the questions of your FnM.o correspond- 

 entissue of October 20th 1 note seve 

 ral things which do not cot-respond witl 

 my experience, ana as experience is an ex- 

 cellent schoolmaster. I may be able to cor- 

 rect some impressions which your article 

 may leave on the minds of persons wish 

 1 ing to investigate the olive question. 

 have never seen the olive injured by 

 in the slighter : legree; nor have I seen 

 t>..- vnderest tt protected by cornstalks 

 or any .other ceriai, I nave not suc- 

 ceeded with cuttings tw.> and a half feet 

 long in any instance: nor have I had good 

 results from planting cuttings twentv 

 inches deep. I have had nothing but 

 failure where the earth was filled in loosely 

 around the cutting. I have planted 

 olive cuttings every year since 1870. I 

 began with cuttings three teet long, and 

 finding no signs of growth at the proper 

 time, dug, threw up and sawed about one 

 third of the length from the top end, 

 which h*d become dry, and about the 

 same from the bottom, which had rotted 

 and planted the balance, ail under ground, 

 and got good trees. I have tried all 

 lengths for uttings. from three feet 

 down to ten inches, and would rather have 

 them eight inches long than increased tc 

 twelve inches, but prefer ten inches. For 

 starting in nursery I plant thb cuttings 

 with their tops an iuch or two out of the 

 tops of the ground, and about thirty 

 inches between the rows. % The ea- 

 thrown up iu making the trenches for ir- 

 rigation will cover the tops. For orchard 

 planting make basin about two feet in 

 diameter, and say three inchs deep, witl 

 the cutting in the center, and about Ieve. 

 | with the bof-Jtn of the baaia, covering ttu 

 j top three or four inches w ith earth, and 

 three or four irrigations during the ainn- 

 i m< .T. witu the earth finely pulverized after 

 each irrigation. There is no reason why 

 i at least 9(1 per cent should not grow. Pack 

 the earth very closely by tramping it with 

 the feet while being filled iu around the 

 cuttings, beginning at the bottom and 

 continue tc. the top. I think tkere is dan- 

 s/er in planting cuttings in nursery by 

 i simply making a hole with an iron bar, 

 as theVe is likely to be a vacant sp;i< 

 the bottom of the cutting. I have seen 

 many failures by this practice. I plant 

 with a spade, pressing the earth against 

 the last one in making the opening for the 

 next; by this method the earth is closed 

 closely around the cutting from top to 

 bottom, (.'uttings well planted ami well 

 taken cars of should bear fruit enough the 

 fourtii year to pa}' f'jr cultivation. Many 

 trees will bear the thirl year and I never 

 have seen a well ci.^ *or tree tha*- 

 not b.-.-jr some fruit the f.mrth year. , 



transplanted from nursery at twi 

 old will seldom bear tee follow 

 but should bear well the secoiu- 

 have helped pick eleven gallons " 

 from a four year old tree, which 

 extra pains taken with it. The 

 have picked from -a three year <>M tree, 

 was tin -e gallons. I think there is nc 

 other tree so tenacious of life as the oliye, 

 or which will resp'ond to good cultivation 

 witii so valuable a crop on a given area. 



Fn VNK A. Kr' 

 National. Citv, CaL, Oct. 20. 



