-*an Blo^ 



grower of National City, San 



writes as follows: In your u young " 



questions of your Fresno e^rrrepondsut in!"' ^ e tl)C ^sf; Are they planted thei 



the issue of October 20th I note several * ame aspcacu and other fruit trees and how 



things which do not correspond with my long be r orc they will bear? 



experience, aud as experience is an excel- olive trees will grow in sandy so: 



lent schoolmaster, I may be able to correct land or gravelly loam or cla 'T.wamoMS 



Frank A. Kimball Relates 

 perience-A Good Shov^ 



-.. .- the slightest degree, nor have I 

 seen the tends rest tiee protected by corn 

 stalks or any other material. I have not 

 succeeded with cuttings two and a half feet 

 long in any instance, nor have I had good 

 results from planting cuttings twenty inches 

 deep. 



I have had nothing but failure where the 

 earth was filled in loosely around the cut-) 

 ting. I hjl> planted olive cuttings every 

 year sinceTB70. I began' with cuttings 

 three feet long, and finding no signs, oi 

 growth at the proper time, dug, thr^ ,p 

 and sawed about one-third of the IF. h 

 from the top end, which tad become ury, 

 and about the same from the bottom, which 

 had rotted, and planted the balance all un- 

 derground and got good trees. 



I have tribd.**1engths for cuttings, from 

 three fe.-t down to ten,^nches, and would 

 rather have them eigprf incfies long than in- 

 creased to twerva'TncheB, *oit prefer ten 

 inohi f i // 



For starting in nursery. I plant the cut-; 

 tings with" their tops aifin^h or two out of 

 the ground and about thirty inches between 

 the rows. The earth thrown up in making) 

 the trenches for irrigation will cover the 

 tops. \ 



For orchard "plantin^aake a basin about 

 two feet iu diameter ana say three inches 

 deep, with the cuttiugin the center and 

 about le*il with the^TotTtom of the basin, 

 coveringVhe top three or'tour inches \v ; th 

 earth anil give threu or four irrigations dur- 

 ing the sunnier, with "Hie earth finely pul-j 

 verized aft* each irrigation. There in no 

 reason wbylat least 90 per cut should n< ' 

 grow 



o e is ,nore ha^y ,than ^ 



fJ^hcasS the tree should K 

 by cornstalks, which permit a ci, 





e Vrst year onl 



les, out uiu-j tiiu m<j<- ~.- --j r- ," . 

 mittines about two and ahalt ieet in le.-c,- 

 These are set in the earth iu a hole made '>y 

 a sharp iron bar to a depth of about 'went* 

 inches Alter the cutting is piaceu iii 

 hole trie latter should be tilled with water.- 

 which fits the earth completely around the 

 foot of the cutting. The hole i* then to be 

 ruled uu loosely and MJjOund of earth pi led 

 up loosely around the cutting nearly to the 

 top and kept there the firaUyear. It some- 

 times happens that the cuttings will no 

 grow the Hrst year at all, but wul s arl lout 

 the second year quite vigorously. The tree 

 needs but little moisture where there are 

 copious winter rains. In dry climates about 

 four times a year would be often enough to 

 irrigate the olive plant. The trees do not 

 bear transportation very well aud many < t 

 them die in consequence of removal; but 

 the cutting is hardy and is not troubled by 





LUIlueJuraii iivw i" 



any other material. I have 



gophers. 



it trees are planted they wiU need several 

 Irrigations during the first summer. They , 

 are planted like other trees. But their roots 

 tee extremely sensitive aud need special 

 care waile being transplanted from the nur- 

 sery to the orchard. The tree bears usually 

 in from live to seven years after planting 

 from the cutting and in from four to six | 

 years from planted trees. In regard to tno, 

 cost of trees the latter will be referred to 

 nurserymen to respond. The Herald is not 

 favorlnu any particular dealer, but during 

 the winter will contain the advertisements 

 of the leading nurserymen who have trees 

 and nuttings for sale. If the cuttings are' 

 large the top should be protected by a coat-; 

 iniroi'wax or clay to prevent being dried 

 out by the sunshine. The tree will bear for 

 2000 years or more and the fruit is very 



Mirror: 111" " " r <' ni; 

 Kinaldo's olive trees exhibit 





since 1870. 

 Tlirpo foot lolli!, ana mining " "n 



^S th ISSoffeE 



iHStfSr ESS 



which had rotted and planted the balances 

 all under ground, and got good tiees. 

 h ve triedall lengths for cuttings tarn 

 three feet down to ten inches, and won II 

 rather have them eight inches long than 

 increased to twelve inches, but preter ten 

 i,,,.hos. For starting in nursery I plant 

 the cuttings with their tops an inch or tw o 

 out of the top of tno ground, and about 

 thirty inches between the rows, 

 earth thrown up in making the trenches 

 for irrigation will cover the tops 

 orchard planting make a basin about two 

 fe"t in diameter, and .say three inches 

 deep, with the cutting m *.cenler,a 

 about level with the bottom of the basin 

 covering the top three or four inches with 

 'tl arid three or four irrigations during 

 '-. "' - t i. !, north tinplv mil- 



th 



P.* the iarth very closely by tom^^**rf*^rt^ i w& * 

 it with the i^et while being filled iu around negs . 



ooutiuue to 



I think thtir 



tings in nursery by simply mating a noin ., name in me t*> e 



with an iron bar, as there is likely to be a ,;maldo what attention am c "^ 

 vacant space at the bottom of the cutting. O live trees. ' 'What .do ,> ou _vlc 

 I have seen many failures by this practice.; rep l y was: "All : 



I plant wilih a spade, pressing the earth i;,r<, ,,tl 

 againstAhe last one in making the openi 

 for the next. By this method th earth 

 closed :losely around tha cutting from 



to bottdn. m* 



Cuttfcgs well planted and well tiken car 



of should bear fruit enough the fourth ye- 



to pay '.for cultivation. Many trees w 



lirar the third year, and I have never seen 



a well cared for tree that did not bear some 



the'summe'r, with the earth 

 i verized after each irrigation. * 

 t reason whv at least 90 per cent, shou d not 

 the earth very closely i>v 



i.- 1 , i 1 r. Via t no* tl . . 



... the 



think 



II U.< ' 1 JH |^itvin*"& " rn' 



simply making a hole with an 

 iron bar, as there is likely to be a vacant 

 space, pressing the eartb against the las 



raiisp- anted from nursery at two years 



llc *"-l . _ .1 4^.1) Avirtnrv *'rtd r 



fruit the loath year. 

 >ts traisplauted 

 old wil seldom bear the 



u . 



Trees traisplauted from nursery at twu 



fol 



_______ 



bnt elnnld bear well the 



llowing 

 second 



year, 

 year. 



I have hekgd pick eleven gallons ol 

 fruit from a far-year-old tree, which had 

 no extra -painbtaken with it. The most I 



three gallons, 



I think there is no other tree so 

 Unacious of life as the olive, or which will 

 respond to good cultivation with so valuable 

 a crop on a given area. Los '-'- 1 



i showed _ 

 ilevicc for pricking 

 wlliell 



sjxviny -- 

 whereby each olive wa 

 f-naratelv. 



L JIVQ."&; ' - oitl Wl: 



ndred gallons a day. , )llt >L 



meu and tiv:-s are 

 America. So now. 

 arc in "'I'' 



^ 



;ed 



tree 

 ; li!y n-iturali/.i'il, ;t- 



\'vr,iit, tl) (lo ill 





Olive 

 St. f-iP 



Tiie e> 



successfully cultivated ori 

 sland, Ga., and oil made; 

 -is been prot, innced by 

 i.i''vs not inferior to thei 

 ^ns of France or Spain. 

 fenl in olive trees lias 

 ^.. . ' iy made, and trees have 

 yielded regular crops since 1835. The 1 

 oil crop from these islands is annually 

 sold at from six dollars to eight dol- 

 lars per gallon. 



This is an i.nJustry that can be fol- 1 

 lowed with [ "it in California, all 

 that is lacking . the mills to reduce 

 the fruit to oil. 



i'ell the second year. 



; OKI tedious process, J^'g " nol I)G(I , p i c -k elcve,. gallons o 

 handled and sliced fruit from a four-year-o Id tree, ; whi c h .1 ad 

 no extra pains taken with it. Ihe most l 

 have picked from a three-year-ohl tree, 

 V, three gallons. I think there is no. 

 other tree so tenacious of life as the olive, 

 or which will respond to good cultivation 

 vith so valuable a crop on a given area. 



FRANK A. KIMBALL. 

 Nati,,nal City, California, October i^ 



THE OLIVE BOOM. 



>r the last few weeks no little competition 

 b.een goini! ou between large buyers of 



.met and several local proprietors who have 

 uilvo trees available have been besieged by 



i . . -pjim-jpaia O future olive 



after load of tlie beautiful green 

 lassed through town, soino to 

 shipped away, others to con- 

 be rooteti 'and thence trans- 

 it, coring places. The Santa 

 ^ D by the/ olive branches intended 

 for that place, -wUt be a great prodacing; 

 country for fruit and oil in years to come, and 



',,. .. o-.n lil-c lii the elaborate preparations being made at Suuol, 

 jcasionaly aelhnjj.lf0] !gau< ww u . Alamida county, acd the thousands of witlings 

 .,..,,,,, it, (loi^ in i : -ui'ii' i ; , ,''''.'"'>' ''" beinp sfippad tbere would indicate that much 



may * expected of that place when time 

 .fruition. The main source pf supply of 

 .lie-. iufinge is several ol^l places about town 



Ht:\t(v. and the. nun. 



,. . "is southing marvelous as xJ 



,, customary to place a small plate 

 pickled olives beside each person 

 ['dinner. Being C.ali!ormaft, they 

 ! asai.iat.t<-rof,'.-Hrs,', twice the ^ 

 Inary si/.c, aftd very juicy aijdjresh HI 

 fl. iv \,r "Ti.c .'live crop Is v, TV 

 pemuuerltive, th- ft-uit of on t,,,. 



sionaly selling for 

 orange, it. <!< :;v ' 



to fouili' lime 



; te t l u .ii. wliolc cur.- to aim 

 growing; one ^-ntlfniMu at 

 , ISiirlKti-a, cultivutv ,;53,00 



almoni 



iuc - UVHU14B 10 bcvciiu o places about town 

 jiJ near here. The prices range from eight 

 !ve dollars per thousand, with a lively de- 

 a-. mirL Mantel llti ;7iai'a Tnilanfntle.nf. 



