tKK. 





Ijltit ID tbc.se days of e_ 



ion, \vhen quality is u,,,ou caus- 

 ticed to cheapness, it is not always an 

 easy matter to procure the best qual- 

 ity of T'"3an or Lucca oil, as it is 

 generally, out of Tuscany. Italians 

 :) plain greatly of tbe almost im- 

 possibility of obtaining ou the uiar- 

 olive oil unadulterated by cotton- 

 seed oil, of -which latter over 79,000 

 ,r\iiutals, valued at 270,000, were in 

 J885 imported into Italy, and which, s 

 it is stated, is solely employed for ad- . 

 mixture with olive oil.6Yw<;;- nn>i '< 



THE MOST PROPtTABI 



"The ol iyef is 't"he most Ditffifable tre 

 I know of.(y So wrote 11 wood Cooper, 

 of Santa Barbara, not long ago, in an- 

 swer to an inquiry from the editor of the 

 APPEAL. Mr. Cooper has had experience 

 in California with almost every descrip- 

 ion of fruit trees grown in the titate. He 

 las a large orchard of English walnuts, 

 nit lie finds nothing to com pare in profits 

 ivith his fatuous olive orchard, of which 

 he net yK ., lYum oil, has been prob- 

 ibly not less than $800 an acre per an- 

 lurn for a number of years past. 

 o great is the demand for his oil that 

 his season he has been unable to supply 

 ven his old customers the full quantity 

 rdtsred by thei. . And he has this year 

 loubled the ' .vhich was formerly 



3 53 per dozen quarts in the San Fran- 

 laarket. At the present rate, Mr. 

 er's profit must reach the enormous 

 urn of $1,500 an acre, and he has forty 

 : twelve-year-old trees, besides a 

 ierahle acreage of young trees, 

 -he orange, though a very profit- 

 j'ee, can show no example of such 

 splendid returns as, do Mr. Cooper'*. 



ey 



The olive is to be a source of ;jreat 

 to California. It will flourish 

 -tier than in Italy, where about 

 , (00 acres are devoted to the tree, 

 lay ' better," advisedly, becausy in 

 new soil of this state the 

 is fully double the acreage 

 ituiaud in the worn Boil of Italy, 

 uiere is no tree worthy of so much at- 

 tention here. It is pre-eminently adapt- 

 'd to the foothill region, since it thrives 

 in the driest and most rocky soils with- 

 ml irrigation, and in such situations 

 oil of a finer quality than that 

 >ed from olive orchards on rich 

 illavial soil. But both valley and foot- 

 iills are suitable to the olive. It 

 lemands good drainage, and with that 

 supplied will flourish in any description 

 )l soil. Perhaps, if tbe 'design be to 

 nokle .the berries, valley land would give 



financial resuiu than cou: 



in the foothills. In rich oilg the 



is more abundant and the tre,- 



^rows more rapidly, though the quality 



it the fruit is not so good as that from 



-s; in hilly situations. 



In nix years from the time of planting 



rooted cuttings, BO Mr. Cooper has in- 



brmed USj an olive orchard will give a 



paying crop, and there will be a small 



for a year or two before the six 



An orchard increases in bearing 



tapacity until a great age is attained". 



a scarcely a limit to the life of thei 



we. There are specimens belisved to 



a two thousand years old. The root 



system never wholly (He*, and constant- 



p suckers that, in a state of 



' : '-ce the parent stem should 



tne latter decay. An olive orchard, 

 once broi >oaring condition, will 



^ive a constantly increasing revenue dur- 

 ing the life tim of its owner, and re- 

 main a source of revenue for many 

 ^anerations. 



The olive is a much hardier tree than 

 r!i;? orange. It will stand ten or twelve 

 more degrees of cold. It can be planted 

 uiy where in tho .Sacramento valley, or in 

 the foothills up to an elevation of 2,000 

 .eut or more, without the least danger o) 

 injury frotn cold. And the crop in this 

 tal! i be entirely unaffected by 



:rost. 'i... ^ossoms appear about May 

 1st. 



An olive orchard is much easier and 

 nuch cheaper to establish than an orange 

 irchard. Rooted olive cuttings, two 

 years old, can be bought for 35 cents 

 each, or f. v :. outs, while a first-class 

 ora:ige m ,ts at least $1 50. The 

 orange demands irrigation; tbe olive 

 :.; cone. The olivo can be success- 1 

 fully grown o;i ch.-ap land, while the ! 

 orange calis for a deep, rich soil. And 

 either .'or oil or for pickles the olive can 

 '03 counted, upon to pay a larger profit 

 than (he range for many years to come 

 in California. 



Comparatively few Americans realize 

 the great food \a'u? of the olive. It is 

 the value of the true'* products as nutri- 

 ment that make it intrinsically of more 

 th than any other tree known to man. 

 i'here is a fable that illustrates how well 

 'lie ancient Greeks knew this. Athens, 

 is related, was founded by 

 Cecrops, who offered the privilege of 

 .laming the ciiy to that one of the 

 who should bestow the moat valu- 

 able gift upon man. Neptune smote 

 the earth with his trident, and forth 

 sprang the horse But Athena gave the 

 'live tree.and the city was named in her 

 ^nor. As no nation has ever had a 

 ...gher appreciation of tho horse than 

 . "id the ancient Greeks, one may per- 

 i'rom this story the very high esti- 

 mate they placed upon the olive. The 

 consumption of olive oil and pickled 

 ol ; - is certain to enormously increase 

 i America, as fast as those products are 

 ^aced within the reach of the people at 

 reasonable prices. 



An oiive orchard at, the age of ten 

 years should *'i e i d an average of twenty 

 gallons of berries to tre tree. Any 

 quantity of pickled olives can now be 

 sold at 75 cents a gallon in bulk. Wi.h 

 100 trees to the acre, as in Mr. Cooper's 

 orchard, the yield per acre would be 

 Callous, which,.at 75 cents a gallon, 

 would furnish a return of $1,500 per 

 acre. The cost of uicking is not over 10 

 cents a gallon. Even at as low a price an 

 L'5 cents a gallon, the net return would 

 be large. 



The Appfl.u, hopes to see a large acre^ 

 age planted with the olive in Yuba anc 

 autter counties next winter. There are 

 several young olive orchards in Placer 

 county, and one of 50 acres near Wyan- 

 dotte, in Butrt, owned by J. C. Gray, the 

 District Attorney of that county. Mr. 

 ( i ray's orchard, it is Kiid, has cot him 

 about .fo.OOO up to date. In a few ynars 

 it will be north .750,000, lor it will be, 

 paving ten or twenty per cent, on that 

 amount, with a c< if a steadily in- 



creasing revenue an the yi^rs roll on." 





Olives and Ol 



Oil. 



T , 



It isannounoed that an extensive plan- 

 tation of olive trees is to be established 

 hi Snluno county. The growing of olives 

 and the manufacture of oil has already 

 passed beyond the experimental stage. 

 In San Diego and Santa Barbara coun- 

 ties in particular, olives have been 

 grown for several years and at a very 

 handsome profit, while the California 

 olive is so noted for its excellent qualify 

 and freedom from adulterations that re- 

 tuilers in New York buy up all they can 

 of our present product, and one or two 

 have recently made large contracts for 

 several years to come. This makes it 

 more difficult for San Francisco grocers 

 to buy enough for their own trade, 

 hence prices both here and in New 

 York are said to be higher than for the 

 best brands of olive oil. A leading San 

 Francisco dealer when asked ttie reason 

 for this demand and the high prices, re- 1 

 plied, with emphasis : " Because it is 

 known to be pure. Of course it is free 

 from adulteration." We have been 

 sending our wines and fruits to the Kast 

 for a long time. They have gradually 

 made their way against foreign rivals, 

 slowly at first but rapidly of late, until 

 there is no longer any fear that we shall 

 have a surplus which we cannot dispose 

 of. It is se with what olive oil and 

 pickled olives we ship East. Author- 

 ities in such matters declare that both, 

 if sent from here in large quantities, 

 would immediately overcome the most 

 formidable competition of Europe. If 

 our oil is as fine relatively as its ad- 

 mirers claim and the demand for it evi- 

 dences, and our olives also, then there 

 seems to be no reason why our fruit- 

 growers should not pay more attention 

 to this fruit. At any rate it will do our 

 fruit-growers no harm and cost them 

 nothing to look into the matter a little 

 more closely. It might result ver,v 

 profitably for them. S. F. Call. ^ 



THE OLIVE. 



\l\ Authority Culls It Hie 



rr<>nta'> e fvee 



' ^"^Marvsvine Appeal. 



" The olive is the most profitable tree 



I know of." So wrote Eliwood Cooper 



of Santa Barbara not long ago in an- 



swer to an in juiry from the editor of 



tho Appeal. Mr. Cooper has hud expe- 



rience in California with almost Vvery 



-lioiiof fruit trees grown in the 



State. He has a large orchard of Eng- 



lish walnuts, but he finds nothing to 



compare in profits with his famous 



olive or.tlmrd, of whicli the net yield 



Irom oil lias been priibaKy not less 



than $ mi an ncre per annum for a 



, lumber of year; past. So great is tb 



; that II. is season be 



in supply even his old 



Ue full ijuantity ordered by 



UK-MI; and lie has this year doubled 



tin- price, whii'h \v:.s formerly $3 SO per 



lio/tiiKjunrts in Ibe Sun [''rancisco niar- 



nt rule Mr. Cooper's 



mist reach tbe enormous sum of 



' an acre, and lie has loriv ar-res of 



twelve-yen r-uld Ivors, besides a consid- 



erable aereage of, yuunc trees. Kven 



the orange, though a very profitable 



tree, can show p le of such 



spleiid.d returns us do Mr. Cooper'.- 



The olive is to be a source of great 

 wealth to California, It will flourish 

 here better than in Italy, where about* 



'.<-rl to tlv tree.. 



We SUV ' better" mlviseiily, lx-eau.se/fn 

 (lie new -i of ' iie yiela is 



fully d(. ibl. ihr utained in 



Cie WI;IT> -i''il <>f Itttfy. There is no 

 tree worilu Miion here. 



It i< [,p ;i> the loot- 



hill IT ive-i in tbe driest 



uii't - without irri^n- 



imis Rives oil of a 



