;orchardsare worth over $1000 per acre iu be picked hastily when ripe; they must ccrteinamoitnt of protection againsf the 

 Europe, where olivo -trees are liable to lie b pressed within a very short time; ''Hacks of insects and anjmala: ami, 

 frozen at frequent intervals, why should ; ,_ when the tree is planted on I. ...a, where 



they not be worth more here on account t> n not remain long, 1101 travel far ^ should be fo r from the .mo 



of the absolute, immunity of those - . t experiencing damage and loss; w i,k-h enjender most of the 

 priteotfvedutie. in 8 u n rfu S better prices ; a,, if they are to be Dipped to some! fruit trees, it baa not t,, dread .sue! 

 ' - She 



trees against such danger? Do not also 



E^^sz*S5i TJ ~ ;;; id " ,: ^- y ~i mo . t^ie enemies th 0se that ,*aa u 



pZd u r cts d ,^cTwo;fld ab su^r^n^,Te nopoli, 'or because Uere is no wine ^ne, from the Oidium to the Phylloxera, 



oil that pays only 25 per cent on its value cellar "by, the cost of freight, dray- Y hich alone, within the last ' nty 



paysfe^Uo^wnfcV^m^e^han ^' : ^age, short weight added to , ears , h as brought down the French 



double the value of the ordinary wines in the cos.' of picking and delivering, ^ine production from 85,000,0&v, hec- 



France? We will thus see that those prlc- a b aor b a good part of the value of a ;o litres (about 2,000,000,000 gallons) to 



w^h^'t^e a yo'un 2 g oli > ve orchards planted product which sold last year at an aver- >5,000,000 (about 025,000,000 gallons) 



within the" last few years shall have j a g e of $20 per ton, and which is most in ,J which crops slowly and relentlessly 



given ^ e '" 1 fl 1 n me j!; y ur t ( ne ir f dev'elopmen! likel y to sel1 much cheil P er this coming 3n among our California vineyards. 



the y careful n demonstrations I have en- season. During the excessively dry summers 



deavored to make in this work. Q n an equal acreage, and when from , v hich are occasionally seen in parts of 



THE OLIVE. ei S nt to ten J' ears old tne P rouuct of an California, when all the other agricultu 



olive grove will be worth several times ra ] productions are affected and dimin 



that of a vineyard; and under the same 8 hed in consequence,' the olive tree, the 



A Plantation of Olives a Gold Mine on vo i ume the oil will be ten times more sing of the dry soils, where it vegetates 



the Face of the Earth. 



valuable than wine, so that it can be 

 delivered in a more economical manner. 



oest, will continue to be loaded with 

 fruit, just as in the seasons most favor- 



The Profits of Growing the most Valu- 

 able of all Cultivated Trees Adap- 

 tion t our Cl 



While with a four-horse team a farmer ^ble to other cultures, 

 will deliver about 600 gallons of wine The spring frosts, so disastrous gener- 

 per trip, representing a maximum value a n y to valley land vineyards, seem to 

 I of $100, he can, with the same team, have no effect on the olive. The tree is 

 deliver olive oil to the value of over 3 ft en affected and even killed in the best. 



A Mr. Flamant has just issued a work $ 100 o What an economy this repre- 3 ii regions of Europe by excessive cold 

 on olive culture which is highly spoken t gentg _ Jpel | g) which are absolutely unknown in 



of by such of the press as have been fur- Much less cooperage, too, will be re- 3U r parts of California, so that its cul- 

 nished a copy. For the benefit of our q u ; re( j. Whereas, for a hundred-acre ture, which offers great danger there, 

 friends who own land in the hills we v ; ne y ar d, room for 50,000 gallons might an d keeps it from being more developed, 

 give the concluding portion of his work, be calculated upon, 25,000 gallons wil] presents an unquestionable safety in 

 and advise them to purchase the book: be all that can be expected from a simi- Napa valley and such other sections 



In the first place the hill, or mountain j ar acre age of olive trees, and as tin where there is no danger of such ex- 

 lauds, dry and rocky, which appear tc tan k 8 an d cans are mostly used, it will tremes of cold or hot weather, both of 

 be the most propitious for the robusl CQgt ]esg Moreover, oil can be made which the olive tree fears to an equal 

 constitution of the olive tree, can be from November to March, and sold degree. 



bought in California at prices ranging 8 bortly afterward to the merchant, who Finally, while an olive grove planted 

 much below triose necessary for th w ;]] c i ar jfy it himself, so that by spread- with one-year old rooted cuttings pays, 

 culture of other fruit trees or vines. j ng over the time of making it, a maxi- when five or six years old, quite as much 



The cost of planting on such lands mum of gooo or 10,000 gallons of such as a vineyard of the same age, twice as 

 and care of trees during the first years p ac k age s will be sufficient. And all much when from seven to eight years 

 will hardly reach $5 per acre; the pur- tnig can be done and stored in wooden o ld, and increases from year to year its 

 chase of one-year-old rooted cuttings buildings of very moderate size, while a an nual paying bower to $300, $400, $500 

 will not exceed from $10 to $15 per acre, w j ne ce ii ar should be built with stones per acre, and upwards, until, when 

 and an annual care will be less than $5 or bricks, or be exposed to the danger of about twelve to fifteen years old, the 

 per acre until the trees come to bearing, having the wine damaged or spoiled tree reaches its full bearing capacity, on 

 in four or five years after planting the Curing the summer months, if it has not w hat basis shall we calculate then the 

 rooted cutting. been sold before that time. cash value of such an orchard? Were I 



The machinery and appliances for The gathering of the olive crop, too, to mention between $1500, and $2000 

 pickling the olive and for making the j g a very ea8 y a nd cheap work. The p er a cre, many people not fully ac- 

 oil are of extreme simplicity. Both berries that have fallen to the ground q ua ; n ted with this culture would con- 

 operations can be done in a very short , are g rgt picked, then the tree is shaken 8 id er it a gross exageration. If such 

 time and they are so easy that no farmer, an[ j tne branches struck with long poles orc hards are worth over $1000 per acre 

 with ordinary cleanliness and care, can to Ciul8e the fall of the remaining fruit. j n Europe, where olive trees are liable 

 fail in turning out as good a product as The few of them that may be found a to be frozen at frequent intervals, why 

 obtained anywhere else; while this is j little moulded, by a too long contact 8 h uld they not be worth more here on 

 far from being the case in winemaking, w i tn the earth, though good enough to account o f the absolute immunity of 



which requires special knowledge, as ma k e good oil, are generally set apart those trees against such danger? Do not 

 aupll as long and tedious care before the to be used only with the last pressures, a j go protective duties insure us better 



done gradually from Novembi until p i ck i, _ 

 March. By allowing them to dry in mos t fruit trees, which necessitates)- a , ent on it a value in the European 

 the barn, "weeks can elapse before ex- certain number of hands at a given time^, [nar iiet, or the wine that pays 50 cents 

 trading the oil from them, which will an ,[ requires spoeinl cure so us not to per ga ]i O n, which is more than double 

 able a former to attend meantime to 'spoil part oMt, while the fruit found on lne value of the ordinary wines in 

 're pressing work; but, if he so pre- the ground is not marketable, if otp rance ? \v T e will thus see that those 

 f he can do it at once. Moreover, if entirely worthless. prices of $1500 and $2000 per acre in 



e has no oil crusher and press, he can When the oil is made, the residues, c a ijf orrna w h en the young olive orchards 

 hip his olives in sacks or boxes to any or marcs, are, used for fuel, m;iiiurmg,pi. lnte( ] w ithin the last few ( years shall 

 distance at a moderate rate of transpor- or feed for horses and cattle. There is, have given tlie f u n measure of their 

 ion considering the value of the t hus, not a farthing's worth of value in wor th, they will confirm by their de- 

 oduct under a small volume, thus the product .of .the olive tree that is nO| ve i O p men t the careful demonstrations I 

 avoiding the misfortune of becoming turned to some use. l, im , endeavored to make in this work, 



prey of local monopolies. How The bitterness of the fruit of the olive. By a( iding to what precedes the in- 



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different -it is with grapes! They are to o f - l(s bark ant 



1 l.-av 



hy itself creu ib)e longevity of the olive tree and 



