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of white or pink flowers. The flowers are i that Me Knight, by egatinued Mgh tempera- carried on with the East. 
clusters 
small, but there is something exceedingly attractive ngland as many as eight crops in | not-equal to that from Oca 
about them, a ey are succeeded by.clusters of red bg a Ae i hint teas y aken by our many points of excellence, maturin 
erries. But there is a condition concerning the pro- | Californian fruit-growers, who can more easily Eee ing out later), but surpasses the Euro 
duction of these berries which I must not forget to | the same result. ig tree on the estate of Mr. | Apple in aK Indeed, there are some varieties bin 
mention. The sexes are borne on separate plants, | Clarken, in Folsom, Sacramento County,-a few years | more resem urnips in size than R API i 
and therefore it is necessary to have both to ensure | ago, produced four crops of excellent fruit i ja ae és THE Grare.—‘‘ Nowhere else in the 
the fertilisation of the en’, The Kew plant is a | although no care whatever was taken of i the | the Vine vield a more bounteous or c 
pistilliferous or female o is in flower now, but colder countries of Europe it is ee PARA: in thee nowhere is the quality of the fruit surpassed, 
as ther ame eke or male plant near it, it | that it may receive the benefit of the hea of the sun the productio wine, 
will probably produce no is genus includes is. from the earth, The most common varieties | ing the varieties, ignorance o 
e e species chiefly found within | in California are the Old Mission Brow e | facture, “ie u os legislation: has ni 
the tro and som bi ir i hit The former is more prolific, but the | whole b ofitable, busi 
: 3 ing the product of one or | latter yields ca a Figs, with a better flavour. the clouds which encompasse 
more species. Our species is a native of the south of | drie ig is equal in flavour, but ors. not present so | rank as one of the 
Europe. A closely allied species from the same | fine an appearance as thei iga tries of the Pacifc coast. en this is 
region, S. mauritanica, has gos unarmed leaves. he two varieties of the ALONE the Hard-shell | millions of acres in the foot-hills will be covered 
Tamus communis, the Black Bryony of our hedge- | and Paper-shell) are represent y about 40,000 ines, and the products of our vineyards 
rows, belongs to the walghibceriag family, Pens trees. This tree recent wie Peach very closely, and | famous iaioa t the world. 
distinguished from the Smilacineæ by having an | is subject to the curl, Iti is not so hardy as the Peach, | tion of table Gra apes, and th 
inferior seed- vessel, PE eing mare sanis injured by frost, but i is a favourite | will be more profitable than the making of 
wi yo on now to t repe Vines of North | in the market. finest varieties of foreign Grapes grow on our h 
Aniaeica; recently become of more importance, Emai The En lish WALNUT, represented by 25,000 trees, | without irr igation, = and ari haw oni 
the devastations of the Phylloxera in European vine- | is a very profitable nut. ie falis from the trees when | Grapes as cannot be dorè elsewhere o 
yards have such a serious pid ge At present | ripe, and can be left on round several months | The demand for them, both at home pe 
the ‘irginian Creeper is the most familiar North | without danger of loss. tre is extensively cultivated in every _ Á aies. ie larger, and as soon as we 
American Vine in Britain, but its aeie as an orna- | Los Angeles, Sonoma, Santa Barbara, Sacramento, | to do ming valley of the Missis 
mental plant are well known and bs J gh yaoi The | and Solano counties. even the ee cate States, will be supplied 
Tee I shall mention below are not all to be found THE OLIV onthe constant of Olive oil on | gardens,” 
pest hs gag Les hes h fe rare bat stn : the this coast pe very greata aa ch SO ieie the Olives The as aieo in Los Angeles Mais | 
ey SU V. cordiolia for ance. sed in Angeles wi ar e sufficient to su arger than t revious | 
Vv. Labrusca, eestivalis, cordifolia, and vulpina are the T demand for = any years to com Olives i ie latest vineyards in pien, County 
chief species rhich the American cul ivate ever been pil cultivated hong for the reason | John Miller, located on the celebrated F 
Grapes are dow ended. Ina wild state their fruit is that there is no home market for the crude oil; but | belt, which extends from the American Riy 3} 
small pia t well-Aavoured, but by ynny inter- | there is nowa sufficient quantity grown to manufaçture | a short distance of the Cosumnes, ond p 
crossin canta ed species some excellent | the oil for the local market. Speaking upon this | and west fully ro miles. Mr. 
sag ave been obtained, : er yi in quality subject, the Los Angeles Herald says :— aom geer County, has 30 acres of land, on 
to the best ot n is of the “t The same process by whic a Carreras, of the | which are 19,000 Grape hoea ranging sated se 0 
first importance in America, because the European | Los Angeles Petroleum Refining Company, reduces | twelve joir of age. The v "a this 
varieties will not flourish in some distri ricts. In Europe, | the heaviest crude oil to a aeia illumining fluid, | been apne keq by two noe en Dk a green wi qet 
mn their cultivation in the infected districts is bein at a cost of 2 cents per gallon, and within twenty | Tobac m), and t Eun dark on the b; 
an , as they are said to be able, from the nature of | minutes’ time, will also refine Ọlive oil, and make it | with puto | lines, called the Columbia 
eir roots, to defy the Phylloxera ; “if so they may | equal to the es article manufactured in Europe. | has a horn about one-fourth or one-half of aa 
also of service as stocks upon n which to graft res This is an important discovery to the people of this | long on the posterior part of the back. : In 
preme e European varieties. valley. The i a iaa of the Olive is very profitable | plantations they were destroyed by an 
Unfortunately none of them appear to ee Lath where there is a demand for the crude oil; and the | the horn and gabe emo on the grow, 
or to fl ier, than our own sorts, a ons a fact that we can, through Mr. Carreras’ method, making it easy to find 
uently are no bette adapted for our eo produce an article mene to that imported from making of laine is 5 destin ed to becom 
Americans ha given various names to m wild Europe, for less money, will give an impetus to Olive ae mE important objects of horticulture. 
Vv. Le sonara sa 4 colour, or, culture not anticip eer, afew months ago, The fruit | of pounds are annually e Oras by the peop 
cultivated d = orthern Fox Grap , to which the ay be succ pai eh in ape any part of the | United States, and it fen be long b 
e n Isabella, Catawba, ‘Concord, = » | vall s discovery developes another important | mo we a nding abroad for this article 
e te. i Powa maty Sout = Fox Grape, dustry, which will enable us to retain at. home many | kept at home, and poured oe the pocket of C 
ae in: V. oles wate fol ees ocuppernong owes | thousands of dollars now a road ; to export an | fruit-growers fa d Muscat 
a H N, ola, Frost Grape, which has | article of commerce instea of importing it, and will | been thoroughly ar ed, and pr uce a Grape 
g 4 a t prions ginian Seedling, and. also enhance the value of real estate rofitably be made into raisins excell 0 
merous oti i colour | The San Union revailing | none in the world. The ease and rapidity wit 
of their berries from = ai ox : —— oe impressio me hh = oe will ia “re cat they can be produced is a great inducement 
; respectin ay —_— this being the ordinary time of bearing | family to engage in their culture. One does 
the et The gs as for dierent pats of the | in ‘ rtions of the world with most of the | with the Orange, have to invest large sums, 
roughly ripen No erly m Virginia, pet Pes g et jx vaolaties areari 3 but i California, with the | a long term of years for a return, In three ye 
oft Kai No Te Will. scaganis Sram ime tha- lowes Sous i varieties here planted, the case is different. Hollister’s | planting the cutting, or two years after se 
Carobni amd mea i tha. lestelic ce Pe ba | cxtensive orchard, 4 miles back from the coast at | rooted Vine, a atre crop can be counted on 
. , paw Santa Barbara, wasin bearing three years after plant- | tainty, and as the years go on it increases. 
eties of this last, which were originally brought The Kimball B i 
from the upper regions of South Carolina, do cot | PS e Kimball Brothers also have Sweupesnoid rapid communication with the vast minmg 
flourish in the low country, and will scarcely live i trees full of fruit, on their lands at Nation al City, upon yk ing bet e and the Missouri River, 
D Coa v Gile a ab the Bay of San Diego. iggins’ lace is farther off agricultural dist sA the West, t 
: aiid ghee: a oonan fase ance from the coast, being about 8 miles inland, where the ing as uctio 
a A adian yen S A Y | air is less saline, and the winds from the ocean very Miis of aba Vines are we profitable i 
Salers. it Y, b iS, | much eann ated . t ik - these places the trees are | much as 500 dols. nett 
ree not planted in the valley-lan t on the mesa or | much as 2000 dols, 
ey oc Ace gaum a more cplindri ape | table-land. $ e Mission o = San Diego, the old ney 33, ogo lb. to the =a m the 
ta show that our Grapes are actually EE of | ees planted by the missionaries, a hyndred years | yield equal to 2400 dols., at an 
vulpina and I f nf Ghak. he ago, are in valley lan, and they probably never were ben oo dols. The i 
: Ao ee 3 heir present flou ourishing condition, afte andria, the Black Malvasia, the Gol 
t 
the Vines wever. tio 
One of those hazardous theories What cae =e wero years of neglect, re the vigorous growth and | the Rose of Peru, the Black Hamburg, and the 
Proved, because we really know so litle E gw healthy appearance of the trees at the Hollister, Hamburg, in places near San hing 
natural variati 
sug h ane on and dispersion of form comes | Barbara d rth exican boundary, all alag the in California is 80 
coast, and for at least 10 miles back, o Thirteen pounds 
nd in valley, are gime amm a gallon of wine is 
to the growth of the Olive,” re. There are many vineyards of 
ea varieties of Pears most | Vines each in the 
rn Seedling, Beurré | Grape region of California are 
t White Doyenné, Seckel, Winter | and Napa of the yineyards 
eurré mature in the and m the 
ne in: he other | is useless for other productions 
The Bartlett Pear, for size 2 d richness NS AND ORANGES. —The Cali 
in high estimation | is not equal to the Malaga 
Pear trees in Santa Clara this season kiied. and delice in juice. From 
y TAGA y pests ie the shape of | until June there were received at 
j a7 some Los Angel ,140 Oranges 
Saaka OMR ai at they can hardly | and 2 93, as . P 
the hi 
9 $ TE EI Q. s ie nearly bare We cannot better conclude ‘nai l 
of 
= they appear n grenier ggoting Hi Hittel, in writing of the fra of 
numbers, and i rater damage, wi neers: 
pa J oo  * Asa fruit-growing State, ages 
jä weer, = et and un- ca this ha ese asins 
well as of , gro egula 
apriete exhibitions the display of this yiia ween : ae Ne ap ae 
bE ; matched by any other display in the New or Old | a variety of fru rod 
orlds, A large export trade A Apples and Pears is | S. F. Call, in me Cali, ah lbh re 
ims are several em bo se of the APPLE, as 
the Pear, grown in the Sta c 
