42 Fruit Fanning for Profit in California. 



EL TOEO. 



A L-^nd of Beauty and Great ProdactiTeness - The D wiorht Whiting 

 Eanche- — One of the Finest Ranches in Southern California — 

 A Large and Flourishing Orchard Grown without Irrigation 

 — A Brief Description of the Los Alisos Valley — Possibilities 

 of this Section as a Fruit Producing Country — A Description 

 of the "\Yhitiug Home Place — Some ( Li Landmarks of the 

 Missionary Fathers — £1 Toro and its Advantages. 



(From Dcdly Blade, of September 8th.) 



A PJDE of twenty minutes, yesterday, over the line 

 of the Sante Fe, brought a representative of the Blade 

 to El Toro, a little village in the centre of Los Alisos 

 valley, one of the most picturesque sections of Southern 

 California, 



Near El Toro. a distance of only 1000 feet from the 

 depot, is the home of 3Ir. D^vight Whiting, and the 

 knight of the quill made a bee-line for that gentleman's 

 residence, knowing that there he would be royally 

 entertained. Fortunate in finding ]\Ir. "Whiting at 

 home, he was soon enjoying his hospitality. 



Mr. "Whiting's Pianche consists of 8500 acres, and 

 comprises almost all kinds of soil, from the rich, alluvial 

 valley to the rocky, barren mountains ; but most of the 

 land owned by Mr. Whiting is susceptible of cultivation, 

 for out of the whole tract but 20U0 acres are in the 

 hills. 



The farmhouse, or bungalow, occupied by the owner 

 of the Eanche, is a one-story frame building, covering a 



