November, if jinx 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
3 
THE FIG ITS CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA 
The fix, flu niL»lny rinri flu citrine ami 
marketing ure receiving tiu IihimbnI rIMv 
till!) ill this s I ,i I < • ri* lilt- you is g,. by 
AllUUlU Itll- l olUllil IT'-lln pr-.-llll • “ th#' 
lni'U'St pail • ir ii» ii- emp nr rolir-ruta. 
Southern ttillfnriihi. nmt Mn<t#Mi. h'ltlcr 
am] Merced ciiiint tr* nm iil*n [ii or#' 1 mi'ii t is 
'•nTitfllrtltnr» to tlio Artbcral lit "idpnt The 
•test crop of lit-# I* i iiii-hiiii ' ll -lilefty In a 
fronli stall'. Tin- HPcnlnl Ik llio chief crop 
nu(l fr<mi llir# middle < f \iisn»t t.i tin- i,n- 
fOr part 111' Ocloln-r till- flu' pit'klny '--iivmi 
is ill fall wing Till- cur.-d llg .lUipill nr 
Cnllfcirnln »bOw- a very tinirnrm yearly In 
cri'iiK#. as will !>i« -<-#-ti lii llm Hi-m t tilde 
with this nrtlclc. 
Prices, which an' <nii‘#i'l('iei1 r.-ilrlv -.it' - 
factory, ruled till- »en “nil about the - lie- 
ns last. The Hit ' iiiji llils year r<-i tin en 
tip- stale Is estlinaleil at lino UMnii ■ ars. 
nr which San ,1iiii#|iiiit iiillcy furnishes 
"lore to 200. fNdiirtilernhle difficulty was 
experienced In 1 he I ..rh part .1 the rtij r> nt 
w:iih»u in him n rln i# siillieient help m hm’dlc 
III" Cl'iip, ami. timilub iety liand-nilie rale* 
bad beeii liliirte. purl er , w.-in utnlil# 
make prompt delivery. 
i'AJ.in>«v 1 1 ct'KPit I K) m rci'T, 
]S!i5 2.750.000 
1.SD6 .2. tfiO, 000 
IS97 ri .2-70,000 
ISOS .4.780.000 
18!>9 5.SOO.OOO 
l-KtlN'O (UI'.Ml Hltll.U rms. 
l-'ig culture iln C’nllfnriila, and mere par* 
tlenlavly in Fresno enmity, has m-snined un 
added importance Ibis year through tip# 
Hueeessfnl Introdoclliiti or the liIn*top1m:;n. 
or litr-wasp. Tills Is the llm-et ivhleh nl 
m-iKi iron) prehistoric time* lots tifs-n *u- 
petl'leil upon by Ibe A -iatlc. lina-k and 
some oilier lif Otvlnitdl-ls as the mean* by 
ivhleh tlieir Hi; flower--. wtili’h are lnnria> 
Slide to other insects, were pnllvillKcil thu* 
tnsuring a tig crop. 
In Fresno enmity are many ilg trees 
grown from cull lug* t.iken fn>m lie Mi- 
nions A irtln district, tU“tuii| nl».ut “##veti1,v 
live miles from Smyrna These Inw, 
known In be nt the s;iun Vitrb-ty M» th-i-c 
which prodilee the highly primal imported 
li'.-s nf ('Oiniiiei'en. illlle llVVer lltU t II IT-i t a 
crop until thU year, when ».* a t- suit nt 
the Introduction nt a colony or tilantnplia.-n 
a pnrtlal crop of abnut #*ik ton* of cured 
figs M'MlIteil. In sire, Uovnr and ollin 
i|lUlliUc“ these "c MlllOe • '.illtoroiil Sniyfua 
ltg“" lire 111- 1 cil'liol nt the Iiupnrfiol nrtti'l" 
The euloit.v nf llumi'p- bn* linn-iiM-d 
l<i -it 1 1 1# 1 1\ mill rapidly i lid by tm\t re A i 
llu-re will he i-IUMIBll nl' these Insects II I# 
believed, to •apriiy all nt nmrl.i ill I to- 
ll g* ilia I may form on the Suit ■ mi irw* 
In IT- mo -'011111' thu* In - u r"M i u. u full i n-p 
ni this sitperli variety In the two or# t-.ir-U 
capable ni’ ma tortile trull 
ALMONI'S AMI' WALNUTS 
California Ouluuls Mali-- a Ge-*il Showing but 
the Trade Field In Nol Yet KHIe-t 
l MIFOKMA ll 'lliM'l %M> -lll 'l I VIMII 
Year. 
I Mi'. 
I s:n ; 
Pnnuds. 
13. 420,000 
!l 540,000 
I Kit? . . . 1 2.400. Wo 
lS'.lK 1 2 200.000 
1 809 . .. . ta.KOO.ooo 
1900 Kartltnated , . 1 : r.oii non 
- Ill \V ATM I is < \| If nils’ v. 
W ilimls are ehiwn site# • s-fully In w i#lc 
ly sepnial-'d “ill lour Itl California hilt the 
bulk of the stale’s walnut shipments go 
forward front sonthwn Falifomin. Evi-n 
there the |.k iilltlcs pn- ..-“lac til,- r. rpJMt. 
climatic condition* are tlnill.-d 
The . rnp nf 1*010 l* I’# •purled -hurt #>r 
early i*tlnia|.- rtwltisr tn |». ullsr I'ltluatie 
• "ll.lltlons large ifilnlil'P. .alls im |1. 
V ‘doped la critdlnc I-'rnu. an atitR-lpn'cit 
r.00 car i trip the cslttnate is ru»w 'Iacs u to 
tr,0 ears, nr 100 . a r- short nf |*«t a-. 
The wnltmt CTOJI nf IS 1 .'!) a.-sn jiii -d '#SK 
ettrlonils. 
sLvrosmt# 
A toons I he nrchurd tree vnrttdlm »f Cal- 
Ifitmta ant one tins niii-nl more dlsap- 
pnltilinent than tie- almond. Itciitu*#- of 
11“ . irlt fitns.s.iudas i.at. It and the llahlHtr 
to Ih- nlpjied l.y frost tt ha* t.wt ufteii fall.-d 
tn rmlt In .1 s'ltisfu.'iory niaaurr. Hiea 
to"- bees lire not ... lett.e w to- a Urn 111 
'-'Olid W In tih -sum as taler find civ«s pot 
I# ni Ml inn is nut us ju-rfi-'l u« It other w Is# 
would tie, 
T" show the vnsai Ick of (tie tree It may 
lie h I a t is | l lint the ultimo#! # rnp of Callfnr 
ntn In 1807 was a fair on. tn Ik-.s h was 
nlnmar n failnm. only aturnt forty # art«iad< 
la IM'ft. tin- crop >v»* i g.ss] aMTuse on-. 
mIh.iii 232 cnrlimd*. and ibt#> v.-ur JHOO, it 
I. “till hirgt-r, «»y 240 mrl- .a.l* The heavy 
yiel-I »hU jrnr I. due to a favorable «m. 
“-ill. the Itier.gisi'd ner ##f Irvin and the .>#u»i 
lOB Into tieartntr of many yomic tr## » 
hit rnuiecw eaor. 
Tin- I'umiienn rro). lii'i y.air was 71.7-iHi 
(mo [niniiilK of shelled ilin#'#nd“‘ (his year 
the i mp >va» seriously diimate.l hy frost, 
the oulpnl for Europe Indue •-•rtmntisl at 
net to eie.i-d 2l.tSft.000 jv. Minis t rule- 
this condition an miiie -hot ml t In for 
('nltfnrnli aniwn almonds prior to the liar 
vest The detnan.l tKiaune — uiK»nt from 
all |inr|s nf the Fatted States that prices 
yv.-ni up 50 per cent Whfh- the almond 
•Top •« not I- he disappointing there t.s 
large profit In a good crop 
OLIVES AND OLIVE OIL 
»\ tMirsrRV *nti it rcnuisi s WHL rt>n |>n 
• I Ttw, 
File aae of the old.-'t group of olive tr>s . 
In Cltllfomi# 1“ over ninety .veils. They 
•ire “lv in tinmlmr in.) stand about the San 
Calu n'I Mi'-l-.ri iii-ur f .#>> Angele* I ip . 
Mill bear fruit and are living nmniiiuiMiis 
to the wisdom of the Fraro'.-m n FTlt her' 
The oldest Single olive tree In tin' e.#imtrv 
is tb.'it ui f'npts(mu.i Mission, lira nt - 
■ ottnl.v Us <i#e«l ran., from (Twr.le.-i in 
7OT. 
I'he nitre imtiKd v In the rnlt#-.| si iti - 
Is didin, -tlvelv (.Iinnnl In rallfi.rnla tml 
irntmlw* t.. 1'i'niiih' -#n imtinriaid iirnndi 
• >f Slit#' Ivnrti. nil m i The n||Se !» 
slielv plinted In alt tb>- valtov dto-( I'ter* of 
« '.dlfomln amt d.« . well r»r n.ittti :i« 
SHiista cmnuy and in ft..- f.«,thitJs ., P 
nu elevotrun nf 1 r.nrt ot J.iinn feet. 
■\i fl.l“ s( ig.- i( I- #mr. nit (n ms-'.lrc* Me 
fnlMif of (In' Imtustry. hot (t .|... 1 r,x ,-vi 
•b t l fmni (he work <•> fnr tt<vooifilt»bisl 
Mini (he ollin will be I MU' nf tip. Im p..r«tint 
product* of IDe St.it The pl# kl..j rln. 
olive Is nitwit e«fvi-ii'i'd and v erv gi-iinrntlv. 
whih on I'aUfornti tutih#* tt hna Aliu--“i 
# ntlrely illsplipas] th. jc. i.l.-d gns-n nin,- 
The irwi. olive whan plekhvl hjt» not yet 
di 'etojied (tv -It. the H|“‘ o!|r>' is rr.ulv f. i 
M... press Viitldiitr mmv h./thl fnl -r ie 
light fn| pmdn-KHt than the plikl.d r.|.e 
nllv# and SO f.vr the ti.-ny® market twice* 
q'- - lit .ill ei this prod - I H f.irii.«h. « i 
-•mater pr-nt tr. in,, grower than wh#-o 
pr. - se>1 and !« -if 
'•'be ••nlture nf i ; ... ..p,-.. , ... „ .... 
rv*n In It* ti 
mit*-#l ipiantity . 1 
• ultlruUrHi »- 
f the tote fur I 
■sitisn’iipthm 
mvtl tin nil f 
►.nM' ,f t - p. 
!*• In. mused .(,-- 
RAISIN CROP 
EigMecB c 
dlietlfiu of n 
>r }*nrn 
fliP IXlllllUF 
ill tfirr. a u 
teeB or «r. .- 
yas prs, IS. ally ,, 
litreil _»• ir» ago 
Unit th## 
pr/iduct 
- Ttntn 
as they wtfr 
t>4»eln* the 
>g° M’o- 
lel jinri*,*. ~ 
trw* llmt i'*r- 
'"(H ratsill* vrss seen in »’hl 
years ag>> r.iltrmrbtA rsixins, 
rl«^ii)<.r and ts-tter wore dta- 
rvign product !k#r*n years 
ago the t nltfnmin r-.ilstn was tn .indlsputc! 
• ontrul #.f the Vn-erhan nurk- i ntnt In still 
hiti r y«utr» F«lu#«mla r»i*ins hnve I *•.>(, <■* 
(..►rtrsl tn Enropi-nn eownirieK l« .juBiitlry, 
iVKh ti.#- tntrtMlneiion t#f the i r-tiain 
(lie pni n-'.il ( .pturc nf i|u> h.-.t . . nsvinttttg 
a-!irlt*-t- of (lie world wuttld ..#on p. te- 
iHvnml. 
V»'#r. 
I1M 
180? 
IM 
189V 
aviKts r.si-Rs. 
Found*. 
..... . M.2S0.«tK) 
.03 704,900 
S0.83l.0tm 
71.ifiS.oiiu 
■ if th*- FaJlf.iniln crop -.f nd*1ti< for 19'U) 
it Qlliy le Mlol flu«( It |ltHTUi—» fn t». *..|p#^ 
wtutt larger than the crop nf In -t year 
thiMigti ln*t bow m»rb larg# . cantw.t i M . 
»4ntiHl ilefliU'cly. With the tnierrni#ttnn of 
lull one «t#wm the wiuittur .Ptring th** > nr 
lug Mi> ,,-j « ; is alrttsisf perfts’l Aa i re*n|t 
the t.ulk of the ftr*t ep.p I , * i tm.#d nut 
standard an*le a##.| high gr*.).. p tt. if 
CURED PRUNE OUTPUT. 
Ad Aonuatly tn.rtasiBf V#*ld Chatailrrin-s 
th* Stats Crop 
not ae orreri or • vtxrosvrv 
Ycnr Found 
tsss ma'ini non 
im . . S7.7SD ddrt 
189K !HV | JO (K)(t 
1»9V .. .114 2J7 Otht 
toon ( Fsfini.ii.il i lis.ttim.mt# 
The Fallf-mln ci#*l# -'f prun#-* f..r 1»ftA 
I* very large, estimated at t>",iWa,'K|0 
iHiiinds of what is seuu'WtUli Jtrhitrsrlly 
■ htssrd n* N#> t meei'lutnfnhle |#rmi. s u» 
fruit Kflialter titan IJf t## the p.ount twins 
f ml (idl'd Sit ill »U#'S pfsslomlnate vnd 
lar«e rises rsitritnutxl a wn sntwtsntlal 
Ptvinluin. 
I lie drpr#' sMr.L it prvsi'Uf in the 
prune Industry I* not -'nnrtiJ'il f<* F»ttfor- 
KW ##r t«» mil “Ttsl# *.< i Ion ; U is «l.-rid 
vt )>!* \dy)H*s rvs-eiieit from H#.«tua “late 
that “large s'ses urn alut'ulant. iwlewa tow 
Mild the Suirkel .lull Hoyt*!* nre resj-rvisl 
ill .'I>«c<|lien.v nf th#’ lain#' ' rui* > ri-ps hi 
r tcumt-e amt the 
m b mid v Btiwi-w tt 
ton.” dw Fti-n. fl mtYv-nefldMtf 
. fnlrlv vl-vr IrtlAin. 
Alt w.-»lern conn tr* 
. heap » '/ter* of Hie 
.... 
t-.-ni . 
VV 1- 
K> rid* 
pnitud 
tint at b# 
..#• 
-uN# 
ISO t< 
there 
,*Ul 111 
Price*! In fall 
vA^fT?«!Ft r» 
• rts^hnt ''im * 
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nr ttTi 
If N 
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, •N*r 
k»*f 
A Ltmtk Ut ldit' 
ROSELLE FRUIT 
Progress liroy* NofWfiss, 
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