56 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
November, 1900. 
Fair Oaks. 
FAIR OAKS. 
Ou our front hut (met* 1 * a ' of 
some of He mngnfflecnt 1 Kilt tree* Hint arc 
responsible fur the Bilim given the fruit 
district on the ADlcrlonn river In rnllfoi 
ala know n a* Fair iwk* otic of tin limit 
beautiful *pot« mi 1 lie fnee of till* Itrotul 
earth. 
six year* ago Inuit* of sheep roamed 
among there loprilt tree- anil oVfr the l’oll 
Int knoll* ol tin obi Sail limn granl A 
fen .vo :ii' prerlnn*l' n number nt enter 
prising a ml confident fniH iww»r* hml 
vet out Severn 1 hundred ;o re- of Inml .1 1 1 v 1 
emit of rlii 1 Sun Jniin grant In ..rmiuv-i .iiul 
enlle.l the district tlfflllgcvale Many tv lie 
one* shook ihelr heaili unit prnph- 
\V It hunt in nny way depreciating Snuth- 
ern O'lllfortiln, II Ik safe to any Unit when 
compared with the great control portion 
of the state, Ha a it 1 notions, resources anil 
ju.ssihllliJ." are lint of the superior order 
iv hi oh they ha" been supposed to be. 
fill- conipnrUnu i* Hint of :i viral, arid, 
iitni- tirirah plain. parts of whii-b hove 
been reoln lined by Irrigation. with a vast 
fertile park, verditnt throughout uuder 
llitlitrul liiln-falls S11 ruorilum* uliioiiiit 
of Kmrtrrii . .ipltnl niol Inlliian energy 
have redeemed pnrH.m* of (lie southern 
d'-sert 11 ml iinule llicin •••*.•! lil 1 f >Jl. but the 
moment you step nut of I lie In'tKilUhl re- 
gion you nr*- In desert siirroiiniliut'a again. 
The eeiitnil part of • ill* sliilo, Hollered 
(ty the Sjioriiiuctit". Sail .loinjtilu and 
American rivers mill b.v timely nilu fall*, 
appear* like a garden of Eden. 
The orange ripens here weeks curlier 
tbaft in Southern California. 
.Seventy five per eent of the deciduous 
fruits of the state are grown within n 
radius of nfty miles from Snernniento 
City. 
It eooWln* the noted Flame I'okny dlx- 
Hh*t. 
11 (ms the second largest vineyard In 
the world 
It Ini - the largest thoroughbred breed- 
ing In nil III the world. 
It Ini. He largest gold dredge in the 
world 
A fa 11 urr of crops In this district has 
never been recorded. 
II has 111. 'Iinhtrokes sunn or hli/./avda. 
Ii has 1111 average ram full of twenty 
Inches. 
esioil failure. Inn (he orange 1 roes 
kept on growing mill ill Ihe time 
of which we speak were hearing 
their llrsl good props of I'rilll 
Then the owners of tin Sun Juan 
grant were Induced to allow a 
portion of Ihelr laud to tie offered 
for Hide. A fine pipe line lias pul 
In for Irrigating purpose* and In 
11 very short lime nearly 2.000 
acres of land were sold A good 
portion of this wa» sel mil in or- 
ange* and olive tree*, and it* llvo- 
.voii r-old orange orchard* me flits 
year well laden with fruit. 
I ah link- lands in (heir iialtltnl 
-tale resemble a vast rolling Kng- 
lish park. The wonderful green- 
sward, covered with Heilttered 
group- of giant oak*, and gay with 
million* of wild tloivrrx, prereut* 
an nppoaniiiee thin fascinates 
WIT l"ver of nature, mol makes 
him feel Hint It Is ,, veritable para- B 
disc f"l' a rural home: w hile Its oul ij 
1 1 voted wet Ion*, covered with hlo* 
soming orehorila. tell „f com- I 
tort. Plenty and wealth Ii I* | Mf 
situated nu the Ainerleiui river, * -- - ' 
and I* one of the moat plettir- 
esipie regions In the world. Its fertile 
orange knolls command magnificent views 
"I vast orchards and vineyard* mid dis- 
tant snow-capped nmmitnlni. 
r.ASIl.T lir.ACHtD 
I air Onka Is a thriving comm unity with 
a prosperous ehureh, mi academy, n pnb 
lie school and a hotel, it i* slumleil only 
ronrteen ml lea from Sacra imintn. and a 
mile and a half from n railroad atatlim. 
All elerlrlc nillnnj 1 * Noon lo eontlei I ll 
directly with Kncrnuiento, rhi* electric 
road will carry both freight and pnasen- 
gera. 
'tHK heart ov Ca i.i roiis i*. 
*j* ,r Oaks is situated In the Heart or 
< allfornln. And what do you know about 
the Heart, of California--' If you Ure In 
F ' a,lt ' >'•»' >*«?•* proha hly heard and 
'".d very little alkmi t|,| M great fruit ,c 
floir Your attention ha* berm 
wholly (o Southern t .dlfornla. and von 
fruits iT'v «>ni,e 
1 1. ooU i' Br “ there, that 
the only place for w |nt, , residence I* 
II 1 1 ,IU|J ,,ml 'he oilier pail* „f the 
state. e*oepOng the Yosomlt. J 
ratjelsco, ure hardly worth vL-vltlng. 
a ittTvrir of NKVArut.r.o phAsico oi.ives. 
I'he n Ito v • picture was rniwle of fruit grown In California, 
Ih 1 l onm"'. O 7 "" '' M vurl0, “'’ Cb '' ' r, '“ 110 " 0 ' produce moeh 
fruit, imnally, until ten or twelve years old. r,«.,| olive, bnvt also been produce. I In Florida. 
1 he lunds of Southern (.‘allfornln have 
heen sold by the most skilful and eontlnu- 
oii*. advertising Ihroiighoiil the Kail. The 
hind* of Ho- Heart of I Tilil’ornln lime 
new. been ndvei t j*c| to any great extent 
in the East fur Iwn reusnns; First, he- 
cmiae they were held by people who were 
niiiklug tort nu,-, from them, and did not 
■ arc to dispose of thorn; .rod sceomlly, l„. 
emise they were bo vnluahlo that If any 
"/ them ■ hailed to ...me Into the mm 
kci. they were at trtioe I, ought up t.y local 
parlies. For years It has been almost i„, 
posslbl.- I,, buy fmm the owners Hie em.r- 
""""I’ prod iiell ve fruit land* which lie 
■ u tie vicinity of Sairminmin: mcl (horn 
lm* heel. Ill ill! chance for development 
companies to operate in this part of the 
state. 
SOMK V M "la CONCNUNUfa 
wniNTr. 
( H I* the heart Of I'alli’ornla's early fruit 
It is ilm home of all ellm* mid decidu- 
ous fruits. 
HtCUUIIMi, 
Ihe cltiunte nvorageg nhoUt the simn 
teinperiiture a* thnt of i.o* AngeleH. 
ft In me ideal winter resort. 
-mwi r m f k 4001 t r.wn oaiim. 
i air tmk* Is now lm . y,, Ilr s old ll l> 
•m one ni the . hnlcu old rnni'hi'H wldd 
nu- held i.,r imitn .vo urs hj- Ha owm-.* 
" ho were il"„ K. Indm .d p. *.|] „ |„ M |hii. 
“ 11 euh.lp. bled for fruit in mvlHB 
pm 1 "is.-s H e, mmin* R0III „ „ r p„*l 
•uiiiH. hind In I'flllfornlfl, 
A teu aer. orange ofehurd In l^ilr Onk- 
25 '!' "*-ome , 1 ml 
V orange orchard* 
kh n. hem- i|„. fimrth y. „r \f(er they 
lifti n KM«T' " m hr,n * 1,1 
: ,’‘7 ,‘» n «'■»-*• nel The orange crop 
U i" .rk"".d |„ , „ )r oaks the weeks 
1,1 1 "on In Southern iTiliroriiln. 
r ,;' roe, the lean 
Fair oak* «'n*tniHto»i at 
I' air (inks lauds nr,. i n .i,. 
Sr'waK 'rr"n U ’" ' Vlll, h 
11 rru '" a reservoir sniuillcd by 
