SUM f-TRO PR ' at l. HORN I A. 
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GRAPE CTTLTITRE. 
Tkf San Gabrtki. Vai.i.fv after the Rawb- 
(i luce for them lo pet l heir supplies, The 
ruilrood company Imre given Its » fariWalde 
tariff of freight*. I" the near future our 
is n necessity thorp, for it shells flip ruins 
mill sooner drains ifs water, which is taken 
ii|) by the soil during the rain, and every 
Mn. Rohe Gives a Seooxd Cdai 
k (i hnrlvor will he improved, BO (hut if will ho fiivornhle condition to pel nil the warmth 
' 1 " N sufficient for nil our wants. Wo will have the sunshine cun furnish lms to he taken 
yiNEYAOTw-UsEm. Hints to BreiNNEnn— rui , nni) H ] lip connection and do away with 
lighterage, in nil of which the railroad 
company have kindly promised I" aid ns 
Then wo will how direct shipping to all 
countries Wo will he cm the Iren highway 
of tlir m urld's commerce. We will have 
all is lovely, The min has mode a i nil that a country can have. With the hi 
The Sons Baser Ai-aitii’ to the Vine 
No Nrorasm mu Iiikbiatiox- How ro 
Plant Grape Cnmxos. 
1UNDAY morning, after the rain, again 
S .......... .PPM ..PPP, 
good season a I most naan red, and all is 'advantages, with a ihiihI fertile soil and a century from now opinions will still lni'-c to 
advantage of; whilst here, if grapes are not 
ripe in September they can hung on the 
vine until December. 
vnwT mm. of dorr, is rut: most biitablk. 
Life has as yet hern too short to speak 
about this subject with certainty, and in a 
brightness and confetituienf. liven the i-linmtc unxurpa»ned in the world, wbut is 
*iir h washed out. clear and pure. Tin to prevent us from being tin richest ntul 
land is covered in every part by the tender I the happiest people on the globe ? 
green of (lie new growing grass' flower* | Did f am reminded that you wished me 
have their faces wnshed, and tin rose, 1 U> wi ite about the grape, and that I am may suit one grape maybe entirely unlit 
jasmine, heliotrope and geraninm have « spinning out tliesc pleasing prospects ami for another. There nre, however, sumo 
fresher and brighter hudr, and with a fresh self-evident fuels too long I turn with j general fuels that arc safe to accept. A 
In modified. My experience is confined lo 
my immediate neighborhood; and, even in 
thin limited space, there have been trials 
only to a limited extent, for a soil that 
pleasure to that subject, not Hint I believe 
fragrance perfume the an Even tin- 
binb are animate.] by n new life, and flit. I J will say much that is hew. Many of my 
in ami out among the branches -f the eonfreies who »nay read this rnnv Muilu at 
pepper trees, almost bursting then throats the n.unv .lefails as being an old stow to 
"ith their spring melodies. The sun them, vet n few mnv find something to 
shines brightly, the air is soft and balmy, think about, and to the beginner it will be 
and not a breath of wind is stirring, the some guide by wliitil he tun profit; for, if 
bums lazily in the casement; the he follows the direction!* given, he will 
I me 
finely divided sandy soil will absorb water 
readily and is easily worked. It will, too, 
retain water in summer much botL-i than 
adobe or clay, or a coarse, porous soil. 
Adobe and clay soils arc good for the rais¬ 
ing of such crops as grow in the winter, 
like grasses, wheat, barley, and oats; sandy 
soils, mi the other hand, aie adapted 
for summer growing prodttclH, like cun, 
eagle sours slowly over Sierra Mudre Villa, have some assurance lli.it tl.is same mode .. ..* .., 
11,11 '"’l 1111,1 po™k«.‘f of Urn has raised viriryurdH. \V< have Uioiiwmdit melon*,.pumpkins, fruit Irens, grape vines, 
'■'"oentii" i'i all nround him. of ncres of land which will raise grape*in i amt not suited to grasMs. The first, in 
stopH, wiile III- smoke of los pipe paying ipmulitica without irrigation, and summer, with heat., all rinks nod cracks. 
- ic e. min,- I'lU'lm in the ii11 mid iiiuke pleasant and happy homes where are It »" a favorable condition to evaporate 
e. g that it ik pleas,.lit b. be, and that t his m„v wastes, covered by ebappnr.il. sage- its water . wily; for a solid, hard eart h w ,11 
-atroid land to In.--in. I he higher lirnali, cactus, etc.; anil I believe that these 
ea ..of the mom,tains, like Sun Gorgonm. very lands, that are now supposed to be of 
iwio a, i l >-nnv •- "‘"-•■'"‘r'' no •'‘ r ' ‘‘^■•''‘■11* adapted fur the 
wav and Buldy-, nearer by, have then grape, ami that, too, without irrigation 
.i f,. , , , n--- , mol I believe that tlu sc | sooner lose its water tlinii a soft, mellow 
w "i’" 1 " 1S “" very lands, that are now supposed to lie of “'"face, ns can be .seen by our roads, which 
always dry up sooner than the laud on 
. , . i—t ... itn i.ijiiii iirigalion either side. The condition of its caialhirv 
plea- iodh tli-tj.i.r' vvVwl.' , i‘ I f ,ll ‘ I Vt , ' l '' , ‘ rc " 1 planted such a piece nf nttractinn. by the spaces between the par- 
f 1 Sin -S; 1 I lu "' 1 ’ ."I’ “> I have never hc-.-h Mies of da soil being close together. 1 are 
Here it is spring; there it is 
tie do we realize the many advauti 
givnv tli iJiiecl so well, ami will,nut irrigation while! WHullmr out of its -mil: whereas, h windy 
' 11 . J'hintnig or since Most of this vineyard “oil, by its porosity, has less capillary 
Ti- ' fn "! two ..VMiH old, yet I have a puwei to draw tho vv.itei to the surface mol 
more cnpui-if.j to taka up air in daytime 
which, by the cold at night, is condensed 
twice me work and twice the luu.lneiu.i, I, n , .T , .<5* w ” l,u '<mn nit., wider, when morn mi is again taken 
lhat he could anywhere m.lJh „f the b 1(1 ‘V b, , d "" ntl.v neh-r { "p lo go through the si,me cliaiig,-. Mail 
i'ueilie (.Wt, nnd that with Hu- l.-«-t , 1. I »«" 1 »*»“ «• **« good grass, while the ran do much to assist in retaining water 
Rible annmnt of rii-kimsa. Here <.., s ,i uv I . Kn '" : *• nothing but hi a soil by cultivation— stirring the noil, 
brings with it to him \cne7mUd- 23 | uTveimima-lrai'.' WiU * U0W , “ U ' llw ’! a ve,y light soil will, by rains, dewy 
gravitation, arid other furcow of nature, 
txi-iiBUttB of a vna viiiD. comiimaDyr form a crust on lop, bur¬ 
in Huh 1 j. i id ft . ii i ■ prfcHpptiug favprubb 1 oomlitiona for 
lev.' , r, m 1 r'f rn » ‘‘'cddinff rain ... f,„ „v„p„ratio.,. 
'H.d, if a By plowing this ,s rnu„l.! acted. and llio 
health. 
llii.sn are facts that arc nothing m w to 
any one of m„ \\\. all Jmuvv thorn if we 
bid stop to think. Many of us may be 
mnl po^ed for money; we may Imvc lidUnin, a iioithfcn. expuVure iV ,nr 
‘ 1 HttI ' KU ' u ' - u ";' •«'■« done Ion fast; to a M.idhero. \ lev, I J ,... 
• bat tin future of our .nigutmu is pnu-t.ciul, vrat-r will wad, «'> 
preferable 
hind will 
lb, 
ofliuer Him in done, the more mmsluro 
"ill be relaint-il ami added, by giving free 
tugrt-sa to the all and (idling oil uvapiua- 
liiu,; foi a loose Koil, if only a few >m lies 
ft in -1 part ieb-x of soil »l.V .""i"" I "" , " 1 ’’ " '"' lk ‘ J b •' Gils oil com¬ 
port,on. away wl.e.ea ll. 'aluHl.h- nutDicntliHl Wit), tl,e lower strata n| soil; it 
ii, \Z ,.,r j ;ST'‘!i 'Z 2 “'-K- » 'r.i-i»- ,u 
Neiu-lyallbi.giaiiPi-siutilnriliiii.il ,1 “*"*vc« Him oil; it idopa «apillai v i-imin i-lmii 
buve luurind that the lilicet vliicvurda .dl^' 1 ' ' l0tv •• cuudllioii 1 m eultiuding, say 
Lmope mid the l-'.usl. nre giowu’on loll ; 'l,m* “ w " ' 11 "luiiinum of labor; 
sides and souih.'iii evj.osuri * l>iit t],, i I. •wlub, or dm soil in vciv dilhcnlt 
-•* •' , '.nt-i,ib« r that iulScouunthol; X f bI ‘'' “1* g.ving 
, i.v nmii.-.more Hiiiface_for wind and mm to act upon 
county is very bright is lo „ eertniuty. 
,7 l,abt,w Huiuediiitp pro>. peel 
southern counties l.oeu so f, ill ,.f p r ,, Ul i„, 
Ilui 'boon, seem* to be here, (puvrur 
WI Will piobiibly bare h new ravlMndjW 
umy railroad coniicw-liun* a I rend? wo 
are begin,ling to feel the trade that 
mg t„ ua from Arizona, and cnob mile of 
new rr*d incrcwtt.il. Arizona, New Mcz- 
agricultural i.-Hources, but a hirer o x nb' !' i‘ ,U, "‘ , uf ^ tt,n •» u **"l»iu« 
Lon. by M-a.on of lh4 ,- t i,,i,*.s Ldi, | 1 1 * Uu T , U ‘ Tl ' wt ‘ >"»» « M 
.. 
u.Jv Of vsurriiiI, n ’ i y, , lk - almost , mllr** task for the 
j ... t'ultiWl- 
should b, con I ni ui-d during Hie out mi 
riuntlmir. The ground nmy be eninely 
