8 KMT- TROPIC CM, TFORM A 
[»nr« hare 1 P. ( 18,? Rtinl f 
*»/-* for any G'lliaht 
rt<! others here.! he 20,000 pounds. * ^ ** ' 1 
, ihe ... f •--» - I We cultivate f.arvgued-je. Princess | 4n , 
paper ahetl, i 
and 1 , 
in this way, hat is satisfied that this < o„nty, know that « JIn , 
hord«rm K m. the sea eoaat, with iu i.-ep fuuj it fulfill.-!. t h,t Kw”i t , 
» "V. „ * w l ,UiVPr "‘ r J u,re •"'g«rion. State Barbar., ha* 
Mr. Bond * experience is of the sain- «har 
a<:U>r, also Colonel Haync ami others here. 
Lemons have been raised no the upland in *, 
several places with no water from th., firm,! gued : ,o. Bidwell," V,„i 
and are flourishing finely, Arap.il.-.. I in**- Ventura • ,ft-*|.fdt, ,. 
a specialty r»f Santa Barbara County have Kings* paper .hell ’ With it,. Px ,, 
been sent to market every month i n the | I lid well, and a lr»U. w ,|„ Ir ... , t ‘ 
• " n frwteisco. Mr. Hlason, In hi, ..t and pep., shell in tl.o ■. „ : ■, ,,.. . .. 
• ***tiliiatlon til is. .. ut«n 
' ' l 1 , *nnds»J 
ration *" ,i " s, ‘ 1,1 " • Uvi < Irrely, mill, 
they nro sitpiirb, and as they are ....ir.jored Tha trees are not irrhraied; in,., are 
by Irost In this locality, are abundant ' pruned and cultivate I Th. V, ,,/ r4 , 
bearer*. I his immunity from destructive per shell and •- tt shell «„• ...... |i - 
than th« Bid well. They did so wr-ll at , 
Ventura, some were ordered, hut do nn , 
better than the Ijutgurdne. They „i«v n, , 
time. The Jordan almond has I,,* ,, 
introduced in this secUtm; it might U* (r ' 
aoquisiiion; it is quoted in Cbmago. retail. 
at^tMtc. |kor pound while soft-shells an* 
\V e have nut succeeded in obtaining 
rid 
P*P* 
It • 
frosts gives us a decided advantage in our 
citrus orchards, especially with the lemon 
(ind the lime, which are easily injured by 
it, and in their earlier year* succumb -n 
tirely to even light frosts. 
EXPERIENCE WITH ALMONDS 
ItV i-IXO, i . SWAN, SAV I'lKOO. 
S EVEN years with almonds, with bearing | v »riety, nor the ViO* 
trees, dues not quite carry out the | * n ^° c,,un *of a very Urge 
visions of nnmunse crops pictured io my 
imagination while reading the glowing ac¬ 
counts, a few years before coming torali- 
forftin. .Some persons ill this vicinity, di. 
guste.l with the small yield, have devoted 
Ihe space formerly occupied by them hi ' be utiluml "tn the waste j.l;i,. f, 
other trees; other* have this season reported • an l-e pir*.rv i ,1 , long uunut, -i i!„ 
1 , ™*y 
la prove satisfactory t< 
witnesses from differ 
nn* u the pa 
*,th stamnai 
«i may hav* 
w the hue NVholo. 
I A Bwadling »trawb«rr 
•werllmig, the M 
bwre .d fruit superm 
.mntry, and which. 
jin the northern part of the .State, and p„ f 
/hap* upon further trial it may be worths of 
| cultivation. 
The almond lining rme of a few tree* 
it ha tan ding our long dry wmum, it can 
j Bill the I .augur'd'- 
hda the paper shell 
■ Hid well, an,| i 
Ungncdoc; m 
' la fruit hefw, tin* Ung, 
i lbd 
satisfactory returns. Under the new de 
yclopmonts by our untiring horticulturists, 
i* it not better to wait further develop 
waste attending pvnahafdn fruits, 
the yield may not ha as great as *>une n... 
fruits, perhaps soma day, not very far i 
> *>% 1 ‘ 
will 
ny gi* 
mty of the 
ir fold wore 
•vpi.rver.rw eorr 
n, we think soma 
ed. My Ungm 
this ami lost m 
Sh. .Id 
bht ftfmond is California wtB not daapiae tire 
Africa. If not among the trees of tin- ''11*11 thin:;*, hn ,ii may t„. w. rtl, *»!, ! 
tiiirdcn of lOdcii, it must have been “close '" find a van, tv . ,tai . r r u i, .. 
by.” I'rcqucni mention is made uf it in lUther than gruli th*'in our, u i> l»*u.-r i, 
*&• Old Taatanu nt jbud them t«. peach or nectarine, in accord- , 
Acclimalcd in Southfrn Eumpa, variothe* j *»'•'<' with the Lr*i prart , -n tin* *»tai 
arc said t<> bo found upon the Steppe* of | *»d Soul hern Kur. p-, only I *-m* ,„,r .7^, r 
Kuasui, mid the elevated plain* of Mexio. , ■« ■‘•on, with a large top for'fMtan ',' 
cultivated for its flower* and fruit From i'••••». Smiii* tm* m iln» vicimtv. bu |.l"d , , 
the hitter t* dolicat-i ml i» made, used by to |**ao|» two year* ag**, had g,. d’, r--j.*. 11 ,• 
ronfectionerv, and for delicate nuigiiMl ' pa»t scamiii, with no ngc* >*f limbs blowing ■ 
npciuiioim. TIib fruit i» AcevpUblo t" tl,,. I from loo rap'd growth, a* r« p rted 11*. 
Iliajoritri large ipinntiih -„i mij* rt< I in when >;/ n0 , 
t" tin* i'iiitml State* and nlher rnuutti*'. t’* r * 1 f the tre** one season and the r« 
tirc.it Britain al.iim receiving I .'at ton* | mamder the nest. The alti-i . r - . 
niinuolly. California cannot afford to gito fur almond i* sinuig- r th-*'i (■ i plum 
up its cultivation. ! apricot; and bnddwil, <■ we hare - »U*o. 
In early times i| was a royal nut, a C, , 1 will m the end be more **'..» foe lory tha .■■ 
unit for king*, queen*, and ruler- l*ar : bmldrd to other fruit*, 
taken of iu modmoliim, it i» a promoter ,,f Uur almonds »tie n-. t ripe •» iy 
digttstiou, and by many eonnidctc J *>, Jn-1 usual, NV-'giihrr.-l m t». •..!,,** tin* rear p 
dispnnsiible Hcqm*ili«m to the dinner fable, i 'Ve prefer to gather «.« s.-,, *« i-. h-ml ,j , 
\* c rcH-l that when l»rac| „n( In* a»n« a "p«'0'; they be.-.niio daik -f l. fi ' • .. . . t 
m e-«ml tiiim into Egypt for r.>rn i<i k*ap I *10*1 r<'')Uir« dphurm*- U\ N i.k, dry c 
them nlivvi, among i¥« prevents to Jncrpi, | th* tun a few ilays, U-ei, msikct r j - it | 
alinomU me tnentiotied. In my boyh. oj j away l-«r futur- u*- . Wo ** M here at !v 
days a lew were dcali ,,,it Sparingly to u* per |»»md for icil *!uIS 
children; but when Christmas came wo j \ ear* ago wa uved to wat-b >-age \ 
were aura of a good aupply in ouraCuk* I the early fivat to o|kjh the hickory and 
wllioh m iy I'M I • i - ' el„'*li|i|t I"II *, le -- i ft 
liinv vision* arose, with socks well felled lour warm *eaaou» ayni m ilo it just aa d, 
with tl.ein,—sock* Urge enough for (Joftab, 1 '*«!!, iHuotrating tbs well known law that ,, , 
nild (roliaha as nuiueion* *» ifec forest tre«* heat au-I cold act much alike vqsui vegvta ('> ... 
t r native State. While the vision h*» lion. 
t fact, we 
rsmark ... 
;n.t 
- of ihe It 
%g question nt tha da 
him if h« thought th* 
“ mflueneaf ” I »4i, 
-«rc fart 
•d hv pis 
Ibdhater'a, 
a pfvaaant ye 
e-1. Ha *tat 
laigvr than 
cofoMl‘a U 
. almond irv 
»in that i K'in 
would aliaoal 
ul anotlwr * ar ri 
not boon fully realized, it i 
»i 
mi foiling to j The statenirmia recently published in the 
1 if Ul 
-bred !.y 
> all eon'. 
*nt parts 
