ajB 'mi- tropic California. 
gorel oat is always hot tor than • oat of h , 
gornt kind. 1 ' 
In a small apricot orchard wo wot of, > 
there are several trees always boarirtg an ‘ 
average of J?0O fhs. per tree, albeit stand¬ 
ing too close together, interlacing their 
branches, at seven year? of age. These 
are unnamed, but none the less ><* it * good 
OUB WOTE8 AND BBANDIE8. 
EXTRACTS FKO 
liftST1TK V 
a I,. J. BOSK S 
irtcoi.TUBar. co 
BPoni ‘i 
nasiotv. 
had all they could do. The morn promi¬ 
nent are Dreyfus A Co., Kohler ft Profiling, 
! Mr. Bernard, .1. DeBarth Shorb, M. Keller, 
and Stern & Hose. There are very many 
I more who work up their own grapes; and, 
1 j generally, all the vignerons of Anaheim 
| belong to that class. 
Probably half of the vineyards of this 
t none tl»e less rail ago,,, i h „ k . #sil , task to review the grape I , * ^-ably halt ot the vineyards of this 
place for grafts and bml- J ft* fnitt - j j and wino j ndBalr i es v f j. 1)S Al !l . h : dmtnui are irrigated; and, although grapes 
sntnbles closely the Royal, though I ooOI1 |-p (>r jggQ, I' sn be grown in any part of the district 
record of some orchard* go much higher for I (j r(1 „ s | inrr n( . vc , • • I —.. - 
individual tree*, and full years. The pi 
duet of '-14 others was sold at the Cannery 
here for 1212. These trm» stand on less 
than one-fourth of an aore, and was consid¬ 
ered only a fair yield, as the <>f 
moisture in this oounty (where no irrigation 
is practiced) is not considered favorable 
for either nute or fruit. Wn have better 
crops of both at 10 to 12 inches nf rain 
than above that amouni. Wo saw. in 
Alameda, one of the few very productive 
apricot orchards in that vicinity; the vari¬ 
ety was the Royal, with 400" Moorparka 
interspersed; these bore lightly; the re¬ 
mainder of tho orchard was injured on the 
outer rows by a hedge of Eucalyptus, and 
•Jicte apricots being smaller in *ixc were 
dried. The crop, over ISO tons, was s,..ld I 
at $11,00<I. 
The unlimited demand for this fruit from 
all parts of the world, especially its 
fnudy in navy and whaling fleet*, 
—soorbutie, render it one 
r been larger or of better I wdl.u.it irrigation, yet with irrigation larger 
ualitv, and the demand for the grape bv ” r 'T s produced, and vineyard* retain 
wine maker* has been good during the ] l,lt ‘ir fertility and thrift for hundreds of 
entire season. yeans Irrigation entails much work, and it 
There will be morn vines planted during] - vot he considered an open diieatirm 
vefore. There w hWb pays best—deep tillage, without ir¬ 
rigation, or irrigation. 
Lands without irrigation cun be bought 
wry much cheaper, say for one-fourth. and 
this again forms a factor in tin* problem of 
“ Which pays best?” It must, ho 1 
have already been 800,000cuttings engaged 
at my place, and tho demand for some 
varieties is in excess of the sttpplv. 
It i* now a proven fact that we can make 
wines: nor, of course, with the Mission i he M>r>rVc-ie,! that ns long as elite belief pre- 
grape. *nd the verdict founded on that 1 ' 1 "'** that irrigation is a prevetitnlivo of 
grape has been a just one, which said wr 1 jha phylloxera, there is a comfortable feel- 
could not. make a light wine, and tlmt our in g having water. 
wines all had a sherry Haver. Iff course, like the balance of the State, 
Locality, donate-, and ether causes hove ' I'.ivu thousands of acres which arc 
a marked effect on the quality of wine*, i Adapted for the growing of the vine. Men 
and all condition* must be favorable to I a,| d money are nil that arc required to 
I make a wine of the first qualit y ; tbc variety | " ,fl * co vineyards by the ten thousands, and 
Uof j' l{ , * ,t ‘ 8 ra l>" used has more influence than * doubt whether a better climate or soil can 
I any other one condition. bolbiind, even in this State, for the pro- 
Bergor, Zilifftiidi l, jductbm of grapes nf the best quality. 
1 Run the LI lane Elh 
promising induatriua. Imtli for cannum ml * <-’harlone#n, the best qualities of light! Lnod, too, can be had cheap enough, say 
drying. So disease a, yet has J..rcrl 1 " * r * n,Bdt ! ,r, >m * lu *100 »« acre—the first without 
or enemy attacked it seriously, and ' B " n ' 1 - , ‘ m "" M - f -l- - -**.' > 
intelligent care it will doubtless pni 
wonderful gift to Southern Call Torn' 
"•n. too, we bhall have a trsrm-oonti-! irrigation, the latter with It. Nor would it 
i ueutAl railroad, which will relieve u* from j follow that the cheaper land would bo the 
‘sity of sending our product ui j poorest fur grape growing, for the reverse 
gui. n-> ociuinoru v alllornia. \\ t-;t* ■ . . r""''" ; i .. mi uie reverse 
on the northern line are talking of planting ; " *' rttn( ,M 'o before u uati bo sent East, might 1><- the case. Our mountain slopes 
hedges of Ulivoa, jieibaps i. i, f,.,-t apiul. lU ^ a b pav y burden in the wav of freights ;' ,n, i .ur uplands are now the lowest in price, 
for wind brakes. A> thin distance, wr shall 13 removed. Cucamonga, the largest vine-; “'id yet these lands are the lands that will 
yard 
2U0 acres. 
- - —, -p vital) 
get some fruit from our hedge, ami by 
t.lnoiing low will secure all the proto tin,, 
desirable, though we are not often liable to 
•even; winds. We still want immunity 
from them as nearly perfect •« possible, and 
mure rank growing tree* draw too heavily 
od ilm moisture. Many young ur,-hards 
will !,o put out hem ,hl. season, ul kn»i «* 
many a* can get tr«a, of apricot*, prom - 
plums, olives, Bartlett per*, H „d » a l m .t, 
bbe nunwrymen u[ the hum ’ . ""'"'g pr..s.„ 
hardly ready for the large demand I'm the*.- ! ' h ' : , '* r W 0sr "® l "*’ 
frutu which this season’s exptriouce ha ' .... 
prorod bo salable ft 
• calming purpot 
A cw should b« a. well fed when dry r 
when giving milk. She should now in, r,-„, 
" 40 l*'* 1 she may 1,0 able u, , 
San Bernardino county, contains|proaJtinis ^I'apos of tfiu highest value. Tho 
rj. !' , DOBsihiliticr hero are Immense. A great 
hivcreidc haa many small viimyardu, Inturn is in store for na, if it is a fact?and 
p ..Hied generally with Muscat of Alcxau • I Udi.-i« it, imnioly, that Kuroj.e will buy 
frn^ «!!; .1. . B< ’ ,llC Wnd <; " rclu »l«non, «« *ill**». 
.T q«niity of raisin* [ i t may bo safely afated that grapes grown 
i f, ir sain to wine-makers, this year, have 
n tint countv -,.M aerns nf; n#*kd #'J0 an acre, for the crop was force 
rppr* sen ting about three. I.u.ubtd and the prim- ... The average pricu this 
n- i • . year was somewhere hoar *21 a tun The 
. y'-nr s ymld, which j* wfan anil brandy maria would sell to .lay 
ever bad, al 111 , 01 , 11 . 1 : fur over a million of dnllara. 
pound* of grBnct’n^A.celnM ""' ro mi g''t be ,a,.l, but time does 
I 8 r, I" 8 I’HKlUCed III this county not permit (lie ti, «»v |n,, n . Ii l„ I 
from wlii’.di a 
are made 
Them 
vineyard. 
i gall, 
grand total of IJ.s 
... n«u, K> mat shn may bo able in , ,i .K Ure!S 6,, '‘ ,n large, vet I havelvi 
g,cater ti,;w of milt wl.en milkifi/time ‘inmnila J 
• 'v .... -u.o.i*xi u - u " >-*■<>* 
Here, a,. J baliev. 
b Ballot 
i uf wine. 
1 ha. 
| this n 
pleasure of again r 
vunr- fafui ‘ 
M.MH) p„ 
i bins is 
have 1 State V n 
la to the bputhei 
I'lltural 
fJiatriu! 
Ulllillg III,) sub 
L. J. 11 
•niinissiiiiicr 
ijoct at 
for Ihu 
cum think that straw i» gew,| K eur.n' d 
policy, and the J,w, will sh oW JuSlf tn 
tho nulk pail. Feed thv cow« w-Jl .11 ,| av ''V r > - 
h«i.l »i„„ M .. "li-r .Inp on i|„. |,j , hv . 
Mill - -- iJTVjfor e*!”'- U- a.lloo, ,.,0 # to lh«l thoro ,ro J.liie 
*• a w,„, ... So,, o„„„, | '' H "‘ l '•""■•ly l»» 1,000 ufij'Ajrraj ■» ,k» monlry, 
j-~ w t «'• i.« .ii i ^ “" ,i r,, ' i l *.. «.n™»! \ .. «u a. *». 
; V' .. “ ..;'••• ?•»««>T , u”«,r„ n ; i " 
*•“ »;r.w *' ■**»• »»»•.,fcrirv,“l 1 * 1 ““. u» 
■ county, and all have 
uxuriancc during a south- 
