si!Ml- TROPH■ r ( /./ FOR V/ I, 
vear* old from tween 18?1 urn! I8tf0 the prion Ins 
to averaged Icm than the «hnvi* figuo 
309 of which were twelv 
the seed (the balanre being too young 
bear), I Obtained as a net result, over mid 
above cost of transportation to Sun Krnn- 
ctaco, commissions on salis, etc,, ♦ \!0 oO 
per tree, or an average of ♦1,435 per »or<‘. 
“ I do not claim this amount ns an aver 
age crop or result, but I do think that with 
proper care and at tan tint), the average pun 
be made equal to 11,000 tier acre on tree* 
of twelve years of age. I have seen tree- 
on our property that have yielded over 
8,000 per tree, which, sold at i*i0 tier thou 
aaml, would give, per acre, a result of $4, 
140. The average price for the past five 
years throughout (lit! county, to those who] 
cept the season of IHJK- u when price- 
ruled lower, mainly owing to the sunillm-- 
of the oranges, caused principally by over 
hearing. 
Mr. Sliorb, lit the Citrus Pair held in 
February, 1880, nl tin* thriving colony of 
|{ivprsirlp, San IWimrdinu county, said: 
"As to profits in the year IS*'!'-', my own 
were upwards of ♦1,000 per acre." This 
present year— |H7'J-H0.—prices range from 
♦ 10 to ♦*!<> per thousand, governed by tin 
quality of the fruit, bringing the average 
price fully up to price* obtained in IS! 1 
In conclusion, I will any: Nature ha* 
with-rn* the ,.*,,r T1 .e „f fencing. Our 
market- are unlimited, at remunerative 
|irio«*. What more or mid we a*k, and to 
wlint country o«ri our Kaatern brethren or 
jouf foreign cousins emigrate where the in- 
ducamm.t* «r« more inviting, and tie 
chance- for incitu more abundant, than 
here in thru, the *jjn*et-land t«f Iwautiful 
Humlo d» of thousands of dollars will 
own* to our country ere long in exchange 
for tier citrus prod-iet*. ffa shall then be 
a MQaperoua and wealthy prople, and our 
riches will be permanent—belter than bank 
; stock, and as g-vl »» United Slates inter¬ 
est-bearing bond*, promising wealth and 
Hash* III.* cit, bo 
have shipped their fruit, has been between 
MU and per thousand, and the present 
year I lie average will likely exceed ibis 
sum. 1 ace no reason t*> doubt but that 
the market will remain lire name for many 
yearn to eoiuis." 
This statement show* wb.it orange- 
brought in Is it. Mr, Sliorb - preilielmn 
that the market would remain the »nnm l..* 
many fours to conn.- ban tlui* lar been fully 
realized and proven. I find from a cure in I 
examination of Sun Francisco prices cutteni 
for the seuBuii of l«!i ft, thut the «v,.|»g, 
price fur I.i ik Angeles oiangc- ),«* been 
o'i per thousand- In Ilia interim b<- 
done nil that could l»n asked for California imlepi 
in preparing tilt host cniKlilitm* fur orange «•«>».... 
growing. Our noil i* rich and deep, ami 
easily tided, li i» naturally liiulurdiainerl, 
and lift* but little haidpan to c*>iito 
tin ttees (o remove, on brush oi 
growth In clear sway, and Do bogs 
but dean as a prairie, and ready for tin- 
plow. Oi.r tree* arc hcl.I.y and 'v ignfoux, 
our fruit of superb rpiality nod good keep- 
.era, our trues productive and long lived, M j,j .j, 
our dunam healiliy and amply temperate j 
fur the most perfect success of the bus! | 
no**. Tberi, our land* arc cheap at pn » Si e 
out. Tbo herd law pinlruta our orchatds,! Ciitm 
'O On Sr' 
under 
Wh* 
weight and didrA 
tlw Sxmi-Th tic 
or year. 
