SKMl-TKOPfi• CAt.U'ORNJ I. 
by Mr. Shaw, of this county, to Knglaud, tbcro ha* been milch of trial an<l di*ap- and m< st profitible n lu*try in the State.” 
anil after a passage of seven wreks" dura-I pointment, but now that the causes for fail- .Vow, for our own benefit, let us ilrsw 
tion were found to be in perfect condition, urc have been clearly ascertained, the out- some inferences from the foregoing. With 
though they had been open and used from look for the future ia very bright. Wild all labor hired, it costs in, less than % ><m i * n 
during the passage through the tropics. j land, adapted to the orange, cost* #10 to acre to buy land and bring , or orchards 
A Sun Francisco paper Says: “The Tv per acre; then it liaa to be cleared, into bearing. A* im.*t of us do , ., r 
hiti orange crop is Inter in market than the Seedling trees cost from ten cents to ll 'ranch work, we reduce the exj,' 1 "- ma¬ 
lms Angeles orop, and arrive* at Sun Fran- each, aoeortlifjjf to size. The entire cost of t,-Hally below tin s- fig- jr . s They win, 
cisco in hot weather, in a damaged condi , bringing an Here into bearing, placed at a have visited Florida, and ,iri- in a p", ,|i„, n 
tion. The business haa become quite utt-[ very low estimate, ia ♦•VtO. An orange' to judge, affirm that our orchard. r.,,-iv« 
protitable, so much so that ('aliform* im- grove retpiire* ns much cnltivution, and much stricter core, etc.; »I>m that o-it tr. es 
porters propose to abandon the trade. This I morn, than a crop of corn, and a* much for- are freer from disease. ' hit .1 grove* 
change ir. commercial nlbiirs will open the } tilising every year a* any crop grown. A will produce over .Vi.ts'si oranges per » re. 
market for about .i,000,000 more oranges ' grove in bearing is a grand good thing. At S.rno sectionaof California »r.-l ooming to 
from Los Angeles.” ; various points along the St. Jobll'l arc c* find to their coat that the whole State o not 
'I In- Now ^ ork Olunn a <• of May * It h.m 
an article rn “Oraiigo Culture in Vitriol*," 
ill the course of which toino futr and fig 
ures urn put forth that abouId contain 
crumbs of niinfurt for the wash Kneed 
our brethren -those who are nervous on 
the noun* of ovof-nrodtiotion. This article 
was in the form of a letter from an old r<-< 
ident of the State, now living at San Ma 
too, on the St. John'a river. I cull a few 
of the item*, though, did not want of Hoaee 
forbid, till) entire letter wen* well worth re 
producing; 
“ In the history of the past fifteen years 
I tabli*|ind pBLVing-hoiJHc*, whoop busine** it : -uitabl* for orange growing Th- op,, r 
I i» tu uollnct the (run from the urebardiat*,! keeping nualiti .and tie- (act that < nr or* 
bo* it, and ship It to Northern markets , | »ng»*« will stand shipment belter than tho 
j Thc*i! packing firm* generally buy thft fruit I Florida fruit, me wll known. Tlo i-h 
•in the tree* and pick for thoni-elvea. At I the nearing isxiiplctinn of thi.ith-rn 
I •''an Mateo they have paid fur tins fruit On j r<>uta a * n -1 market i- opetiin-j to n- The 
j the tree filfi per thousand. A good grove groat Mi»»i**ippi basin, tm-ming with in 
j pmdui/ea fiO.dOO oratigox per acre profits,! habitant*. present* a fair field and small 
j*riK). The Florida orcihardiaU anticipate » jemnpatl i — 
duolino in pried* in the course of vests but 
! ttovor a lin k of market. Tho culture m 
j oranges ill Flot illa ha* already increased 
[the value of real iot«'o by n a or mil* 
1 lion*, and it bid* fair to bo the leading of the crop* 
lit regard to juice* . 
angca for a series of > 
from Mr. Shin b: 
Oyv 
btabu d I 
, I a;*'n -,u.*te 
te* made in 
rd ot m 
IS 74, 
trees. 
