SFMf TROFIV CA LIFO US' l A, 
Horticulture. 
COHPETITtON WITH WEXICO 
oduoe enough leave* to mine 1,?60 lbs. of hardly with an preoption. The host aoi'fa 
oonn*. Those cocoons at the lowest price j for citrus fruit*, in the opinion of Hourly nil 
' ■*’ " ■ “ - ! ~ ,J - lagpur leading fruit-growers '' 
A gentleman who has traveled ex ten si'. 
ly through tbe Northern States of M'-xici 
iiifornis ns that fur the np*t dacaJ'-. a’. 
least, our semi-tropicaI fruit-grower* have 
but little to four from the orehwils ol | rnai 
Northern Mexico. At present there are | the 
comparatively few trees, and there f 
lings, never cultivated and the fruit 
pulpy. The frequent drouths render i 
rigaiioti essential, Until the scanty *«t< 
supply is developed, no more trees can I 
planted. Of course when A inrHotn tapi ti 
and enterprise stir up the country, a 
showing will be rnadp, br 4 lie ihinit* Pont! 
oru California oranges will hold tbeir ow 
for a long time yet to come. The omm- 
cocoons. J nesu cocoons ai me imwcsi price /u*i > "ois min.<, in mo opinion oi tirarty all 
ever known -*1 par lb.—would yield a | of Our leading fruit-growers arc light, deep, 
larger income than perhaps all the other j gravelly loams, sandy loams, and in some 
product* of the land, And this without J localities reddish clay, which pan be easily 
| costing a single kernel of wheat, or an ear worked. On soila of an nrgilaceoiiK clinr- 
osting a single kernel of wheat, 
of corn,” 
This gentleman recommend* the simple 
raising of the cocoons as best., as there are 
factories in the country, which wind 
_ , . (jorums by machinery. Information 
<ed- j n-gsrding the care of silk worms and the 
cry I production of silk may he obtained by 
ir ! writing to the Department of Agriculture,. - 
Washington, D. I ., for “Special deport No r r 
11." 
light, deep, 
some 
»“*>"• vm wins m an argnacconx cliar- 
actti.of moderate depth, to the hard pan 
or jeubaoil, thn trees do not preserve 113 
vigorous condition or produce ss bright or 
swai-t fruit as cm the loamy soils. 
growers of Kurope have never ret fail 
find their crops profitable, and ir is absurd 
to suppose that choice Southern Calif-Tim 
fruit will ever lack a market. Small. o 
inferior oranges arc never numb iudenoind, 
no matter how poorly supplied tha country 
may be with citrus fruit*. 
PECAN NUTS. 
PASADENA ORANGES IN CONNECTICUT. 
The Hartford ('••uniht recently acknowl 
dgrd the receipt of a bo* of Pass dens 
orangAn, grown by J. It. Clapp, of that 
[duei, and, though speaking of them in 
cotnplinientArV term*, 1 bought they were 
hardly equal to the best Florida niangcs 
THE JAPAN QUINCE. 
this perfectly hardy shrub we have 
had si* varieties in cultivation for many 
These varieties are very much alike 
|mgrowth and form of bush, the only dif- 
| ferctn e being in the size, coloration and 
abundance of their flowers. Their flowers 
rang, in color from a light reddish pink to 
sdiik orange red. This firm shrub should 
be much more plnntccl tlmri it is. It is 
of the things that ran be readily pruned 
liito any beautiful natural rduipe or any 
fanciful shape. It is one or tjn- vc.y best 
dirubljy ornamental hedge plants. 
iti ■** "* u , !, , ‘ lor " , ’ t » f,u r 8l,ru,J by ornamental hedge plants. 
I.i 1 L-l" 1 ! T ,pol, * f ! , J r J ou ”"' v through Fur tins purpose it is permanent, and very 
.1 m OoBj» m«ra,l N f,„,„ J,,k„„v,II, M.il> I,,. Si, ... ,.i c M „| 
to Lake v\irr| It ta a pi v that we are I hwntning and strong growing varieties 
not informed as to the exact time th*t the, planted alternately, or two to four of thci 
“»»" ‘her || «.i <li«inct [il,nt 5 d n roll of on, i„J 
.. .!» ,.0.1, „„l.r.,|.,r iho otltcr, wotild be v.rUXi!," 
*“• 5P """ r “I.MU ileni, wilb- Man ....I 1,„J~ |, 
,. . ..« 1 »di»w5. <* .w.L.i.,i.„-T 
- ... .. vi. in me stools, Out 
ear. I,e readily grown from cuttings by the 
summer process. New varieties are ob¬ 
tained from seeds. We have never known 
insects. 
Tbe pecan tree 9 ccms to be myjlected 
our horticulturists, ami we know of 
ffimd reason why this should be the eav r,„ 
Tho irvu thrives emu jiatlBi iu our soil and Z * Z ' T 1 '" 1 '' ot tW riv »' 
climate than it d VM [ tl Te^f^wCh fT 0 '" p . rod, ' c * s ^cest fruit* 
State largo sbipmmiU of nuts are anmiullv (’if r“- !? 0 , done b J "emliog tain.-I lom, >.Is. 
made, ami tin- grower t|,. r , r „„ t „- l j,. r ' ,on "'* frw " **» Atlantic Noire* with- itlo be Injured by 
„r - - — 
.. ■ ■ M , '-"''test, andI tin* would certainly prove i„- ANAHEIM H0BTI0ULTUEAL MOIETY 
to resting. The fruit from tbe competing 
,on * • ,,nu . a H ‘ P'Gked on the Mine day. 
on April [*t. Then the thicker sktn 
amJ bctlei carrying qualittea of the Oslifor 
ma orange, would bo manifest. 
Anahe. 
I larwood, >.f 
Tim following ib the organisation of the 
ptv Horticultural and Viticultural Society 
.rB Anaheim, as reported by the Oaz.tK. 
ITwiII I 10 observed that all the officials are 
poihta hi t)«r county .. 
growing, and wu an- told that thry'co.nV to 
matuniy several years sooner than n. tl.e 
r‘“ l , Th “ P^“" Mwtp to thr «am.- 
f.mdy a* the luckorv, the trees being ,«|| 
am! stataly, frwjucntly reat-hing U 10 bight 
«STLZ v, * ht * f,?c ‘ T '*r ar « ofl.m 
used for shade or omaintmtaJ tro®* mid ,i 
l« laid that tbay Usually begin to b. „r at 
the *gn of hflr.oj or twnrity yea*^ l~Vca __ ^^ | 
bre,lining very popular j„ tk* Eastern th ’ ! ^ Fair*,"a I . V "... President, Ifobert Str-.ng, 
M.o.... ami th- trade which was former ! «^° WVr nf "»« prna “^tminatcr. JjL 
J 1 ""* 1 *' a »<•« thousand bnaheU j„„ so fn i',T,n .r*'*. c " ,l ' r “ l . n ‘""w‘N of the . Tl .» ,r ! 1 Vicu-President, F. A. Korn 
largely inrrpssed i|in( N, . v ^ ork .dtr ,dom I * *, i ' 1 th« exhibit. IT Atwhoim. 
lake* anuunllv flfkwmn ..... . 1. |jJ!!|l B S T** ll “‘ lhe J Calif <' r, n« ont, lpt .* J^creiary, Richard Melrose, of An..|ipim 
1 E - s . .. *--• 
It nny stronger, for the sake r.f ,|, t . I, ‘ P - B l l 
whicl. my orange gr..v« is .ituafed but 
SufS. 11 18 " ,n " fVclou * rt 'k>'-'n.”-N. /’, 
uko * , "" u « l| y 200,000 VttaheU. Y 
now qimled at from nigh, t „ > ,, 
cent, per pouurl, with , f ttir de Ula „d. 
SILK CULTURE. 
Ao .nid, 1„ , ,. 
r°a™“ o«e i.d bw> XS 
nlk toilet ribbons t.jyk the first 0,, 
*t the Centennial k’-...-:.;- ' 
B0IL8 FOR CITRUS FRUITS. 
It ia a riii«takft | 0 ,i. a , 
lemon anil tr ,.„, wil| |[m, „ 
mil liliuri wbo.l. ... 
»«« pror.immi.TXi''... all I iS i k "‘'' . v.ri.i, „( 0 „ 
issz! i bZ‘,;z ;r srr iU v f™ 
10 , 8 1,0 «wpioyOH-ni would he hko.lv t. , o! persona whu have i n ,..i —-v 
ymld greater returns. He say,: « j f V f ; ‘ : I,T, C< ?. Mfwl * J.°. P ut >'"t orange orchard! 
•oukl plant mulberry lr, e , . ro .., 1 tlill,for "‘* wh t*re uaturu nevar 
' that bed., (J ‘bS Za n should be. Orange* 
1 they would afford—the tr«t ; ‘ fi! n C "! ^ ^ ” «>lobe lauda* 
*Gf«*oolda, tbe age of eight yc .r.! UnL W ^M.t“ rf.. ! r c i lj ,* rowt *' °«* *“‘•>1 
fruit t 
J6ba 
T.idHstroy inoecta or, roses, take pounds 
Jj t “""‘>""7 of pula .,1.1 
fc ' si ww..* . 1,0 
..f n-.ill for> 7 il ,“ f " 1 
*dd the lime and sulphur water, h '\i \\\ e * 
Wiyforus,. and ahould be uaJd wi*b * 
1 would at the a ae of 1 , w . i11 mak “ a * 
01 eight year. | |.„da, but the fruit 
i " . ..* »i»an ol M 
'* inferior and imeij 4j„ u 
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