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8 EM 1 -TR 0 PIQ CALIFORNIA. 
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FBUIT AND PRODUCE 8H1PMENT8 PROM 
LOS ANGELE8. 
W K have often said in the pages of this 
magazine that enterprise ami persist 
once are sure to win in Southern California. 
Men who do business strictly upon busi¬ 
ness principles and show a reasonable 
amount of business tact and ability will in¬ 
variably succeed. Messrs. Chas. 15. Wood- 
head and Leslie F. Gay, tlm former a nati 
of Ohio, the latter of Illinois, commenced 
business on Aliso avenue, in this city, 
about four years ago. They were then as 
now general produce and commission deal¬ 
ers, and although times were very dull for 
the first two years of the existence of the 
firm, it steadily gained the confidence of the 
public and they soon found it necessary to 
remove to a more eligible location on 
Spring street. Here they remained for 
ItnUlos. 
Pearlies 
April 
Plums auil Primus 
l-'limici. 
Japanese Pcru'timm 
(lilaVim . 
Siruwlnrrlci. 
Rru. 1 . 
•irrle* 
some time, handling green and dried fruits, 
trees and plant*, seeds and bulbs, vegi 
tables, and everything else that shrewd 
business men can handle profitably on 
commission. We have frequently heard it 
observed that the busiest portion uf our 
city sc.-ms to be in front of the establish- 
rii.-nt of Messrs. Woodhead & Gay. Hut 
ilm Arizona, New Mexico and Faster"! 
trade, early the present year waked up I he ! Orantsw. .. 
farmers or Lo« Angeiea Valley, and orders! 
poured into the office of the enterprising ?“?*■ 
commission dealer*. The capacity uf the " 
old store w.is far frum being autlieient, and 
so about three munth* ago the foilndat in 
of a substantial brick riblice wu.« laid o 
the lot adjoining, which was speedily corn- 
plated. The firm already occupies a por 
lion of their new store, which is in every 
roa, r t convenient uiul well located 
Mr. Woodhead ha* lately visited many 
"I the principal Fasten, cilia* with .. view 
Ol opening up new and better market* l„r 
Southern t .'abfoinia produou. lie balmvcs 
lhat with some further ooncitMion* from 
till- rail load the Fast will take id I we can 
produce at prices which will compensate 
grower*. 
Gur farmers hardly realize, we believe 
what two energetic men have dune i„ i„.' 
ort-ase tlm demand for Ilnur product*. In 
stead of waiting lor trade to haul them up, 
lliev ai<- seeking it and forcing it into our 
valley. They are Mining many blade* of 
gra*.> to grow where nono grew before, amj 
in a practical rnantior are adding muoh to 
tlm wealth of our oily nod county. 
A% ilm number ol Shmi-Thui-ic Oai.i- 
VOBMia will circulate largrdy in tlm iOnut 
we would strongly recommend purtio* in’ 
taresied in California fruit* to addraaa 
.’'lussis, Woodhead & Gay, who will take 
pleasure in promptly ami carefully attend¬ 
ing to all orders, 
it may be proper for us to add that we 
believe the formera of this valley can get 
better prices for their produce when ship¬ 
ped through a reliable firm than when they 
try to make shipments to distant points on 
their own account. We learn that mer¬ 
chants of the territories are becoming very 
distrustful of individual shipments, 
WHAT CAN YOU RAISE AND WHAT ARE TOUR 
SEASONS? 
It would he easier to tall what we 
not raise. We grow successfully every 
thing ruised m the Mississippi Valley, and 
a great many things grown in tropical 
countries. We can raise more and better 
wheat, corn, potatoes, rye, barley, veget 
ables, etc., to the acre than they can in the 
W estern States. Wo can raise more and 
better fruit; apples, punches, pears, plums, 
small fruits, etc., etc., than in any other 
part of the United States. We can grow 
oranges, lemons, limes, pomegranates, apri¬ 
cots, guavas, figs, olives, English walnuts, 
almonds, and ninny other tropical fruits 
•*i perfection. Our grapes arc not ex- 
died in the world. 
OPK SEASONS. 
An old gentleman who came hero three 
years ago from Illinois, remarked to us a 
few days ago, as we were complimenting 
our delightful spring: “Why, it'* all spring 
ami summer here in California, I'm 
had any vinltr since I left the Fast." 
1 Im following is a table allowing the 
—* of marketing tliu leading fruits: 
Christmas to July, 
All Ilm year, 
All the year, 
duly i.i November, 
duly u. November, 
duly |6 n. Ducuinbcr. 
October 20 (new.i 
.I'll'® IA In Christina*. 
.Tiipi- 1.1 loBepieinli 
..Im 
i 1 m Nm 
in bur. 
Block hurries 
VV.n 
-dune. 
.. November. 
- .Nearly nil Ihu yeni. 
M ij la tu Juui i., 
..Nearly all Ilm year rot 
'■June IS In Niqiicuiher 
•May IS to ,I 
. dllOC. 
vpteililwi 
rmclnoi . July to Qcloln i 
Muskmofwi. .. .July tu ueb.lar. 
Our thermometer behave* with mind 
more discretion and kindness than ilm boil 
ing and freezing instruments of the Ka*t 
W e refer the reader to report under head 
of “Cbuiata, mi pnge 103. 
I lie hottest day last summer, during 
Mny.tlm thurnumii'ter registered an average 
tomporature of 117*', with a pleasant m 
breeze to tamper tlm Imal and make 
day oonifortablo. 
fbe coldest day last vs inter wax during 
Novemhur, Dm average temperature, J.V. 
Tin* month of February, when the cold 
wind, bowled and the »now* blockaded 
trade and traflio throughout the Fast, our 
average coldest temperature wa* 1‘*. A 
Wl ‘ nnver uxperieucud. 
W Im, if they fully uruluratood our cli¬ 
mate season, and crops, would live n, the 
cold Fast another winter! 1 
SIERRA MADRE VILLA. 
This villa and groves have an altitude of 
1,«00 feet above the sea and 1,000 feet 
above Ban Gabriel Valley, commanding a 
view of the Pacific Ocean in the distance 
and a panorama of great extent and love¬ 
liness. Sit year* ago when these mesa 
lands were fust broken for tlm purpose of 
planting citrus fruits, many were tin* fure¬ 
tarding* id an extremely hazardous experi¬ 
ment. Now it carries off the palm for the 
largest, bust flavored, earliest and greatest 
yield. Tba lesser | Mr. Khode.) ha* already 
shipped to San Franeiaco lOO.taAi oranges, 
(remember frtirn tree* only six year* old) 
for which he received the highest market 
price; also, immense quantities of limes 
which mild for from tlo in *?h ,,* r 
thousand. I picked in bis garden ripe ami 
fine flavored tomatoes from vine. pUr.tad 
three year* ago, thus showing the salubrity 
of climate, and immunity from fronts. Kt- 
tenaive tract* in the immediate vicinity of 
Sierra Madri* Villa are being surveyed and 
laid out in twenty-aero or larger loti by Mr. 
N. C. Carter, and will soon he pul upon 
the market with unquestioned water right* 
lit reasonable price* and on liberal terms. 
Sierra Madro Villa in u "equaled In auv 
place in this State as a summer or winter 
residence, and is a world wide renowned 
resort for pleasure or health seekers. 
THE LEMON. 
As a writer in the London f.tmcrt re¬ 
mark*, lew people know the value of Irmnn- 
juice. A piece of lemon bound upon a 
corn will cure it in a few days; it ahould be 
find i 
I he 
with 
wild 
renewed night and morning' A free » 
lemon-juice and sugar will always 
omigli. Most people leel poorlv 
spring, Imt if they would rat a 
fore breakfast every day for a Week 
hunt sugar, a* they like--they 
better limn any medicine, l.ermut- 
nxed according to tin* recipe will 
sometime* cute cunsiiinption: Pot a dozen 
luiuons Into oold water and lowly bring to 
*-<l, thanMtaovse until all the juice .* .•*- 
trueu>d; add sugar to your last* and drink, 
u tin* w*y um, one dozen luiiion. • dm. 
It they twi'it' pain, or loosen the bowel, too 
inuult, less ,mi the quantity, and use only 
five or six « day until vou an- belter, sod 
then begin . dozen a day, After using 
.° "„ f »'* doaan, the patient will begin to 
gam flush and enjoy food. Hold cm to the 
lemons, and Mill was them very freely for 
ao rural week# more Another um> lot lum 
ons i« for a refreshing dnnk in summer, or 
ill slckneaa St any lime Pmparo as .!« 
reded above, and add water tod sugar 
Ihii in order to have this kepi well, after 
boiling tb«i lemon., aquor/e and strain care- 
fully; than to every half-pint of juice „JJ 
' n ® pound of loaf or crushed sugar, boil 
nd Mir a few minutes more until the sugar 
• dissolved, akim carefully and bottle, 
tu will get mom juice from the lemons 
by I toiling ilium, and the preparation keep* 
belter. r * 1 
