SBMI-TROVin CALtVORS1A 
A BTRAHOER AKOHG 08 ! Ami * cry of th- .. r c,t f,. 
“ - t i “Fresh crrangvs and pearbea V 
Among the many recent irriaK in our Ang-W. .* v/* !•-• 
section wo note the visit to f/n Angele*' habitually wait I of the mar 
anil to his relatives here (the family „1 T*“•*- orar,gej 
Shields) Septimus Hypolett Spencer, of 
tha old English ami English-N'orrosn r ,u’ , „ rk , 
families of Spencer of Yorkshire. Know 
ing that our readers are always pleased 
to know what intelligent and nicer*- 
big strangers think of Ottr region, wr 
reproduce in a natural way torus of the 
queries, replies and omnim-nta suggested, 
as our friend the AngeU-fio and 
drove through the cruntry: 
Visitor—The suburb* of Angeles. tb „ ^ |qn „ of - (h . wri| ^ l 
ahound in charms, which the greatest cities Tim sod, d-grr>* .,f moisture and rhai 
of lew favored climate* can neither borrow f the vcg-tati >n are a* widely difl 
nor buy. The freshneaa, thrift and Iw-auty ’ *'’" n J' wh*w|. :* 
of lawn, shrub, vine and tree here under '“ft'' r "‘ n 1 ' l '*' 4f 
the auinmer glare of cloudleaa skies, raioh-se Angrier.* - We hate entered the 
jar* Idown buds far still another reop. If i 
you happen tn be among the \*m Angeles ■ 
orange grove* next Spring, yon may *e* on 
the same tree sound oranges of 1 * 1 * 0 , ripe , 
orange, of 1K*1. green orange, of l*e*1. 
and the bloom buds tut oranges for 1>*H3 
\ou will lie apt to anient the orange In the 
lor ! third year of Ito age lor your own eating, 
i limply becaiiaa it is the beat. 
Visitor—I notice a areal 4urm within 
J the held Wei. spo 
ml I am told that 
from May lo November, provoke inquiry. 
The reply that irrigation procures all Ihl* 
vigor, variety and cxhuberance lead* to 
another inquiry, Why does irrigation pro 
cure all this profusion and perfection of .... 
oil, leaf bloom and fruit here, while in the 
belt. You a*e that liar* acre, trodden in 
deep dust by feeding sheep? Well, tk 
ts a rich acre. Last May it was rover 
with masers of nutritious wild grate 
The sharp have cleaned it aa barn 
road. Do you are this bunch 
f here* Wlk! 
inches of har¬ 
ed, hut 1 find 
n akv remains hnght all m maser. W bat 
ntNltha Rngfisk walnut grove there. 
i»t large treat and staidy I ranches, and 
a prop* to the I indie of each trr* 
.rip Iin * the burden of nuts. Hera * 
'era, and yonder >a an oleander wo* 
A. We mei* a hnwee p*t of an oleander 
■fsa* four yearn, without the reward of a 
j «a yearn oid? Wonderful! lluw 
NOW TO KIP TNC SOTS ON S f»*«. 
for thrir . 
. .»,T — 
■ted there 
lit leant many other places the artilicisl Iduiah I'lolmg weed, Joniuniivi- pint. it..v« .-n the f«rm 
application of water is rather damaging J flower, anl m-t unlike thyme? It is m w .. farm » •* h. 
than beneficial? "early uom There **«» no dew th » tl -r- t. 
Angcleflo—Irrigation is by no means an I morning, and v t see how dripping • t-■».• v f ar 
unmixed blessing, even in California. Or- ti weed is. >•— tl«r larg- drop*, fi• 
tain varieties of toil hero will not tolorelr they sparkle in th* light | I 
it; most soils do. The sea climate every . w-r-d is always w*t. Taste th«» bum h • 
where In California is favorable to irriga Y,m truly asy itts»tis lilmasack.il sad. 
tion. The continental climate oi ra»i • nally This bunch you wc is . nly a ysrd in diam 1 
dominant in California, i* unfavorable lo it. / !- r. Nothing will -at u. Ar i<n J it the j j ’ r,.,, i 
There are usually about four trio, of om- ground is rich. Cun. wdl glow himr-.ai 'm « 
tincnlal or hot day* eaeb dry season. The „p to it,* edge of it Hut within this »pu * ! 'ha nr 
three continental days making each *rio nothing will grow but aaH or alkali plants. »■ I it wdl 
mono togother, but the trios are weeks We now come to a surface as hard and » ncsJ<-. 
apart. On these continental day a artificially bare a* the r<wd N-. dn»t !>*»* ground , •» • 
applied water “scalds,” and along llm trail the feet ..f tecbi.g shewn Tliere eever I a re« -r»« 
■ .I il..< Iomi «-a'iti..u» irrigator, th« more| eras auy feed her*. This land ta low aalt to • f < ha of lastir 
tender annuals sometimes prematurely don produce even pirkle weed, ihrkle »»*!. ; » w 
the sere and yellow leal i 
must be extra cautious tuicontinental days and salt m ten l*r asparagus in l.m.e. Wr minmuiv. i 
(In till* afternoon of the third dsy the ••• n- are approaching In-ti. r land. Vr the nulls • ' irv'l''" 
tlnonial climate retreats and the sea brecie* ] »upar\ede* wait plant*; and here it i« *i« ii ' ■ (vd n lh* .1 
piirauc and iv-vi»lt QttfJ dell, |d*y Up«i! lietter; indeed ih>» is tha best of and >--< <•' 
every bill, shake the languor from every this dense thi. kci .it '..tii mustard. \ • ! 
loaf and fly singing through every Imroe. n-.w have il.e iulslld-b o •(' g-*rd *-d 1 ; 1 • k-’* 1 ' "" 
This willed leaf unfold* in the g>MS«m*r tr- bad land, H-- salt mrM *»»d '•utility -r v ’>*• 
rigation of eoa vapor, and tin- damp »e» air ) nculuin. It i* a lesem merely . m u* (■■ " * J| 
lilti>nng through the umlloerd *otl, and «,,i. hut the hi age of fate to th* land l.uyrr ■ . »» 
pausing in Its Ctiul, Ciuidenaiug evil*, »»e<.j,. The** never ah-roil U»u •iiu rringl* gi» l. ' 4 " 
the balm of mimic Irrigation. The irrigator 1 tit** land. II" **»..* i m« n»y '••**1 “"*•••*» '• " 
only continues and enlarwea th* irrigation | ■* a somnambulirt I hava known w»istnam ■’ ri *'■' 
begun by *ea vapor. And sea vapor <’ -n l.ulisU to I 
h:., 
ingraft ■ 
n't . 
care and sal* 
-t, sad at thr 
hat cheerful 
•r Iwila, after 
D i 
till lie* and graduates artificial irrigation., t, • Sheriff* r»t up 
The plant rvu'iuvea no delvten.Hi* *liO(*k, bill j buyers, 
great Iwnefit, because violent change ■■' V isitor I u»,t*ue slial 
avoided through the inter gesdualion and 1 sntly in mead'-w* aul>. 
inter blnnding of (lie natural and artificial . 1 see it, tall, well lira" hi 
processes. and blo*»'.med, S« d «i 
ViaiUir~l sea that many orange tr**» I green color, *11 will" o' 
along the line of our two day*’ midsummer j without rain 0 r mouth*, 
drive are banding under the weight of two i informed. I am the w<* 
distinct crop* of oranges—one a crop of this luxuriarroe and fi*r 
ripe fruit, the other a crop of gtetn fruit. | fi«re, bccauee elsewhere I 
•ulist L 
instead t> 
