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SEMI-TROPIC a IIJFORNIA. 
SEMI-TROPIC 
CALIFORNIA 
A.Nl> 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURIST, 
Devoted to Agriculture, Iforiieulturr, awl Mr den I- 
opment of Southern C<W(/Vr«iVi. 
Terms St.SO, per year, m tulninrr, pottage prrpniil. 
Addrew, CARTER A RICE, Los Angolrn, OjI. 
(iku. n I V.\ rEK ! I*™**"*** A'fT* rni'rnirr ti. 
CIRCULATION .... 8000. 
HORTICULTURAL FAIR. 
A NI.W MIMUTHr 
BEN BUTLER IN LOS ANGELES. 
'•rand* ,,f thn 
Butler said of 
ri' ly of 
t axtent 
on tin* 
nr I was 
*, and a 
rrwuw of 
eo forty 
eternal 
ur« lli 
l|h |f*i 
’ tin 
to 
i AVI 
Wr. print this month n large edition of 
Semi-Tropic California, and a« Mr, Cm ter 
goes East ho will personally attend to tlio 
circulation of them. Wc hare neglected 
our horticultural readers in Southern Cali 
fornia in this number, and luivc made it 
np more especially to answer the many 
questions wc ure constantly recoiling from 
parties in the East., inquiring about this 
part of the state. Mr. Carter intends to 
bring a large party buck w ith him when ho 
returns, and will bn happy to give any in¬ 
formation regarding this locality, ami the 
way to come here. He will Iruv. I through 
the Eastern and Middle States. Letters 
•■"reach him should b. addressed Hoorn 2, 
Nesmith Hloch, Lowell. Mass. 
PREMIUM MAPS. 
To each subscriber to the Scui-Tuono 
California, we will give a large, (size 2l»x 
21 ), handsomely engraved and printed map 
of California and Nevada, geographically 
correct, and folded in a flexible cover. 
Sent to any address post paid, for (H.50 
per year, 
Not Pirvi.i.rixKiii, A gentleman from 
tin-; ( 'unity brought in a grape trunk ovi r 
twenty five your- old, that hud be, u cut >>IT 
by -OHIO insect. Thmr was conaidmaN. 
senanlioii over it, as ji had been pro. 
-muneed the dreaded Pliylloxc./i MV 
juonouneo It a borer the r,„.,„. s „,,i 
I.IU.WM , 0 - tin, insect itself Wa* „„| 
h'ond in tin, vim, presonle.l forms,,, rlion, 
lliut .1 w„.M not I'hyllojera ,* c , r(m „ 
I he following symptoms will dcfeimi,,,. 
whether or u vino line lw.ru attacked 
• ' I' 1 ' byllnwra; lira! a fading „! color 
on tin leaves, second the branebw, no 
longer hang down, hut stand upright, 
•horlenwl and atiffwith asemarl and yellow 
' '? V'" f * ,) : *»»W. the Vine ,, 
.mtir.li crippled and shorn: looking bhe 
.1.1 willow stumps, and not cut oil »„ in 
HimS. 
m. .. In a speech from the 
Hie now orgmuzubon of the Southern Cosmopolitan Hot- !. Mr 
California Horticultural Society give* con- Smith, rn California 
fideneo to all oar citizens. All the old; ff. wp j mVB 
expenses and extravagances have been climate, n>. I ,t' 
stopped, mid i oaten 1 of paying out 1200 „f Um'tory t<, give lb 
P , r i'io>dl) during the rear, a- formerly,, c,mat Within ,», r <« hr 
llo r do lint now pay out n single , ent. riding in , „v,- r 'd 
be old premium list and floating in terrible frost hung fron 
dobtnlncs,, boa bean sol tied, and the *,,d then , »>■ .nrmun.lnl b 
Soentv urn in flue Inm for a •* boom’’ Sacramento You haw „ n |, 
at tbc.r I.'urtlnsfan .'or fifty udles from when- j 
I he following ih the mmingnrosrit and (faint yna enter r, rlitm.'. -.. ,,,., 1 .)^ 
our intucim will recognize in them mm, of *.. mild. and )„ „|.t, ., .. t . nJ 
ability and integrity, in wbouc hands tho ; 0 fray friends wh.,-e 1„. , ■I, , | „ 
society s business will be mmomicaly and j dn»puin d of in New 1 , -I.. i f.„„ .) 
energeticuly managed: j baaltli and strength -ai d without h. ailh 
.1. Dr Bartii Siiorh, - - President. ' ,1 * ' B u*ele-n in this world -have f..,,, 
H. K W. Bent, - Vico President, ll 6 '' 1 *!' ««'• rtrt-ngkb lo r, #m<. 
E. F. Spesor, - Troaunror. 
Caw, C. E. Thom, 
T. C. Severance, 
Omt. J. H. SmcLt», 
Dl(. O. II. CoNOKIt, 
J. F. CltATTR, 
ClnonoK Rios, - Secretary. 
By doing away with tho expensive man¬ 
agement of former years, tho final d of 
Directors are enabled to otl'cr a more 
liberal premium list and have the money 
that was otherwise used for the prompt 
pay ment of premiums. 
The Premium list will be largo and 
ample and Prompt Payment guaranteed 
Me bespeak the hearty co-operation of 
every citizen of Southern California, who 
have an interest the welfare of Horticulture 
urn! Agriculture in semi-tropic California, 
SPECIAL PREMIUMS. 
A number of gentlemen liuve generously Aius, then reri 
offered large premiums t>> be awarded n't •') dr-pping in a few p, 1 
♦ .i»_ ti’ ... ..u( ....... 
The equability of Tour oliiiinl,, m great. 
Me hove no days like this iu New England 
that we had to day, or lik* .•«. had l*»t 
wee k, but climate twenty-eight to thirty, 
and perhaps forty ,Ingres •» hotter t! u, 
this; and in the midst of the winter the 
thcremometor twenty-eight to Unrty de¬ 
gree* below z< ro A Urge j - ,rti«.n of New 
England is subject to goat char •< . bl, 
this. But why shuitld I, a stranger, Hp'ak 
to von of what you know so much l.ett,r 
than Ido? The air yon br> atbe and the 
water you drink or, blaming* nnappre- 
. .1, l^cnuse you hm all the 
time, blit to me they seem to l» very 
beautiful. ” 
PARING PEACHES 
First, take an iron pot, place it on the 
stove with water in it, put in a box ,,f <v,n- 
centratcl lye, let it dm-olre in ti,.. hot 
water until it i> -tron;,* en,ugh to «*<u ,».» 
skins, then remove the lye yon 
tl,e rTorlicultural Exposition in October 
We would give a list ,,f the geld Icuieri who 
hftve made these oflura, tho nmniint* and 
their objoot, hut.,Inf, i until our next. i«',ir. 
when we nan give the entire list—others 
intending !•> give premium*. Tim object 
i“ connm inhibit, and i* worthy of cmnln 
lion 
an tall 
r them 
•f cold 
out and throw them into a tut ... . 
water, rinse them thomaghly, and w 
ill havw 
it* r>d 
• IV with doth, and your jx_ 
the shin umiured, still retain 
cluck 
h on m*r hold up rout ban. 
1 at the id on of using l**y, but i 
I on, e ton will ulwav >*«» •« 
foil 
\ few of tho special premiums arc ns ''"•T !'r 
[Iowai UtUMi the aI'uvc inethod ft 
M. 
Ft 
Ht 
Ih si K/irlc of Wheat ns it inns from 
the threshing miirhuin. ... JJfi mi 
•'ent Display of California Emit. 25 (10 
(teal. Dairy Display. . on 
: Best Oinpa •• .. o;, 00 
; Ment Display of Native M ine . 25 00 . . ■ 
B' 1 Honey aggregate .. ,f50 00, 75 00j* 1 
Best Vegetable Display. . . 25 l"t ,,,, • ’lie Vtu> ri 
lb»il Display of l'‘|ow.i,sia Pots 25 (kl kumv!. 
IS, «l Bread >iggi"gnl, . o.*, jjq '*hol< 
Best Sugar-beet Sugar, local pro 
dilution. .. Gold Mesial 
B'«t Needlework . Elegant Sdverwiu. 
Best babv .. . Cuniiu'c worth f'iA Oft 
Til* Cold Dineovei 
mad* on th, lsith , 
month bafnre the ii 
Hidalgo was •,igi,< I , 
an til 
d fj 
f L» 
|SJ- 
ill, 
; 
tr the 
print, 
loro \ 
And several ntlieis yet to be auangod. 
which w„ will give .in. notice and publish il 
in our onfnlngn,.. of which will be n> 
■ HU 0 1 to Ariv UitdrUhS Iree 
Igol by 
territory 
• 201 1, of Sepleml 
of the discover 
Htal* the mini 
aUeuttoii Tow 
gold dual nud lie re i*b 
f 1 the l avl, amt, iii t|„. y 
excitement rnn hu. 
ndveBture was made hi th 
to icacIi the gulden laud 
, i', 
In 
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*1 p 
in l 
t, 
■anil, 
toil. 
rail 
**r 
b at, 
lU of 
Allied 
>f. '49, 
nt*uy an 
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