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SEMI- TROPE' r. I /, IFOfiNIA _ 
TIi" trimming bad bean made a careful i 
study. nil Hu- brunches (ending downward, 
tliope front buds in ilio under si.l" of tl.r 
branch, had Item taken off; ho in future no 
weight of nul.s can injure the free. 
The Almond is hearing in most, localities 
hero abundantly this softRon, lint proves 
an uncertain hearer, and thwfni'*' not. a 
wholly ilfsimbl" emp, llimiu'lt when it. 
duos horn heavily it raakeB the "nmaitde 
honorable ° Many arc being grafted with 
Apricot, Nectarine, Peach, n» well as 
Prunes. 
Next in order, comes the Olivo, ifiudncd , 
it should not have the first place, flic only | 
objection to it. has been, it will not bear 
abuse, and insists upon IiIl'Ii culturo, aoini- 
yenrly cleaning of the trunk with whale 
oil soap-Mids, with n very little Carbolic 
acid. This treatment if carefully followed 
up will annihilate the acii1e*bug the worst 
enemy of the Olivo, us the forlorn unrared 
for spccimons about the country testify. 
That this condition of things j H uuneecH- 
Hnry is now wholly demonstrated, and 
where a refractory «ae or a neglected tree 
is to be reduced to order, the top is Rawed 
off, a cant of white-wash rondo very thick, 
put mi m the spring, and when the winter 
ruins bare Washed off the coating and n 
new top comes out healthy and fresh, there 
is a tree ns good as new, and in tine 
hearing. This is not theory, but actual 
practice among our best grower*, a be¬ 
headed orchard, nearly iload of neglect 
is now a beautiful sight and bending down 
" iffi fruit in Moutccito. a suburb of Santa 
Barbara. 
Mr. Cooper's estimate of bill fruit this 
hi .non, from Olive trees si\ years from the 
transplanting (2 yearn of age then) is from 
one to two gallons of oil per tree soiling 
readily at five dollars per gallon San 
b run Cisco will probably exhaust the South 
ern California supply of Olive oil, the 
only pure oil known iu commcii'o, ntt the 
Cargoes of laird nil, sold to manufacturers 
of llur forme i article fully proves. At tun 
years of ago, the Olivo is expected, to 
produce from three ter four times that 
Ainmiut, this expectation In in based oji 
isolated trees of that age recoiling only 
fm»• li inli* t*jiif*. 
l u keep thorn in perfect health require" 
■ inly that tie renlobug hr kept away, and 
lb" ground kept fie., from weed- uud 
pnlveivi i.| tlm.iirfhly This remilt can be 
ai-eimiplislud by using tl.o cnltivi.lnr 
during Dm fall and winter, three or /out 
tiiiiHa, and ploughing in March, or at the 
• ■lose Ilf tin rainy Mmaori The beat urchftld 
I have need this Mason, n-etiivod Him 
fttt • ril.itiii and w }l * wholly free from , v ,., ,|., 
A Mpaiently all soils me aljke to it, I hove 
"run tis fine freon on ndiiln< lull VitU» 
"l"; 1 ' 11,1 d bottom hind »nd as fell 
"1 fruit. Now e inn m from , lltr |j., ||„, 
n.xi f , ."i in import am. in the problem. 
«( \\ hat Pays, "The Aprioot. I,,,I 
reason the loudc.it wail of all ih. 
nim. from th" Apncot labuon, m,d Vo 
je ol. peddlers l.eemuc the ••l.eto noil of 
I" 1 • ll " ""III , I xvnsove, ntoi k. d 
and it did not pay In omi to Man |-i 
00; l,ut ,1 “- ttm»t. vxeleom, \,„m 
xuir reliable Towimmeu, Meters Sheffield 
and Dinmiick, that a cannery would be in 
operation in time for this nenson’s fruit, 
w as a relief indeed 
In n fortnight the Apricots and Nee 
tariticH will be ready, the enna have Imn 
in pmae*H of manufacture for week*, the 
•Top beiitjf two weeks hit. (hi> eeoh m. 
The nectarine e much bnlow ihcibrnaml 
the Sun done eannt i i haying made lib-ml 
offer* for all that can he spared from bore 
huge orders pouring into the Stale from 
India. J a pa», China, Australia nutl Kutope, 
for these two fruits specially, This flier 
nml belt is specially adapted to then 
culture, second to none iu the State, only 
Santa Clara Volley and a few she It"red 
Valievs North, answering for their culture, 
and some favored spot* Southward. There - 
lore considering the early date of tlmir 
bearing, three years of M gc, and their 
reliability (curtain varieties), md the uO- 
uHual demand, foreign and otherwino. 
• heae fruits iWitvo a largo place, in the 
list of paying product ions, price offered 
being from 2| to 2V cents. Pjuut-s, in the 
fmo young orelintil of Mr. Knapp, of 
Carpenteria, are giving excellent promise, 
and Ins experiment of fifl.cn hundred 
trees of the Petit. Prune d'Ageo, variety, 
i- worthy c»f emulation, Pears Ponchen, 
Apples, Quinces, have passed the stage of 
experiment and mo coining on in abun¬ 
dance. Figs tire on their nntivu heath, 
and were almost the only fruit found hero 
bv (lie AmericflUB, save mission grapes. 
Of this hitler'fruit, on tin? upland*, all 
varieties are a success, mid the Muscat and 
C.ii-do Blanco, me being put, out for raisin 
grapes, and have hardly pus-md beyond 
thu experimental phase, though home rai 
*in» were made last year, and of an 
excellent quality, The Hillside lauds with 
South-East exposure, afford n large op. 
portunity for profitable investim-nt. for 
timpi h ami Olivos. Wine han been made 
In i'" for x i iu: Cl.irof , Ajigclicn. and other 
varieties, oxculbrnt in quality and at 
tin pie . ut prices remiMionitivo" 
A tint In i solution to om piohlem muv 
tind answer m Hot following paragraph. 
A immpnuy of gentlemen from 'lin¬ 
nets, of whose numbi't- one is now n 
li Hiduitof I'l.ime, puivbiised la,d scu-.i.u 
a tract of ltd iici"-. of hind umir town, 
llliely wiileir d. fm th" ; rowtli and pro¬ 
pagation iit plant-i uuitnbl" for mu in (ho 
preparation of p..rfumery. H,11(H) l.iitti r 
Ooing" tin s have b. i n plllllli d till’ spring, 
ft large supply of Provem-u ru«c« sent from 
I imi,'" of th- variety iim ,1 Hu lor Vttur 
'•I ll""". iaivcmliibt V, ra, JiiHumiiuin 
(iMiiiiiillnrmH, TulMfiMS.'H, I'n; |) ,|i \ {oUtn 
11 1 rntiltlUis, and nlhei i.uutii > ni" also 
pini I"d These me nn,lw fin, "illtuntion 
and ,trc living xigoriuiidx pre-'ed forv« tiol 
ton growth 1 . 1 ,tlicicuI to the ooniniem-. 
.. of Hie real work Inother year n, 
allowed by the company before o-niumi 
alive Minus can I n erpn-ted, This ojieic 
rt U"W field hitherto until' d iiii« 1 uniiotier'<1 
save thill everybody know, where rlon.u ' 
glow .1 pi.ifiumly, flint they might !>• 
Utilised iu some way, the clilnnlc I . in ^ , 
umch more favoiabh? than Sou Hie ri 
m have 
*- d* dro 
-t that 
a* loud: 
pro: 
si. 
?*ircd 
com- 
Francti, unhiodcrol to snow and fi =t, 
mid ft supply of some, nineties of blo-.rn« at 
all sea*m k, n more d- 'liable opnong for 
'‘UttTlirim and capital run .r* < ly be 
found and many localities o*pi*IIy good 
arc obtainable for th" purpios* - . M viety. 
Schools. (Jliurchfcs, are not an eg the 
neglc- tcd tliiugn with us but in ,nlviu<.'c of 
mu rr i| ri<-. d.n. Tha KoaU>ru Si 
given us of tlifit licst, fui which 
to return thanks, with the r*., 
they will Mind iir more </f the n 
wo do riot iuk for hotter, nnd w. 
all n warm welcome, and m ike n-. otiarge 
fur t L" wisdom gniutn 1 by ream of at pi r. 
incut', and raultitudurioua blnubn- and 
| fail no s, con‘ic men t upon to 1 d ignor»nc« 
| of the possibilities, of this Miction Tl.o 
| HiijoH (u.-nt iis the grnprs of (- chol, from 
this promised land, but wo hnVR 
I more, and mmu to have U. It i» 
, inon rRujflrk, "had 1 known ten jeans 
'ago what I know now, 1 could hate Lemi 
a rich man to day," AI-> a Id (wired 
| remark, ’• There is the least p taihlnct "a-u 
for jiovcrty in this count ij <,f -in • in the 
world, if only coiouin son.-c i« n-..,) 
Tho sugar growing produeti us 1 xv•- 
Miccoexb il so well Unit wa art only waiting 
tho reunite of exprrimi.nt* this f ill with 
tlm Sugai .Milk south of um, if <key prove 
romum rutive, Santa BirLiara f -.inly will 
follow fcuit. Of small fruits, Strawb- iri. s. 
niackberriea, Itavpt'me* are ro-'l in 
nliiiiidnuce; iu the wintci the foru< r 
is sent to Smi Flaucisco and C'lm 
a dollar » pint and "ffan more, tli 
conrso at that s< .-.on tho crop ia 
one, but in greater ..j b-.si r <pu?,*.i 
iu market eight months in tin- y.sr 
Man. N. \V Wiuov, See v 
Hurticull uial .Society . Sul.In Ha liana t'aj. 
THE CULTURE OF THE ROSE 
Amohg C/lli"r most i". «11 • at mticlrain 
tbn June uuuibar ol ;|,i l. Iiow- 
iug Oli tbc prunagntiou id in->■«. winch is 
both timely nml iiimi uctriti ; 
Kvery rose will lu t I'-m*. fi mi tin »Kp 
Of llw great diviMion* mb whtxh th, u -c 
family i* si paraUd, tu the l<uua I. flic 
Uoisattc, ami th* tia, tli« U- t (wo i , ,x | . 
iiropugftted with more or 1, rendm*-** 
from the »hp, or fij limldui/'; the fln .1 
only by dividing' Um ruotn nml pirn 
the "• id. which latter iio tbod • ,• 
(o, how. Vcr, only wlmu it is ilmar* 
oblaiu new varieties Tl 
taking ft*«< 
profu-a Id 
although *i pi't»on who li 
I nnftil 
erry 
mauds 
igh of 
small 
it. .1 
d to 
f»r 
_| l>o»t Mt —_ 
illpM ia in •! litre, jaid dbi it 
of entlv Sumiui'C ii 
( a slip may tlml , 
, tin. ivinlii mtililh-i 
.bid 
* 
inrnt nr*' imdrd for 
•in. I know n 
swill I'l l flit'O'l" iBtO.vi 
with baldly a rent * * 1 11 
Oin Hoi i l-rm's 
Santa Hol'.iia xxill v 
a.r. flu y i'a i H.< 
Iri. yi-s.s lihl. Mo 
ol. haul ot dS.mto n< 
will. ill d ft Utl® "ill 
a band'.'in.' or 
ipnci 
old b 
('oh 
throughout 
nnd di'i'erii- 
vfliili ikl |,|f 
• Ifriv %?bo 
11 titfijfl. 
I orchard at 
m fl .OMM p. r 
*111* MOW v»ulY 
owl's aim '"d 
I ' "dll", lx 
irio red. 
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