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pastured off is cured on Ilia ground by 
sunshine, pure and sweet. During the 
Summer months following liberal rains 
horses, cuttle, anil sheep tuny bo seen bv 
thousands gathering mi the dry, brown 
hills, which, to the stranger, appear en¬ 
tirely destitute of food, During Midi ex¬ 
ceptionally dry year • h- IM'.tj m.d 1 S77 the 
food is all eaten before Huintnrt curin'*, 
and nliooji suffer grant srarrity nf fund 
and, even then, it i- marvelous how many 
enu be fed. Dociditmis trees me t 
plantcd while their leaves mi off in the 
Winter. February and March arc* now 
generally considered the best, months for 
transplanting evergreens, among which 
are the citrous vane ties, though these latter 
are moved mnv monlli in the year. 
Following i h n table ho wing the time 
of marketing the leading fruits of the 
locality us given by Messrs. Woodhead 
■fc Gay, commission merchants of Los 
Angeles: 
Oranges . .Christinas to July. 
Lemons. . .. All the year. 
Limes ... •• •• 
Apples. .. July to November, 
1 e.irs 
Grapes. . July 15 I" Peisemboj’, 
Knixins... .October 12" (new). 
Peaches . Junu 15 to Christmas. 
AiwiiMitn . .lulu- 16 to SejitfUlhrr. 
Plums and Prunes.,,, June 1 to November. 
Cherries. ., June, 
Japsuene Perslminuns. Ni.wiiitu, 
gipiatjg prparfment. 
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THE HONEY PROSPECT IN SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA. 
From our (•vebangee we di 
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Guavas 
LoquaU .. . 
Straw herrie*. 
Itaspberrifs 
Hluckbrrrics 
Currants 
< iiiMsrhrrri. n .... 
Watermelon* 
Miiskuii lous. . . 
, Nearly nil the year. 
May 15 to Join- 15. 
.Nearly >» 11 lUe year l*J<lDd 
Junu 15 to S-ptvmher 
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May 15 to June 15. 
•I line. 
July to October. 
Our thermometer bohavea with much 
more discretion a in) kiudnenH than the 
boilingand fieizingiuntriiiuentsof the East 
Following is a sample, covering the first 
twelve iu< >nt L m of the service of tbc U. S. 
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of the thi MUOmCter at Loy Angoles. Dif¬ 
ferent localities would van the details 
•ilfghtly, but the general result would be 
nearly the miiiio. During each of the lust 
two Winters tliei tlmrmoumler fell once to 
30 and gave us u light frost. On each of 
these occasions some daniuga was dons to 
fruits that liovc no frost down on their 
prog mi 11 ini' It win*, perhaps, npui.l in ' Tailing iiupre-su.n i| .„i i 
advantage to Northern fruits, which pro- Southern t'ldifnriiin will 
duceil uineh hetter than helorc. A person ' largo Wc on ■■ rr to 
accustomed t<i Such n climate an mini r.f pi' - ion i- very • rn.i 
course feels slight cold mom than u person 
whose blood tingles with the i.Vmiil mem 
«n of I ho wort’llrv 60° below tbe freezing 
point , lull I lies luxury of this mild climafe 
is something beyond description. f if»» i« 
u poem existence is cunnbino only flocked 
with shadow. There may be places on 
the ruti.li where the means of life can bn 
more easily ami mure quickly obtained; 
there are old alt.iirliniiHits which bind one 
to less favored climca; luil fur n place to 
lift fora place where huhaiatenoc is worth 
while, whore life is worth having and worth 
keeping, commend us to Nmitlmru Cul-1 gained I’hr sweet muimnm 
ifornia. Day after day those mellow aflci bv and I he cream of the m.v* 
noons glide by into the past, and never a "if on tho wings of flitting ti 
California bard ainga with him of New <’«n reasonably hop. for only 
England— 
•• OocI liu fiTgoie.n the «,irld," 
but, always bright and clear with the glad 
sunshine mnl the song of birds, the poet's 
hope is realized — 
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' Owl will remember lb*- world." 
FAiuiEna Aim llegiu sTCi) to save tbe heal 
samples of all kinds of Grain in tho stalk, 
hunches of Wheat Rye. Oulu, Burley, t-lc. 
out do n to the ground, mid securely lied 
near the heads, ruiddlo and bottom, and il 
anything but fl.-itterin. 
< rup There is no want of flower*, bui • 
lack of noijtar. 
The peculiar ntule of the atmospl rrs is 
not conducive to the secretion of on t;,r m 
the flower*, the night* being told and 
foggy, and the greater part of the day cool 
enough it would seem for lh« little bring* 
bi don their overcoats. 
Warm nights as well n< t]«Y9 nn« 
siuy fur the secretion of honey. Now, in 
June, w< look for our largest yield .,f l„ _| 
honey—the time lost now • ,nnot b. re- 
> rolling 
i *, birriiii 
and w« 
. , limited 
crop! ; and. as tong as this state of weather 
continues, wo cannot r*a--?nn'nly .sped 
any thing hatter in the future S.i.tl • ru 
California exhibits now anything but tho 
feature* of Canaan. 
How long the present condition "f -.it* 
airs 
will c.nutinne no one know*-, it i» t*. l»« 
hoped that a sweeter futur* wiil *o .n dawn 
blow 
total 
«» in 
upon tin apiarists, who fevl ih 
move keenly than nnv one • Is-, ns tin 
failure of last year left many of tin 
straightened circuiuttancvs 
SIioiiM i In. ie- In a favorable doing 
very tall, in four plmie—fo. exhibition at “ , 
- -- ... ,, . ulty will pri ml. ii iif in iIn- f..ji.i ,.f 
commeiviiil cormorants, who. divine like, 
and 
I . i'll 
the Horticultural Fair this fall. Wo an 
solicitous that, a hinjr niimhi rat such spnci- 
xm-nH should lie ho cut mid arranged, not 
only for exhibition at own fair, but to lie 
Beni, East, to show what im can do ill the 
grain raising liusiucsa, 
awarded for the la st specimens. 
wish to live upon tin In hors of vilu r* -wo 
mean luiiidle-ninri, w ho are now toeing the 
||( i)( bwi-kinpar'it pile and putting lus hard- 
| ".iilied products below living i ,t* • 
lrom.rn.te will b. ----n* of d. .. i* for all »] 
call ami there me inntii who cun to hold 
Him huitev Nuuk* of 
( u miiiMv Wim lias begun to go t*• Eu 
roin-, mnl bnfoii long the KiisO ih Slate 
will orulmbl; disiiovu its value, nftir Imv 
b‘g Imuglil of it largely tit foreign gla.«. ' in. l > 
lliid.'V foreign nolle*, beliiiel fureigli labels | i‘. i ;;i 
l! i» a w iy licit lime sine" yoUl uvi iiu. tiidua 
t'i» 1 1f*n11inn Hpuko of Hi*, "until" wim', limn licit 
tiuna to thi* i ff* cl 
Mlut ro. iid api' Ulti 
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with i grin, but llu* vim growtua on the • • 1 
»f npici 
HO In*iii*v In tin 
■Hillbilly boWS to 
III it «'\pl «• 
If the i< ailer will carefully > xamlii" the 
above table be cun gel u veiy correct ulna 
foiwl have bin'll learning bmv to umn 
llinr vines mnl turn the giajicM into w me 
Nquei/ihg llm tin iy iiml Luntetitiug it** flnd tun. • It u 
juice ih mi haphuMl-l mutter, and a • little 
one of merit routine. A pniMn* has to be 
do** oveteil uIiookI mm* for each viiH inr*!, 
as vine grovreiw in Kuruju* have long Mure t 
fottud out, and Amt iirau grower* on tho i 
con-1 have piovid ns facile and inventive Calif 
in il inciivi i mg their own iti**llioiln in Alltel 
team* generally are in dealing with such 
prubleuiH llm i• nit in u marked i.nt- 
pro Venn ot in Oalifi>rniu wine, which m be 
ginning to l.n ioco in i d iibr* ..<) ami nt 
i home , /'riii/ i* V io'un * , (7ii-" • . 
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in. .urce.isful AjdariaU. 
I II 1, spill 
iiste of -SouUi*fii t shfun i» ar* 
taking iic|j 
»*. i*tip* to make Hte Ingest 
and fie. si. 1 
i»iilut.*f bone a at the Southern 
t'uhfm ma Hortu ultunU ('mi t *» Fall ever 
n in the* world. 
Mr. N.C t'aitu has about Hu*.' bun- 
si k x*I bee hill *, amt laki N ■an-pb'aof ll'Sicy 
t ii*t with hiui to -Low what Semi fro pic 
C.ihfonua tun do in liiut hue. 
