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THE OLIVE, AND WHAT IS SAID OF IT, 
Tin' same veil- lht* Mission of Nun 
Stab 1 Horticultural Society, which wore 
IV MRS 
KIMPUJ 
S AN DIEGO County, California’s last 
stronghold of ski-ptu'ism regarding 
il c agricultural and horticultural rapacity, 
has rotne to the front as n fetni-twpic, 
trait-growing county. I' 4 - otwigua anil 
lemons have gone abroad, utnl won tlioir 
elaini to superior i-xeelh mv hut its hfhg- 
Diugu was founded, and an olivo orchard given loan expert. Rev. FatberBlemidale, 
planted. The policy of the Mission for comparison with foreign samples. The 
founders in planting this useful tree was best French and Spanish olives to be ol>- 
a wise one About a dozen missions were | tained wore tested with these, and the Sun 
supplied with olive trees, where most of Diego olives pronounced in every respect 
them, and possibly all, still yield a fair superior. 
supply of fruit, uni withstanding neglect This testimony is general, even among 
and the ravages of animals. those who Imre been accustomed to eating 
In 1K72 KitulmH Brotbr-rs «*t thi-ir tiist them in foreign countries, thus giving 
few cutting*, procured from Hun Diego 
>*l destiny n- evidently to distinguish j Mission, on National Rriticb They have 
each Tear addod to the mnubev, and they 
itself ns the best olive producing county 
of the State—or the I’nib d Slates, 
Muny orchunlists throughout the county 
have planted a limited number of tree* 
and cuttings by way vl experiment, but 
those who have engaged in the enterprise 
moat extensively have planted Within one 
mile of the buy, where there are no extremes 
iii heat nr cold to chock their growth. The 
fender twigs turn toward tin sea for t he 
uulnriienl nllonhd hv the ocpuii breezes. 
The udaptubility of this locality to the 
added weight to the theory that portions 
Of 'h* l'nofne coast nre bettor adapted to 
thu outturn of the olive Hum the Countries 
have now live thousand t ice-, in orchard, i bordering wi, Mm Mediterranean 
and fr an eight to tori thousand in nursery \\ B Ewer, of I ho f’uctjh- /t'lni' /Veax, 
Two thousand are this yeai fruiting. Theyjiu the issue of Fob 14th of the presont 
eaiue into Iteming the third year; the year, wiil.es uliderstuiKliiigly and clearly 
fourth, nn average of two gallons of fruit of thu great value of olive growing in Sail 
to the t rei i. obtained; the fifth year, *n 
rapid is the growth of the tree, the qimu- 
t itv is doubled. In n few iufttunoe* the 
Diego county'. He claims this as its 
•’natural home," ami says, “there is no 
industry- more peculiarly adapted to Han 
yield n- ranch greatci. From one tree, Du go than the cultivation of the olive for 
four years from the cutting, eleven gallons 
were picked, and twenty gallons from one 
culture of the olive was recognized by the ! seveu years old. 
Department of Agriculture in its report of | The apathy among tlm miiR-ten. regarding 
1S7T. in which special menti.in is mads of this industry, arises from a lack of knowl- 
Smi Dn o, and this further reference to edge of the many uses of the products of 
other sections: ' The countries which ] tin tree, niul n doubt of the practicability 
grow the olive for purpose-! of commerce, ,.f it* culture in til is country. 
present conditions of l itjlmh , sml and The testimony of good nutbnnty on both proximity to thcoccan, confirms Mr. Ewer's 
climate similar to a mimbi-r of tin South -1 lliess subjects is ample, a portion of which 
- in States, ond u portion of the Pacific ! we cannot forbear quoting. In the report 
COftf5t I of the World k Eipovht ion at Part*, in 
\l remote intervals of time, the import- 1807, this reference is made to the olive 
mice >f c.fttuhlishing an industry in this'and its uses: “Oil, in some wav or 
cither oil Of fruit. " 
\t (ho East, where the olive is moat 
successfully grown, the mean temperature 
of thu year nr between fifty-eight and 
sixty-si-, degrees, while the mean annual 
temperature of Kan Diego is sixty degrees, 
which, coupled with a dry nttnosphere, 
freedom from foga, light rain-tall and 
conclusitm— “ the natural home of tlie 
olive.*’ 
We have only glanced nt the chief uses 
of this most valuable free. There are 
many others that may well outer into the 
considering the question. 
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i .niniry iw Mioeti mtlJiona are suatmiied another, plays a most important part In account- in considm i 
III Ihe Old World, lm* oi . upied the minds j the domestiu economy of Europe. A 1 Will it pay ?’* 
"I intelligent men, and -u.u 'fiVut has large portion nf Southern Europe would Evt-rv sprout or lim... u,«, K1 , Ule 
. . " ia,i " 1,1 “.“t direction, hut, ffon perish, were the- olive crop To fail, Real In-., adds 4 to the annual income rn cultmgH, 
v mum. cause, most ..I them have faded, olive oil has fur centuries partly taken the which are placed in nurseries to be tn.us- 
fl'e 'I f f u fto!lire. howe *eT, we find place of meal and lmlter. with large and planted into orchards in two rears. Twigs 
lie proof c-f the feasibility oi thi enter- intelligent nomi lation* ' ; inn r.„- ... *. r..i .... 
pn 
ibiixty ul tin enter intelligent populatiwus.’ [too small for this purpose arc useful an 
D.mnethe , r 11 , ,v planter of kindling*, for every part »f the tree, even 
•, | r , ... , | I , , 1 V' nr " V- 1 pro-nr-l Hoes from the ill,- ruts of the fruit are port,mated with 
. • 1 H-«|. d* nt...r> imeneun ( ons.il Italy, ami cultirnU-d oil Lluit renders tin in c.oml.nstil.le I he 
4 l.u ,-|n lie I, Leone an cntbimmst on three (u four hundred, without making it wood oft In-tree „nil owneeiallv the root 
. *"**»>■ ° f lb - °! m ‘bm|a specialty. He ^ ;•* Olives are eaten which V Imluldidly SmX hehliu 
"t'survutmn, his opinion, so cl, arly ..x stock, would par hamlsuiiioR to ei.lliv o,. n , . ' . l"' 1 '"' 1 - amt 
I ' ‘I in the following laugieu I , ought the trees I’!,, Hereral ,1- I k ' t ’ , , l""' T ,l * 
haw weight with those less ertpubli of small ebuk of hogs tn tine order upon 1 the * ffrSy* ““ Ar® 0 ^ "" '* 
J 4 g>',, the matt,.- • Although'the - r.po olive*. doih shaken down I'm them," f t ,„„ Mm fruit 
il'i'' (i' H ,e , ; ,IK ' U r" !" A,utftivu - • Tll, ‘- V to thu tienii of swine, f ( „„ f ■ f, « 1 ' 
r , r , " U " ,a -' u « I1 ‘" 1 not Muiurad from any other food. " 
of all the gift, of Huav. u to man, next to froms,, i„ his Nutnml Wealth of ’ . u , 
'!* «|m« the iliir,,bility'. After Lire oil in express, 4 ,1 
Hu* peunaee is ewallent 
and -wine. In short, (he 
.. . . -.—.- to Imve been created for 
nenin, oj pore IIH( . 'Ihere is room in Suothiiri 
,u . an ( a lift,inia for luillicua of t ree 4 -that would 
pro, ions Having l, ecu my If | ( aliforma, 1 ' says, in lufere-nre 
Ui eye witness to the hi, «ug iv|,ich‘ thi- i»i<-o Miii-ion : “In it',,' " ’ '"J ^’"'^ornm fur luilliniiN of trees tha( would 
ire. -he,Is on the pour. I never had my ovc' nrety yoare, there has m'ver Iman't I aU £"" l !"’ ,lh j 0 ,|ir « W *UU uf the Stale 
", Ul " M h ," the itdroducttiu, failure of tjio uhvc her, wI„ ,mlm i „ ' h v cannot, l„- oveidone, fm 
W, V uiturlo of Dew culture into util , Eurnin ,t often fails ,., ,1 t h, f, „,i ' , K ! <>f .'l".* nntiou are open to iih. 
count ry. 
In 1 H]i (',.|,.'n i Mj 
of hind in Alabama to 
tiuropa it often tails, and the fruit BUllnrs I ,.r .. . „ V ,- r V' - . 
»•;*"• t 4 lc , niii„t,|I Frn,,, .1,,-- , '" !!? ' 7 T ' p 11 
univi isid c&ii-lleuee r,f ,, m iilivui. ..... . ' "•sUolily of sneeess, plant a few olivu 
j. 1 " i'Vent'h , a,,g,ants, wj. pend upon tlii-ir prebuene. „| ir ’ j '*J ..andoin and earel, .-, mail 
'"'V.7 ,lL * Vi ’f"7 ’ k ' olive for the seme 1: , | J '•»' Hmrnngbly and w ll- to point 
' i q,e but tl,,.- 4 in mi faded, and tin lira oil will be tdik- superior 1 In- oil ’I" “ ", ht ' K ' wo, ' k ""‘ 4S ' l ‘" 
s-i” 4 l2i'' l r,r.'SrS!r l ^ '"“at 
r.:; «r 2* n' 
h, ™ l, r =■„, . . U.IZZCSSF- W, JUTi c 
1 Jondu. and brought with thi'i,i ihe olive Mr W r< i.-. 4 . ,, . 3u,( 
■ MV product-; Of the .state''..lives at the F.'d.ruaj >•' 'i.'il.H,j al, uiit double Mint of 
. tun l any previous year. 
add to It, 
this year will reach 
the value in dolhit M 
