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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURIST. 
LOS ANdKLES, CAL., SEPTEMBER, 1880 . 
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COLONIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
Eurroiis Skxii-Tromo OtUrouau. People 
wlm me thinking of exchanging llie severe 
winters find sultry Hummem of tilt' Kftat- 
ern States for the mild yvililers and tem 
porate summers of Snutljuru (.’alifornio, 
naturally hesitate when the thought occurs 
to them that they are not only about to 
nmh.' an entire oliMigc of climate, but aUo 
of tli® a«eociations with which they have 
Krown up; they are about to go and otin- 
glc with Btraopcrs new people, different 
in ideas nud habits, from those with whom 
they bad grown up, and with whom they 
sympathized, There n I rangers might not 
be pleasant people to live among; and 
then the idea would naturally occur, why 
not organize a colony of people from the 
same, section of country, who had been 
brought up with similar habits, modes of 
thought, religious arid political sym¬ 
pathies in short, tmiiBjmrl home, with all 
ita HurronmlirigH, lo .Southern California, 
anil thus make no change except that, of 
climate? 1 am decidedly of Opinion that 
colonies or pei wiium from the same section 
or country is the proper wav for iinmi- 
grnnt- to conic tn Southern' California. 
. combining and purchasing a large tract 
of laud tiny are nblo to gel tlinir land 
cheaper, und cuulrolling tim tract pu r . 
chased, they can keep out objectionable 
peoide, and regulate all Matters: relating 
to the settlement, according to their own 
wishes, Again, it. not infreqnemtlj bnp- 
psnH that people who design making this 
change are not ready In cotDo at once, mul 
may not bu for two, three, nr four yearn, 
liy joining a company of ibis kind they 
could purchase thru loud, hate if planted 
in vines, nml different varieties of fruit 
tree-, and cultivated and cared fur by eon 
truet, during Il.e thru yean, required to 
make it productive. Ho that wbeu they 
were ready to COinu and take pussesMOti 
tb-y would have .. profitable and pi-Im - 
tivc property, ready I,. |„ f oocuplid and 
avoid tin tedious waiting inquired to ert- 
a'e a plantation for liheftmelves 
Tbc colonists of Anaheim (which i, 
plot in bly f he must eueet f.ll colony eVe, 
planted in < nliforoift) pursued thin phu, 
bo two years all the work was done by' 
contract. Much share repn->m.ted twenty 
" f '““d. «D(I tin. oust of ihe im¬ 
provements was paid in a.-csMiienl.i by 
. net, Hlockholder uiatil the third .year, when 
the settlement, actually commenced; then 
all tho shareholder- having collected the 
different vim-vard lot-, they wero divided 
among I Ik shiunlioMcrH. and each man 
ng. d his own plantation hlunm.lt after thul 
time. All of those colonists who have 
avoided speculation, and confined them 
selves to their legit imate business, are rich, 
and now that the vineyard interest has be¬ 
come no prosperous, are likely to grow 
richer, us flic prices of wine advance, and 
the consumption inorofwee. 
1 cite the example of Anaheim as an 
example of what has been done in (he 
pn.st by men who bail to contend with 
difficulties Unit, would have discouraged 
must men, but which were overcome by 
pluck and pcu-Bovorenco, and resulted in 'ri 
grand success. These difficulties now do 
not exist. Everything is mnrle plain ami 
easy, and the reunite are certain; given 
the laud in a proper location (free from 
frost), a supply of water for irrigation, 
and money to pay for the work, and any 
kind of a fruit plantation can he created 
m a term of three year- your orango nud 
lemon trees budded on four or live-year- 
old stock, will hour on the third year; 
vines tlu* third year front the cutting; 
apricot a aud nccteriuos. which are pruHta 
bly cultivated in, and urn practically a 
monopoly of Middle aud Southern Cali¬ 
fornia, also bear on the Hurd year, and 
atiob is the demand for thane fruit* fur 
canning and drying, that five-year-old 
plantations have united from four hundred 
to five hundred dollars per acre, at tin- 
low price of two and one half cents per 
pound Huh year. All kiudH of northern 
fruits bear on the third year from Hit* bud. 
•So that the intending immigrant cun safely 
make his calculation that in three veins 
his place will be icailv for occupation^ ,md 
b<- in condition to make returns for the 
money he him spent upon it. l-'of those 
who arc not yet ready to conic, and who 
have the means to oontiact, tins i» better 
thun a tedipUs waiting uu Ilia spot fur tin- 
phmlatioiiH lo grow; heal.tea, the place he 
ing managed by an < Xpert, i> more likely 
to he a success than it would in III.' iin v 
pericncoi) bauds of a new begdnner. (V' 
atmg a place require* luors skill than the 
nit-i managetnent of a phu- already 
created. 
There are places in till* vallev suited f,u 
j OoloniCH, convenient to railroads and 
steamer landings; within two hours' drive 
I "f Hit. Puoitip Ocean, will, rush mil, in 
l"<-utio,ia, free from frost, with plenty 
<>f water and perfect climates, waiting fui 
Hi-' advent of pundiiiM'is who will mi 
1 prove and make its f.ililitv productive 
- (,| ir natural advantage- arc great but we 
want people from the North nml I iH 
make thsiu Bvaihible, Whei. ver immi¬ 
grants from that part of the country m i 
Ho, something is done; they are full of 
the spirit of improvement: they work nml 
duet ion uf new and improve! fruit.. that 
take the place of former favorite-, planta¬ 
tions require renewing to keep part- with 
thfi improvement* of the .lav, ami the 
persevere until tin y have er. ,a.-d a home 
Mich us they have hrwn Mccustotnid tn in 
i Hie land they hn»o 1. ft. but lluv find ow¬ 
ing to our rapid growth*, that in five or 
-ix year- the v can create a pin. - that would 
have required twenty nr twenty five yen, 
in the Atlantic States, Our iHlunt. not 
only lengthens nur lives, but it «]m.i en¬ 
ables us to do twice or three lime* us much 
in a given time When a man plants an 
orchard in the Eastern cminlrv, practi¬ 
cally, he does it for Ins children. heir, in 
three year*, trees commeoce bearing, and 
in ten years they art- in full maturity the 
planter may he udvam-d in yr«rs, f.ut he 
reaps the reward of his enterprise hiui- 
eolf. Of enurw, oyvitig to tl.is rapid ma¬ 
turity, the platAtioriN will nut i-i-i | OOJ , 
nw they do there, but quick returns are 
more profitable, and plantation- can > --i)\ 
bo rune Wed if found to bn failing. 
Resides, owing to the constant mtro- 
•uuiy maturity of our trees nuilo» this 
easy, if any variety of fruit - to 1„. 
in daiuaml, rinother is quickly substituted 
for it, 
lu addition b> the demand for fir-h 
fruit, tin- drying and canning .--tablisb- 
tuante, which uro cunstently <y tending 
their operations, haw treated such n 
demand that but little ft wit now go. , to 
yvaatu; it i% all uttliaed, and fruit growing 
lias become a very profitable and prosper' 
.ms huami'iW, und one to which 1 oiern 
c.ibiiiiste may safely devote tbem-- l.es 
IV- K, Olmx 
Ai Most every farmer pu t, in puttlAfi hi* 
band Ion bright plow say- tin H - '■/, which 
turns the furrow* with compamiivo e,-< 
to both team and driver, than n" weather 
tir.jlteli J.ll.l -lulled With III. pi- .lulls*. ,.-,n s 
dirt and v.l many dollar* dwiudie impel 
ceplibly bat sui-lj away »-.|i ...w. u.d 
farmers annually -iiitoi b ,-II br-cans. ««f 
the careless handling of farm tnA- hiie i v. 
V\ .tir huh Mi’cord. rs-np- 1 - and u -w»i«, - .d- 
drille, plow-* nu.I harrow*, «r- «.iffer. 1 to 
remain where last . uiploy«.1, to l>,-«r the 
Wti'-ti uf pelting sloiin- and -In mg winds. 
The repairs requited Ho following »-isos 
will cost mote Ilian Ho- buildup . i a shed 
m t.Kil-housr, or the arrange--.."! *»f a 
place .'or thi-ii) in out-h'.'ii c '.•* wire »d» -• ■ i. 
ed. 
