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EARLY FRUIT FARMING IN LOS 
ANGELES. 
The most valuable l.-ui.l m our eonnlr is 
that which is situated in our foothills, in.I 
which is so rarely viaitcl by frost that nu 
early crop of fruit and vegetables cm lc 
counted upon every year. But ihern i- 
great variance in tin* tempi.rulim.. >.f ,.ur 
foothill lands. They ran uni nil be tit 
perilled upon for early crops. Some me 
situated thnt they are subject to frost 
ooirnnU; others lire without the wiitm' 
soils so necessary to the speedy vegetable 
Maturity. Tim cvperienrc, however, <*f a 
number of years oi .successful cultivation 
hits stmwu unit thrro is a true I of foot lull 
bind on the west side of the (‘nbuenga 
raugfi which always producer) early vege¬ 
table*. John Xicholls has now for sevcml 
year* dovoteil his entire ntti ution to raising 
early tomatoes and other vegctablca on lif- 
teen acres on this tract. His auccesa hna | 
been marvelous. He netted If 1,100 mil. of j 
his early tomatoes thin spring, and he Ims I 
sold fresh chili s in Han Tniurim;n at the rate 
of 7o cents per pound. He pots his fust i 
tomatoes into the Han Fruueisra market | 
two months earlier than the regular crop' 
reaches it. He is then ready to supply 
the home market in competition with the 
ordinary crop, and when the price falls 
very low lie still has an abundance of tin- 
fruit left on bis vines to sell for canning! 
purposes and for turning into cnlMip. | 
Thus, out of his fifteen acres of vines, he 
realizes returns which would be con Mil 
ored large from an ordinary farm cultivated 
to wheat or corn. With far less labor and , 
less expense than it costs to run u farm of 
160 acres, he clem .- ovrry y ear more j 
Money than can be u alized from such u | 
faun.— Los Aiii/<hv l'rj> rrsv. 
(iiriDUNn Pnonruns Fin rrrn.si ss.— Homo j 
year* ago one of our citizeim bought nud vet j 
out some thrifty young nppli trets. On] 
one of them lie neglcctid to remove the i 
wooden label which woe attached to one of 
the limbs by a copper wire. Two years 
later lie found that the copper wire wilsmi 1 
lirely imbcdilcd and out of sight in tlm 
balk of the tree, and Hint year the limb 
was ho heavily loaded with apples that le i 
was obliged to prop it up, while then- «.«- 
not a blossom or tipple on any other limb. I 
Lust year one of our neighbors, when hii 
apple freer. w< re m full bhihsom. carefully 1 
girdled Home limbs oil Be) era] lr> hi s. anil Ihe - 
blor.sonis produced no fruit on the limb 
thus treated; but tbiHye.ni those bmli.< haw 
bloHomcd full, and no bln- uni' on the 
limbs that hole I I I year. IhliV'ixl /’. /. 
TO Tin: lil.SI'iIMiIMl. 
'I Ilk. till* tin sim.tr.I .,n.T for all, 
.t ie r.; in Ueillier dial., |,.. r fat... 
Ami le nil nail veil f..r tit, „Uy to lull, 
N to trail ns ll,r toulMl, wait. 
He- laiii.il lum,...I fur y.ni in in. I ■ ... u 
If i • n il nl tb< Itu’nsui in. n Icial; 
And tboilj.il il... Irs-un nmy be bind l*. I. .rn, 
'll). .'0111111 lb turlt. ,'inj fii.nd, 
Tim I rtoultu i ■ In i.| sir binuyuur .luBu 
is a Jmlfiiautii .11 untnir 
And to drug thu mnu. or tb> . «h.-r domi , 
Will not in lb.- li vmt id-, you! dlf. ' Vary | 
V. K. rROWK, W. B. MoRrOBD. 
MORFORD & BROWN, 
HEAL ESTATE AGENTS 
UuiltcH. OrntiRw Grow Viaey.irl-., I’ nr ins «iid 
ItniwIiSK f.,r s.ilr. Al«n. 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
Dealers in Wont, Grain find I,ivv Stuck. 
CORNER SPRING AND TEMPLE STREETS, 
Lo; Vagi hoi. Cal 
WALTER S. MAXWELL, 
COMMISSION MERCHANT, 
VS1) UKAiKII IN 
Wool, Grain and Live Stock, 
3(J Spring Street, 
Los Angeles, Cal. 
CONtili ESS HALL 
Oyster Saloon and Restaurant, 
Corner of Main aud Roqueua Streets, 
Orinsrrs, the L T . X. IJutisu 
riTHfN |.U|,|||, 1 | ri *ort Inw limm tislahliiihi.il feiiu'e 
-L IN72, and bin »f all lime* been coueidomd .mt 
"f the Kirvut coiTiiilcti. i.(talil|»tiiiitat» oil ih. ciumI 
wln-u: |j*t1i".’B and gcjith mili run ilino und raiciie 
the I "fit of attention. Ruteru, < 'alifoinia mid I’n 
Ki'-t Sonn■ t Oysters nrc icri.iil in lilt atylm, in the 
nw fault!*.** mmiiiOr. Oyolunt sold In dialers, 
« hob-sale, nt San Frenuincn prim*. 
JOE BAYER, t’nipri.'tor. 
TH E QTJIGE N 
FASHIONABLE 
I500I & S1I0K ST0K15, 
104 Main Street. 
Him Hi* LllUifiT Ain I it*M l } - 1 filrovA at t)<c 
L L t i 4*jlI4 > h. 
GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL. 
Board and Room, $>1.25 tu 51.75 j-r lay. 
Passengers and Baggage conveyed to Hotel FREE. 
Polltw attention Oiiamatssd. 
G. L. SCHMIDT, Proprietor. 
HERDMAN & JONES, 
INSURANCE 
ANO 
REAL ESTATE 
Under Cosmopolitan Hotel. 
LOS ANGELES. CAL. 
THE PLUMMER 
Patent Fruit and Vegetable Drier. 
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