FRUIT-GROWING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1920, 25 October 1884, Page 4

FRUIT-GROWING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

It may be generally stated that \incmo, as a inle, impaled, .md thiit fntiL trees always ;ue ; and to sliow the value of water then;, land of good i]ualit>, suit ible foi 1 .ming f'uit wiuui niig.itcd, would be woith about fiom 10s to 20s per acre, but whe.i alter miration, watoi was led to it, its puce would piobibly bi over £10— and in home dibtneis at least £30—uniinpio\cd, which would imply that a gieat deal can be made out of Midi land, especially as an annual late oi '27 d per acre is paid for w.itoi. After the purchase of the laud, 4s a. month is paid for six or soven months foi ovei'eveiy'2oaeies>foi a man to rule up and down the ditches to present stealing and report breakages, be-idcs- two days work on the main ditches, and the sxnio on tho loads for every -0 ae.es. Tlieie is also a poll tax: oi Bi, besides apiopeity ti\ of r.atlier oscrl^ percent onpiopeity ol all kinds, including impro\ nnunt-, ami an education i ate that \.uios e\eeeduiir ]y, bill may be put down on the a\eiagr as near about half a-, much as the pi opeity law It will be infoucd that the maiket foi fruit then- i.s \oy good, and the pi icc\eiy high,— and in the fit at instance lightly, as they of cuiiho .vippl> linn own eitifs w itli he-.li fnnt, and also '-cud a veiy uonoideialilo quantity of lie-!, truib to the "lCistein StUts," but tint cont.idoial>le cju mtity is a \eiy iikoii sideiable tjiiantiLy m < oiiiimi im;i> willi the amount iai-td. Tl.cii niamstiy is wine and laisiu making, and tho canning and diving ot othei flints, of wlmh ot ionise Ame'i'a consumes an innuendo «juaulity. 1 laige (juaiility aho goes to Km ope -not aeioss tlie continent, but lound the Hum so that tlieii Ku.op' .in inn Let is as ntai us. The pi ice-) ol unit ddnei'd atthc eannciics an; about as follow-. — Wine yiapes, <J5 a ton ; best \aikt> of tal)lt giapes, about '8; pens, Id p"r 1b , peaches, fiom ',d to Id p'-i lb ; apiu-ots, Id; nect.si ines, Id to \\A : muscatel iai~,ns m balk, :) 1 to ,\\\ Of e.uis-, none but the k -X fin I)-' m>M. :iud m nnny instances they aie deh\eicd ~> or d miles, How thm do tiny make it pi> .' would be a leasonable cjucstinu Do the liec--beat so much liea\iei than Into' Ccltainly if we look at th( u giapc- vi a.i apt to bo d.s-Iw ai tun d, and poihip-. so f>O'in % ( \tenfc with thi* ap'icvl-: f'n tin jest, o'U tuv- \ icld ,is \ .11 Tiny yi % then tue- tlien who 1 * alt nt'on, Lupii'g thcii oichawl- i-, il<' \'i, .• a iuU\ as tht lust flown y.nde.is line, and -t'liiny rhe soil tlm i tin, is a- 'iiiit-h ,''■> hi ni'i-l joi if ,w •' ' in.- sht Iki a.d .i I in -0.1, on, dee- w h 111 1 id i m >t < ] ll n.' I .' ill u-.i',o thin t'ltn- l.v*- 1"; a ill he ob jcledthif '.oo 1 -oil l "-i, li.ud to :■ I heic, \ou aie apt to s-ltl ■ on un~.nit.il \< soil ; "but in >e,d't\ m.i rju to aimuh n~k thcie. Tl ' n «.u< <-c i~ goaMx owing to the »-\-t"'n itu inlti.utiOii With the plough and lioi - iio* liu.-b') do ing away with tlu- > >ad.' and \vr\ ami it need not supii-e us that \)\i>\ to>)U t'> it -o lt.idily, <i= Ih" pi' mc 'i - wen nieith toiup') f'd of i>;.'i v,)i'j hid limm'i \>y i.uiii'; Indian 'Oin w!n'i" <■ nnp' t.tion wa f-cMie, a, id ..I vi', h f i fins tlu> li .<■ totiu-tlo tii< e>n tint stiinng ot th soil to sa\ i tiu dop. .i- th. ii.i' -'>il vi the sui f.uc .icts as ,i mulih, and kd pthe m )iot u-3 !ii til' st.il Iv planting an oich.ud tlu giLi!"eit cue i-> tiken to ha\e the tieesin line up and ilo\>n the low '?, and .il-o diagonally, so as to r-ii.'i a- little obi-iiiutio-i to rh^ « ulin.i'ion as pos~ible. To hui ,h, I mi\ state thai at k>vei-ide the hint is ducd m tin 1 siiii : butovci a u'UMt putol Cilit''Hha pateni diieis aie e ji.nng into go>v lal iuu and f t ivoui,and p. i vdte c inni'i ,' is ,>]-<> show inj sign- oi bjo'jnunj piotty coumjii, - A. Aluso Amom the iuliH -ting tiling, icei-ntly aripined li\ tin authni iir 'sots ot tin 15'iti-ii ilu-cuin n Him • oliimc-. ot 1. Him-, maiiv <>i H" 'i im m li. c ' t 'n ion '■' ' his ni'jtiH'i lo tin 'i ill' ''•> , Mi J o*sii Hail-on, cii'ill 1 , wi'h lchlion to tin in inagcini'Mt ot tic ?,.>\\ -.lead i tatr A W'li Omi.M' iv — Md'iu Adam in \ci ht- ,iii olv „ ,i'iu pa-- in v hii h sin 1 can point oat the i.i il intlw nee ot the Teuton- in th i, ( oii.j'i' i . d ''lovnei-. Tn tlu 1 tsl ii.nrb. i of th. i,'mn . l'<- llcviu sho sheds anollu i t.n ovci pool Al-.K" Loiiaiiie. Hoi aitul' 1 on Met/ and it c inhabitants l > a b,'l i ,\,ul fiom a v i ilhiui l«'n iv h ii' a, ( H ani'iiiul-. to tin- ■ \\ ii it ha\ ( Ihi <'< 1 1" mi- ii iV oi M< t / liv- biMuldiil .J. J A d. n| (! ii, lap low i, siii li as 11 inou'i and 7\ i— an ; 11. i\ ha\i diotioyiil it-, hi inli'ul - 1 1 1 1 >11 ■ 1 1 1 1 1 > !4 , I>, liL.ipui'j, iniiii n'' ma ( ol - ( <nn. iii t'r Miunnilo ol tin inlL; tin ~' lt i''iunii n line? of sLi' 1 1 ,, -,'itc - .rid -.ibiiib^ hn i l;wcii w il.i 1 . to liv nit al'pi I itio,,-, ani tin In 1 1 ' i.ii i L o i '; Hi il n 'i lib- l"'in I „ ithout tlie w -its of tin " ( d (■( ■ 1 1 l i •- s lia Ikd bifon Hn 1 in, i. nil i f "in vi vi'! it \i % illldciMl luiictl'i.i |i l' •!,.] iP.'li 1' idi s 1.1 U W iio, Ilk o~', ' -, ,',<- I ld\ to dcsoui cm n .' pi> c of li .i" hi ( all \, hi te, in dly . pi t, ell llic ilainli ~t ot d.uutj di-lu s \> vi iii- hii I Oi X.mli !i n \ sji,.;-. i- i\> i< ,id. li ip Iln' \e,i ITsO, vi !i>M I>n ■loii", (>),().«> u. if piintid i iv r'N \>n 1", ' aid wi ai1 ild h"w '■ Woodi'll, the pnnlu of tin Ad'.titisii, once tin' m -I I mous nonpipei in li'milii.i, ' di ii'.itcil ill alti niji 1 n, ulc bv the (I i\( i iu 1. 1 nl t<> di-cow! who " .Jiiimis" n i-. Tin 1 Ci.ii.nn s,r,s- "it io no 1 " at all uiHomiiion ki sit a pnnt-i putinth-' pil'.oiy or dia.'_iid to L'ool, • md .ilthousih b> ua mil" tpo nuLlioi t'ii'\ would (sia)i- llie-e ii)di';iiitics, ilj-;, never did -o w'HiohL hi- consent " Tlu I\' \ Mi I'o'ii' To )'..', lu-.ate of llicnt foul, was so In,!'-., ll on an ocea-ion of this knnl in iiic >ea, 177 iS ' Oin autl.o, o,i(i -aw a pnniei in tlie pilloi y -vi loui'di d , i>d piot etc I b\ a count i"s, niultituue of people, who cheeied l.im and uownid him with y.l lindsand 110\,u,, a-id lmnc him leficsh ment, putting it into In- mouth, as in, hand 3 woie i lslened Per-ou? ol lank stood by and talked fannb.nly to him with eheeiing and uicoui.^ing woids. Tjn wliist'e ot whcli Dm us sing -o comically i.. still shown at Craigd.n im h in Hunifiii s.'mo il.u.y-toies ln\e b.'cn told of it, and tliou-and-. line uiaisclled sit the custom m ir.r " i i-o to. O,>o acfount -.^s tii it a Pa 1 i-h " gi'!it!"iinn of giL'intic -t'tmc and a matthlc-s cliamjnun of Imic'ui- w liO came ovei ■with Ai.nif of 1> nn, ai': and Jinns the Sixth, had a little '■ ebony whittle,' whicii at the eomniencomenl of a ituiiking bout lio laiil on tin' table. Who o\er was la-t -ibL' to blow it eanied it off as a tiophv ol -lctoiy. It is al o avtiied tint the I lane had elialleng' d ]inlf tlie comts of J]uropc without a single dekat bai, h n kurnl his match in ycotland Sit Rol e. t Liwiie ot Ma\ wel ton eiKoanttud him, -and after tin eo nights' and tl.iee daj s' liaid dunking he lelt tlie doughty Dane beneath the table — "And blow on the whistle his lejiueni tlnill.' 1 Sir W'altci Law lie, son ol Sir Itol.cit, aftciwaids lost the whistle to Walter Lliddcl, of Gleniiddel, but the linal tiifcfcel came oil" at Sriais' False on Fiitlay, the 26th Ocfcobfi, 1790, audit is tins contest which Bums dcscnbes ,so graphically in his " ballad.'" The com petitois were th« birds of Ma\welton, Gleniiddel, and Ciaigdaiiocii, and the partienlais aie quite matteia of history because of the baid who recoids them. We know that CraigdatTOcli, "&o famoas ior wit, woith, aud law," diank th" others under th" 1 table, and has " fluiuished immortal in rhyme'" ever since. We thought of tlie many queer lips of tho "joyous good fellow's I ' who have pies>spd the "woo whistle" as wo blew a shrill note, aud of the many " f.air heads'' it has innocently mado. It is nofc of ebony, as' its •' historians relate, but of bovwood ; and since the trophy has a place in Craigdavroch it has bee n ornamentfcl with a silver easing, on which are) ,tUe lines— > - ;