Show A profitable apple crop there is an apple orchard on bensons ben Een rona rons ranch in san joaquin county containing near bearing trees 6 years old and all loaded I 1 to their utmost capacity capaci tr with splendid fruit truit we observed trees containing contal i ning the finest specimens of rambo red streak netting ge and nd aloria mundi mindl fruit we ever saw in any orchard I 1 these apples seil sell readily rea dilyon on the farm ats at 8 cents per bourd or 3 25 per bushel anum A number 0 of the trees are bearing as much as ai 6 to 8 bushels each and the entire apple product of the orchard NY if 11 be worth a small competency when the home market is satisfied the proprietors will take what is left to tb the mountain towns and to washoe whither these there Is ia a remunerative mai mar market ket all these trees have been cultivated this year without any irrigation in a sandy soil the surface of which is about 10 feet above the water level I 1 of the river stockton independent |