Show THE OLIVE AID OTHER FRUITS FOR fon THE 17 IN the special correspondence of the san francisco franeisco ame ZI TT s written ii from los angeles cali forn torn iava nind find descriptions 0 which have attended the cultivation of ot various bemi semitropical semi bemi tropical f fruits I 1 that may prove of interest to the p atler s in ifa part of y dr his a description of jait olive 46 dd 46 ng fr the there I 1 is no ind adir Q itoi v 11 af fd I 1 ba imore valuable br bi yield id J s larger bror 0 o Q icci tour this calaff cal cai luthe lathe jhb filo irio most st r able of ali all intha the world tid the d dive used in our country of C alifornia its ita oil id 49 liged used sometimes forsblad for salad saiad making but iti ld not dot jil n general hse tase in california it I 1 is highly esteemed as oia ola feind Is principally d aed in that form by Americans t u atthe ae fik fia natives tives of california and co 0 use it in a ya variety of ays ways in fact a good dod god spanish dinner finds the fhe be f r pared in some way or the ahe other othen in every ve ery dish T the he olive thrives the best ina lna in a dry country mintry like ilke meo med hild and the south bf kurppe it is a natives of twe ibe temperate sed sei seacoast sea coast ridges of ofala abia asia and africa but has bas been cultivated in rall of the boun ekau tries in the south bouth of europe since bince the datis dates of their this fruit fruits to a great extent constitutes the meat and bread and the cream and butter of the people of italy and spain and awl is larg largely e ly used in a variety of ways in france and mexico in these doun countries tri trl es the olive enters into almost every kind of cookery in portions of southern europe a t few olive trees will serve for the support of an entire family who would starve on what could otherwise be raised on the same surface of soil ite iti it is a very pr pretty tty tree with delicate branches and little narrow bluish green leaves looking in the distance like a willow in conversing with residents of st george last spring we found a general impression prevailed that the olive tree I 1 lived ived to a considerable age before it bore druit but mr air truman the times correspondent says that it commences to bear bean from a shoot or cutting the sixth year and without any eare care whatever in preining ining cultivating or water watering jug will live and tied grow for jor centuries itris ibis a very hardy strong tree in many of the places in southern rn europe and aion alon along g the coast ridges of agia asia kia aia and fafri aarl ft fri ca it may be seen growl growing ng it is said abutter bout ten feet in hight along he 60 stony in rocky canons andin des p pt t and alkali fia fir alsta ts if jt 1 lowi in 11 11 finely regions we linow know of po nothing thing to prevent it flourishing at ille st harrisburg washington washing ton on the riv ris virgin st Gp grorge george orge and on the muddy in tp los angeles country there are said to t be from six to eight thousand olive trees in fine bearing order and the crop is always sald to be a sure onea at san diego ego there is said to be allive air orchard nearly a hundred years old I 1 in 4 a wonderful state of excellent bearing although it has been neglected for thirty years should attempts to cultivate this fruit in the southern part of our territory prove successful a great uree kource of wealth would be create not ot only would the cultivators of the fruit be benefited but its culture would prove an advantage lo 10 to the entire ter ten t by placing within the peoples r each reach a pure article of oil in iri the stead of the wretched stuff which now is sold bold under the name of olive oil the orange the lemon the lime the fig the pomegranate and the english walnut flourish in los angeles county of the lemon the correspondent says it Is as hardy as the pear and almost almosa as sure eighty trees may be planted to theare the cro ero acre cre the tree is in full fuli beaning bearing order at sixteen years and commences to yield well weli at ten teu the tho profits of lemon lemou raising ng are said to be enormous the crop of the walnut is said to average about 30 coin to the tree and it 4 is regarded as a sure crop this tree free will undoubtedly grow to good advantage ta ge ia fia almost every part of our din dinie dixie ix and aitho without ut doubt can be cultivated with with profit the cultivation ot of these fruits deserves attention if they can ban be raised laise d advantageously N siyan kiyan n the south I 1 they 40 abound u receive arenton as they wiil will preys p ha auf excellent source of re revenue denue ji j |