. The Howard and Wilson colony company of Madera . in a few years closely press the raisin product in value. The successful raising of oranges in the foothills is now no longer inthe region of the experimental; it is a demonstrated fact. In the KingsRiver basin, some three miles east of Sanger, the experiment of orangeculture has been faithfully tried and proven to be entirely practicable. Anorchard of two acres of five-year-old trees this year yielded its proprietor$1,000 worth of fruit, an amount per acre equal to that produced by the verybest raisin vines in the county, or by oranges in any
. The Howard and Wilson colony company of Madera . in a few years closely press the raisin product in value. The successful raising of oranges in the foothills is now no longer inthe region of the experimental; it is a demonstrated fact. In the KingsRiver basin, some three miles east of Sanger, the experiment of orangeculture has been faithfully tried and proven to be entirely practicable. Anorchard of two acres of five-year-old trees this year yielded its proprietor$1,000 worth of fruit, an amount per acre equal to that produced by the verybest raisin vines in the county, or by oranges in any other county. Thefruit is large and firm, carries a high per cent of sugar, and is of a rich satisfactory results of the experiments made in orange culture in thefoothills has opened up a vast section of country to profitable settlement. Oranges can be raised for family use on the Howard & WilsonColony tracts without trouble, but are not considered as profitablefor marketing as many other fruits. HOWARD & WILSON COLONY COMPANY. While everybody else in Fresno county has been planting raisin grapes one man hasdone well on la\e grapesfor the East-and others may well follow his exampleLW Reese his six acresof Emperor grapes, now seven years old from w^^^^^ for freight and expenses, this must have paid over i^lOOO an acre ! HOWARD & WILSON COLONY COMPANY 31 We know the owners of the Howard and Wilson Colony Company, andbelieve that any contracts which they may enter into will be carefully andfaithfully carried out. W. W. MONTAGUE, Pres. of W. W. Montague & Co., Dealers in Stoves and Metals, 309 to 317 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. S. C. BIGELOW, Pres. of the Savings and Loan Society,101 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Cal. SHAINWALD, BUCKBEE & CO., Real Estate Agents and Land Dealers,407 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Cal, EDWARD J. PRiNGLE, Attorn ey-at-Law, 522 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Cal. We also refer to Bradstreets or any other first-class Mercan
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