. A complete geography. There they commenced to build Salt Lake City, which is now one of themost beautiful cities in the country. They also began to raise crops byirrigation, to plant fruit trees, and to convert portions of the desert wasteinto beautiful gardens. There are now many gentiles as those among them who do not acceptMormonism are called; and agriculture is no longer the sole industry, formany rich mines, especially of gold, silver, and copper, have been are numerous busy towns and cities, the largest, aside from thecapital, Salt Lake City, being Ogden, which lies north
. A complete geography. There they commenced to build Salt Lake City, which is now one of themost beautiful cities in the country. They also began to raise crops byirrigation, to plant fruit trees, and to convert portions of the desert wasteinto beautiful gardens. There are now many gentiles as those among them who do not acceptMormonism are called; and agriculture is no longer the sole industry, formany rich mines, especially of gold, silver, and copper, have been are numerous busy towns and cities, the largest, aside from thecapital, Salt Lake City, being Ogden, which lies north of the capital. Southern California is a third section noted for its extensiveirrigation. The mountains of the neighborhood condense the vapor,and the water is led into long irrigating ditches and stored in im-mense reservoirs (Fig. 157). The region is far south and its shoresare bathed by warm ocean waters, so that the climate is warm anddelightful. Although the land is by nature almost a desert, the 162 NORTH AMERICA. addition of water to the fertile soil has changed the countr}^ aboutLos Angeles to one of the garden spots of the world. This region pro-duces oranges, lemons, peaches,pears, grapes, figs, olives, walnuts,almonds, and many other kinds offruits and nuts. Among the fruits the most commonis the orange, especially the seedlessnavel orange. In the neighborhood ofLos Angeles every home has its orangetrees, and in many cases is entirelysurrounded by groves of them. Thewinter season is the harvest time fororanges, which begin to be picked fromthe trees about the middle of ISTovemberand continue to be gathered until Feb-ruary or later. They are cut from thetrees, sorted according to size, thenpacked in boxes and shipped groves of all kinds are planted in straight rows, and the ground is kept so clean by frequent ploughing that scarcely a weed is to be seen. In this respect the groves contrast very strik-ingly with the orchards, overgrown with grass and weeds, t
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