. Culture of the citrus in California. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. 18 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. In 1857 a few trees were planted at old San Bernardino by L. Van Leuven from seed grown by him. He also planted the same year forty-five trees obtained from Los Angeles. About two hundred were planted at Grafton by Myron H. Crafts, about 1865. The first seeds were planted at Riverside in 1870, and the first trees in orchard, grown from these seeds, in 1872 and 1873. In 1869 Frank A. Kimball planted some orange and lemon trees at National City, San Diego County. At that time there were two old o
. Culture of the citrus in California. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. 18 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. In 1857 a few trees were planted at old San Bernardino by L. Van Leuven from seed grown by him. He also planted the same year forty-five trees obtained from Los Angeles. About two hundred were planted at Grafton by Myron H. Crafts, about 1865. The first seeds were planted at Riverside in 1870, and the first trees in orchard, grown from these seeds, in 1872 and 1873. In 1869 Frank A. Kimball planted some orange and lemon trees at National City, San Diego County. At that time there were two old orange trees growing in El Cajon Valley. But little progress was made in orange culture from 1857 until 1862, at which date there were but twenty-five thousand trees in the entire State, and two thirds of these were in the Wolfskin orchard. From this date the planting of orange. Orange Avenue at San Gabriel—trees thirty years old. trees increased, but not with any great rapidity until 1873,. when the first impetus was given to the industry. Southern California was out of the reach of railroad transportation. Fruit for the market was hauled to Los Angeles in wagons and from there transferred to rail and steamer. This process was slow and expensive, and but a limited area, and that not the best land for the purpose, could be cultivated'. The completion of the Southern Pacific line, however, gave superior transporta- tion facilities, and at the same time opened a new and better fruit region. Riverside had already started, having been set- tled in 1869, and a considerable area of orchard land was set to oranges. Shipments of fruit to San Francisco and the East commenced and they brought good returns and encouraged the-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. State Board of Horticulture; Lel
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