History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . m. He spentsome time at Santa Rosa, then returned to Kansas and continued farming until he moved to Portland, Ore. Three years later he came down to Los County and secured employment with the Los Alamitos Sugar Companv as ;;pattern maker, continuing with them for twenty years. During all the years that hewas engaged in other lines of work he kept closely in to
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . m. He spentsome time at Santa Rosa, then returned to Kansas and continued farming until he moved to Portland, Ore. Three years later he came down to Los County and secured employment with the Los Alamitos Sugar Companv as ;;pattern maker, continuing with them for twenty years. During all the years that hewas engaged in other lines of work he kept closely in touch with Nature, for even as amere youth he was much interested in plant and tree life. He Ijegan making experi-ments in cross pollenization and he now sees the results of his many years of study,and some of those who know his work best consider that he has even surpassed theworld-renowned wizard, Luther Burbank, in some of the varieties he has has developed a quince, a cross between an apple and a quince, w-hich can be eaten,cooked or treated as an ordinary apple; his varieties of pears have been so develon--that they can be eaten every month in the year without having been placed in cold. HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1061 storage; he has several species of grapes, propagated by himself, that surpass tliestandard varieties in point of excellence of flavor and they can be grown without fumiga-tion or spraying: the Gold Dollar apple, his specialty, will be put on the market ni1921; numerous varieties of peaches, pomegranates, figs and persimmons are all ofsuperior quality. Mr. Walton is enthusiastic over the climate and soil conditions of thissection and declares that nowhere in the state is better to be found raising pears. His home place at Los Alamitos is systematically and artistically arranged withfruit of his own propagation, and is the show place of the section, where the visitor iswell repaid for the time spent with the proprietor, who is deeply in love with h
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