. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 216 CALIFORNIA of Coast Range and Sierra, hardly as yet one-tenth oc- cupied, comprise fully 25,000,000 acres; in timber and fine grazing lands, capable of perpetual renewals, arc 12,000,000 acres; high mountains cover some ,000 acres; arid lands, often yielding enormously under irri- gation, or slowly co
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 216 CALIFORNIA of Coast Range and Sierra, hardly as yet one-tenth oc- cupied, comprise fully 25,000,000 acres; in timber and fine grazing lands, capable of perpetual renewals, arc 12,000,000 acres; high mountains cover some ,000 acres; arid lands, often yielding enormously under irri- gation, or slowly coiiqutrcd lu-utriiliziufr tliiir super- abundant Mlkali, '"rnii', li),niiii,(iiiii ;â r, .. Over these f;n ;.! :m . ; i nutain ment of as its local clim; divided into ti\ high Sierras th. to 44°: in the 1. the i>ar,li valleys - - â . f is from 30° - to 52°; near II the central i s from 00° to every jKiri ..I' i';ilii-ni m -Imw- \. r\ ^li:ir|i horticultural contrasts upon turnis n<it :i mili- apart. Local climate is the key-note of California life. Placer county, for in- stance, extends from the center of the Sacramento val- ley east to the summit of the Sierras. It has upland ⢠Canadian valleys, pines and snow-blockades at one end; groves of oranges and lemons in the Sierra foothills, and rich alfalfa fields along the " bottoms " of the Sacramento valley rivers. See Fig. 317. Statistics are apt to be dull reading, but the horticul- ture of California can be shown only by some of its re- sults in recent years. Let us glance at a few of the records. Take the well-known industry of raisin-mak- ing. In :;, 1211,000 pounds were procluced in Califor- nia. :i| ilii- .[. Ii.'mI .u'imwii In lii:'.,li((l The inn , ' '. r.: .... i.( ⢠,.r fn ,1, IVniN, Lrinninir late in till- ..... . 1,N l-i| i,.:,,'lx ,11(10,000 pounds. I iii. .11 .'â .' hi]iiii. n'^ ..f . Innts rose between
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