. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. lalifornia Agriculturist. .£kNiO Emmwm. ei«@o O^ Oi X7 £1. M Mi. 1« Vol. 7~No. a} SAN JOSE, CAL., MARCH, 1876. ISOBSCKIPTION Pbice, Sl-SOaYear. â J Single Copies, 15 Cents, LETTER FROM ITALY. BY JAMES S. LIPPINCOIT. S. Harris Herrino, Esq.: 'While pass- ing through this lauil of vines we have often been reminded of scenes in the Occident, and many a time have memo- ries of San Jose come up vividly before us. Two weeks at Vevay, near the head of Lake Geneva,
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. lalifornia Agriculturist. .£kNiO Emmwm. ei«@o O^ Oi X7 £1. M Mi. 1« Vol. 7~No. a} SAN JOSE, CAL., MARCH, 1876. ISOBSCKIPTION Pbice, Sl-SOaYear. â J Single Copies, 15 Cents, LETTER FROM ITALY. BY JAMES S. LIPPINCOIT. S. Harris Herrino, Esq.: 'While pass- ing through this lauil of vines we have often been reminded of scenes in the Occident, and many a time have memo- ries of San Jose come up vividly before us. Two weeks at Vevay, near the head of Lake Geneva, in Switzerland, were especially agreeable, the wine harvest being at its hight. Unlike California in almost every other respect though Switzerland may be, in the abundance and excellence of her grapes, pears and plums, grown upon the hills that border her lakes, she rivals even your young and sunny laud. Such an overwhelming abundance of sweet blue plums and Grand Duchess and other pears, I never before witnessed; while the crop of grapes was so vast as to greatly exercise the ingenuity of the pro- prietors and text the capacity of their vaults, to afford space wherein to bestow the vintage. Picture to yourself the northern sloije of the lake side for twenty-five miles in length, and from one-quarter to one-half a mile wide, covered almost entirely with vineyards, terrace upon terrace, with walls from five to twenty feet iu hight, supporting the earth at wide intervals, with here and there a stately homestead, a fine chateau, or ancient tower, while broad-armed walnut trees, or thrifty orchards, or avenues of sycamores are thrown in to diversify the scene. Higher up the slope appear meadows and orch- ards and compact villages on streets so narrow that carriages can barely pass each other, while before or beside each house stands the ever-present manure heap, reeking with foul vapors and wat- ers. The almost universal presence of this hope of the future, gives a charac-
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