. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. Oranges in Cai^ifornia (Fig. 1562).-In 17G9 the Franciscans moved northward into what is now known as California. In connection with the Missions which they established they planted gardens and orchards, and the first Orange trees planted were from seeds, cuttings, or
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. Oranges in Cai^ifornia (Fig. 1562).-In 17G9 the Franciscans moved northward into what is now known as California. In connection with the Missions which they established they planted gardens and orchards, and the first Orange trees planted were from seeds, cuttings, or plants introduced by these worthy and thrifty padres. The Missions were scattered over a wide range of country, as far up as Sonoma, some fifty miles north of San Francisco. The planting and care of orchards of both citrous and deciduous fruits was encouraged, but after the secularization of the Missions, in 1834, interest waned and they were neglected, so that in 184b Fremont wrote of them that "little rpmams of thr nrohird-, that were kept in hi.;h cultn ti n t th A| , , » « » Fertile \aUe\s are o\ t i i i i yme \ ards and oli\ e orcli u xt d " \t the Mission S ui i th( Ange- Sfa ^ears afteiwirds tlj it the shmI nt iii Acapulco ()r,inge was planted at Sacramento, and four jears later transplanted to Bidwell's Bar in Butte countj, in the northern part of the state, and more than five hundred mill s fi 111 till 1 ilit\ selected b> the Mission Fathers ton ifomia, from San Diego in the 7. there if te ml lieeoming exceedingly profitable at 5 to b \ e irs It h IS been found best here to head the Orange tni I « mil I nine It onh for shape and Lomfoit Es. CI ssi\i I 1UIUI1-: Is never followed \\ hfii npe tlie Oranges are gathered In hand from Udders, assoittd and packed m bo\i s ,i 1 irn N ind shipped to Isew Orleans Before th lit i\ si\e cold the crop of the state was estim it 1 i mi iiiii) boxes It was quite small last }ear Ts th i suit t this freeze \ fertili
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