. '' • ■ California, according to its special Labor Commissioner, Cojpnel Harris \Voinstoctc," no\v m Wellington, seems to be a sort qI earthly paradise (says the Post). Wages are half as much again as they are m Now Zealand, and tho fruit culturist ifc a prosperous member uf the community. The colonel quoted the case of a vineyardist who m bad years made net profits of . 150dol. per acre, and !in good ,4Qodolfc' off nis land. California m one year sends to the Atlantic Coast 30,000 lavo- ton carloads of oranges. Deciduous fruits are grown chiefly m the Sacramento Valley, and the coastal districts. The south is devoted to citrus culture,, and the central district to the vino and the prune. In each of these branches Of fruit culture California is supreme. Insect pests are kept under, but there is always danger. "Tho prico of successful fruit culture is eternal vigilance," \v:i.i the phrase with Avhich'tne colonel summarised the situation.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11842, 4 May 1909, Page 5
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