Manuscripts

Letters on fruit trees in South Africa

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Description: Six letters from fruit growers in South Africa writing for advice on growing fruit trees (particularly peach trees), including those acquired from California. In addition to writing of soil conditions and difficulty with fruit production, the authors also reference World War II, including their own losses and experiences and its impact on fruit exports. Also includes a letter from Weldon to Mrs. Una Winter, a newspaper article on Weldon, and a table of contents from his book Know your orchard problems (1946).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1930-1946.
Call number: mssHM 73088-73096
Creator: Weldon, George Percival (1880-)(Opens in new tab)

California Fruit Growers' Exchange notebook

Manuscripts

Notebook kept by George Harold Powell while he was general manager of the California Fruit Growers Exchange. Includes detailed statistics from approximately 1893-1920 on the California citrus industry, including citrus shipments, crop yields, acreage, frost damage, imports, costs, supply, consumption, railroad freight rates, profit sharing, sales, international imports and exports, as well as data about Chinese workers. Some statistics are also included on citrus growers in Australia, Cuba, and Canada. Statistics primarily relate to oranges and lemons.

mssHM 74820

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George A. Smith letter to Gen. John E. Smith

Manuscripts

Letter from George A. Smith to Gen. John E. Smith, Assessor of Internal Revenue, with descriptions of the southern counties of the Utah Territory. Includes prose accounts of the population, crops, irrigation, geography, cost of goods, and losses from Indian attacks for Sanpete County, Juab County, Sevier County, Piute County, Millard County, Beaver County, Iron County, Washington County, and Kane County. Smith also writes of the difficulty of reporting property losses because of the lack of roads and bridges and high postage costs.

mssHM 75012

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[Fruit tree]

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This collection consists of one photograph album with 48 photographs and 35 loose photographs (as well as some duplicates), with images depicting the Fair Oaks Ranch in Altadena, California, during the late 19th century. The ranch, owned by businessman and rancher James F. Crank, encompassed a vineyard, winery, and citrus orchards, along with a lavish residence and grounds. Subjects include interior and exterior views of the residence, landscaped grounds, trees, and plant life; members of the Crank family; ranch workers, including Chinese laborers, working in the orchards and vineyard, harvesting and packing fruit, drying apricots, and loading fruit onto horse-drawn carts; workers' quarters; the operations of the winery and distillery; and also a handful of sweeping views of the San Gabriel Mountains and the Altadena and Pasadena areas taken from vantage points on the property. The photographer of the album is unknown; some of the cabinet cards and stereographs have imprints from area photographers: C. McMurtrey (Item 80), C.B. Ripley (Items 73-74), and A.C. Varela (Items 76-78). Photographs in the album are cyanotype prints; the loose photographs include cyanotypes, cabinet cards, and stereographs.

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Family portrait ; house with fruit trees, Merced Falls, Merced County

Manuscripts

Glass plate with two photographs. The first is a family portrait with three women and a baby. The other is a view of a one-story house with fruit trees in the yard, surrounded by a wire fence.

mssLattaS, Box 114, Folder 2, Item 1

Higrade Virginia apples for flavor

Visual Materials

Image of a fruit label for apples from the Mount Clifton Fruit Corporation of Winchester, Virginia; map of Virginia with the city of Winchester marked; map of Mount Clifton Orchard at center with acreage, number of trees, and date planted for each section; three ripe apples at top center.

priJLC_FOOD_FtVeg_001986

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California Orchard Company report to stockholders

Manuscripts

The California Orchard Company's report to stockholders discusses the recent growth of trees and vines, orchard plantings, the hay crop, nursery stock, the labor force, expenses and wages, rainfall and irrigation, and finances and stock subscription payments due, and includes condensed balances from the general ledger. There are six black-and-white 5 x 7-inch photographs showing apricot, pear, apple, almond and walnut trees, and lima bean vines, with captions describing plantings and yields. Report is a copy of typescript signed by Carlyle Thorpe, manager, with typed subscription amounts filled in and original photographs mounted on pages. Includes mailing envelope addressed to J.M. Quint, Los Angeles.

mssHM 84032

Letters on fruit trees in South Africa

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