Butte County and the Northern Citrus Belt [pp. 419-421]

BUTTE COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN CITRUS BELT.
THE BRACKET FLUME OF THE MIOCENE MINE.
north from San Francisco, 75 miles from
Sacramento, and five miles from the city of
Oroville, the county seat. The colony
lands lie, as if designed by the colonists,
on the first gentle rise from the valley,
with water and wood in unfailing abundance. This district is within six hours
railroad journey from San Francisco and is
composed of 7,oo000 acres of land which produces oranges and other citrus fruits bountifully, and from four to six weeks earlier
than Southern California. In I890 Palermo shipped eight cars of oranges and
these were the first oranges of the season
shipped from California. In the present
year it shipped over a hundred carloads.
The colony was started in I887. The
matter of real interest is the picture presented by the growth of a new community, a growth in appearance spontaneous,
but in reality due to the energy and foresight of those who labored diligently to
produce the conditions under which it
could become productive.
All California can rejoice with Butte
and the other counties of the Northern
Citrus Belt over a triumph so honestly
and completely won as that at Atlanta.
S. G. Wilson.
PACKING ORANGES IN JANUARY, BUTTE COUNTY.
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