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respond with amazing crops if properly pruned, cultivated frequently,» •and, if possible, given an irrigation' once in a while especially during thelate, sumyner—though artificial watering is not absolutely necessary to insufe profitable crops and fine fruit if proper cultivation is done.The land on which olives will flourish may be purchased for as low as $50 per,acre.\V. S. Ritchie of Corona is making a business of pickling olives, and isdoing an extensive mail order busi-4 *ness. ‘ He -ships ripe pickled olives to all parts o£.‘:..the world, and although he started business on a very small scale it is daily expanding.There is a great- ‘opportunity in’ this portion of the state for those 'Who will engage in the growing of olives either-for pickling or for oil.' It has been not many years that^the California ripe pickled olive was given to the world. Formerly the olive was pickled green to be used solely as a table relis,h. ,The ripe olive is more than a relish—it is li-fepd, and one of the most nutritous oX .gopda. It is even claimed tliat the free eating of ripe olives’ and- of olive oil will ward off old age, The world is Just, beginning to recognize the value orbfV:t5.•sel-Si,)f*U 0eitUlCII ttllu lilwiicj in buuhistory of California. Corona will get her share of that immigration andour prices now being below the aver-%♦age there will be all the mpre room -for advancement.- Another- thing that the opening of the canal will do that will be of immeasurable benefit to the citrus fruit business of Corona aswell as the entire state, and that Is6in furnishing water transportation for our fruits to the big eastern centers of distribution. The toll of millions of dollars annualy paid to the railroads In freights constitutes■s.a heavy tax upon the citrus industry*and much of this will be eliminated with the completion of the canal and the establishment of steamship lines.• n •“Already experiments have been made, which demonstrate conclusively that fruit, can be delivered at Atlantic coast points in good condition by steamship, notwithstanding the facilities for shipping were of the crudest, and it is necessary undei* present conditions to unload on the' Pacific side of the Isthmus, freight it across the Panama railway and reload into ships on the other side. — From the time-Of' his advent into .the ^business life of Corona si^ years rago Mr; McNeil has been a promin--UlJtipe olive pickle as a.food and to £nt' fl£ure ln. commercial circles.learn of its deliciousness as a relish.-’ The demand for the fruit as-weU-ras-forthe pure oil, for which Calif ornta: is becoming noted, is’growing) with great rapidity. .■ *, p •{-lere, then, is another way to get on “Easy street.’! Plant an olive grove.Possessing rare organizing and executive ability, ample means ’and the*A good way to size up a-town before locating in it is to subscribe for a local paper. The Independent will be sent to any address for $1.00 for. six months, or three months, for feOc. I garage, situated next door west ofconfidence-of-bunpeople ,to_a xpadteST degree, .he' was. largely instrumental ln‘ launching upon a supessful career at least two of our big local corporations-—the Corona National Bank, of which he ’ was for soihe time the president, ^and * the Goronii Home Telephone and Telegraph company, ln which he is still a heavy stockholder and vice president.1 Some• * itime ago he purchased the Corona•i --*• - -•r.IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A HOME IN SOUTHERN lt;CALIFORNIA WRITE US. WE HAVE MANY GRAND GOOD BARGAINS TO OFFER. CORONA LEMONS STAND HEAD OF THE LIST. ’ .r rv •-YOU CAN’T BE TOO CAREFUL IN PURCHASING ^SOUTHERN♦ * 4 ,CALIFORNIA ACREAGE, WHETHER YOU BUY FOR HOME OR INVESTMENT PURPOSES THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANTFACTORS TO CONSIDER, CHIEF OF WHICH ARE—,Soil, Climate•. i\ -' 1.ionFacilitiesCORONA BAS ALL THESE. FOR FULL INFORMATION WRITEDANIEL LORDsxssss^ssssissssssssssssssssjsssisssssasssssssjsjssssssassssssssisssssssssssssssssasssssis
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Corona Independent
Corona, California, US
Thu, Mar 30, 1911
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