We have seen growing luxuriantly within half a mile, in Ventura county, the orange, the lemon, the lime, the citron, the fig, the pomegranate, the olive, the banana, the English walnut, the hard and soft-shelled almond, plums of the choicest kind, including' the French and Hungarian prune, the grape of every known variety almost, apples, pears, peaches, and the chestnut.—Ventura Free Press.

Growing luxuriantly is one thing, but growing profitably is another. Nearly all of the fruits and nuts named above will doubtless prove profitable in Ventura county. Will the Free Press please give some figures and facts to show how profitable almond, plum and prune orchards are in Ventura county. Thus far we have been unable to find any profit in either of them in Southern California, but hope to find localities where they will do well.

A California paper chronicles corn in Yolo county fifteen feet high with ears growing nine feet from the ground. Ah! but corn which requires a step ladder to reach the ears is not the sort to produce big yields.—Prairie Farmer.

Yes, but on the contrary we have seen fields of corn in Los Angeles county when it became a necessity to go along and break down the stalks before husking, and yet the crop would yield from 75 to 100 bushels to the acre, and in some cases even more.