Word: citrus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...serious, however, were the crop frosts. In Chico (Butte County) 75% of all fruit was estimated to be frost-touched. Damages included 100% of early walnuts, 95% of peaches, 100% of apricots, 90% of pears. In Sutter, Yuba, and Butte counties combined, the loss was some $10,000,000. Citrus crops were not harmed. Over many a California county hung last week the stinking smudge of oil-fires, burning to keep the frost away from the remaining crops. Possible losses to banks and insurance companies have not been estimated. Farmers in many sections, particularly the San Joaquin valley, are heavily...
...largest west of Chicago, fifth largest in U. S. Of the 100 largest U. S. banks (1928) there were 30 in New York, 11 in Chicago, 8 in San Francisco. Home of Bank of Italy, central bank of the Giannini system. San Francisco shrugs its shoulders at cinema and citrus, argues that from the standpoint of stable commerce, of sound finance, of industrial prosperity, that the glitter of the Golden Gate is still undimmed...
Most famed for its citrus fruits, Florida has other great growths. It ranks with the Carolinas as a lumber State, not far behind piney Georgia, whose output is more than a billion board-feet per annum. And, though few people know it, huge herds of beef cattle range the plains of Florida's northern interior. Many a Texas steer, like many a tired tycoon, goes to Florida...
...over the island rich coffee and citrus crops were destroyed. All agriculture suffered. Communication, light and power systems were out of commission. The 600-foot towers at the Navy radio station were toppled. Water service was suspended and the population collected rain water from the heavy showers that fell continuously after the hurricane. The darkened streets were littered with debris...
...shadowed streets, until September, when there is already a crisp tang in the air, we take long night rides through the black and silver of a moonlit countryside. Five minutes from the city, in any of three directions, we ride among irrigated fields cf alfalfa or cotton, orchards of citrus or other fruits, emerald grape vines, whence a cool moist breath rises in the summer air. . . . THELMA B. MILLER (MRS. Ross C. MILLER) Bakersfield, Calif...