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at a less price, they are more apt to take it than an evaporated impeded 

 peach at higher figures. 



There is. of course, always more or less trade for these goods, but never 

 in a very large way. 



Evaporated Plums. — Our remarks on sun-dried plums will also apply to 

 the evaporated stock. Trices for plums generally have been so very low 

 for the last year or two thai growers have largely curtailed their operations. 



There is not a finer fruit anywhere than the evaporated plum, and we 

 helieve that it is gradually winning its way in the different markets of the 

 country. Of course the sale will never be as large as for the regular 

 cheaper sun-dried plums in sacks, but there is, nevertheless, a trade who 

 want a fancy plum, and these people will always call for the evaporated. 



Evaporated Nectarines. — The product of this choice fruit is increasing 

 year by year, and as it is being better known it is very widely appreciated. 

 It is one of the finest of California fruits, although it has never been 

 pushed to the front like many other fruits produced in this State ; never- 

 theless, for table use there is no finer fruit than our evaporated nectarine. 



California Walnuts. — The crop this year is hardly as large as last sea- 

 son, but the stock is of superior quality, and the bulk has been principally 

 placed here and in the East at higher figures. 



We are very glad to see finally that the California walnut is taking its 

 proper place and realizing a fair price in the largest markets of the United 

 States. There is not now, and never has been, any reason why the wal- 

 nuts of this State should have been selling at from 9 cents to 10 cents per 

 pound, while the imported walnut, no better, was bringing in New York 14 

 cents to 15 cents per pound. 



Eastern dealers have finally discovered this fact, and the result is that 

 the entire crop of the best walnuts of this State this year have been placed 

 East at prices almost equal to the best imported walnuts. 



This is an industry which permits of great development. We have the 

 entire United States for a market. There are many sections in California 

 which can produce successfully fine walnuts, and no fear need be had that 

 the market will be overdone. 



California Almonds. — This was our off year in almonds, and consequently 

 we report a decrease in the output, but the growing of almond trees in 

 California is certainly on the increase, so in the course of a few years the 

 annual product will increase continually. 



The quality of the almonds this year, like the walnuts, has been excep- 

 tionally fine, and owing to a short crop, have been in very active demand, 

 at increasing prices for eastern shipment. 



The same remarks that we have made on walnuts will apply to the Cal- 

 ifornia almond. They have been year by year "tabooed " by eastern job- 

 bers, although intrinsically worth as much as the imported. This having 

 finally been admitted, there is now no trouble whatever in selling Califor- 

 nia almonds in any eastern market, and at prices that approximate the 

 best imported. The sections that can be devoted to the growing of Cali- 

 fornia almonds of this State are very many, and a number of new orchards 

 are yearly coming into bearing. Take this product one year with another 

 and it pays a very nice return to the grower, and we believe the time will 

 come when California walnuts and almonds, like California raisins, will 

 drive the imported goods from the American markets forever. 



