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THE CLIMATE ()1 ; CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. 



Orange Tree (December, 1SS6) in grounds of Mrs. E. B. Crocker, Sacramento. 



THE CITRUS BELT BALMIER THAN PALERMO, NAPLES, NICE, FLORENCE, 



OR PISA. 



The boasted perpetual sunshine and blue skies of Italy are beaten by 

 the great citrus belt of Central and Northern California. We have more 

 clear days, bluer skies, and a warmer Winter temperature than the great 

 eastern and western riviera of Italy, known the world over as the greatest 

 Winter resort for tourists and health-seekers, as the following tables will 

 amply prove. The authority for the Italian table is Sir James Clark of 

 England: 



