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of the best ranches in the district. It is peculiarly well adapted to the 

 culture of the vine, and affords some of the finest of the grape in its 

 several varieties. In fact, all kinds of fruit on this ranch are of excel- 

 lent quality. 



Gold Spring Ranch, vineyard, thirty acres — vines, thirty thousand ; 

 grapes mostly Los Angeles ; two thousand Black Burgundy; few Black 

 Hamburg. Apple trees, one hundred and fifty; poach, eighty ; plum, 

 fifty ; cherries, thirty ; pears, sixty. This is tlie most extensive and 

 probably the most profitable Mnne ranch in the district. It is difficult 

 to obtain information with regard to the profits of this ranch, as the 

 owners seem to be suspicious that all inquiries on the subject have no 

 little to do with the idea of taxes. The proprietors of this vineyard 

 manufacture both wine and brandy in considerable quantities. 



Jarvis' Ranch, thirty acres — vines, twelve thousand, mostly of the 

 Los Angeles variety; other varieties, Carminet, White Muscat of Alex- 

 andria, Black Hamburg, Black Morocco, Reine de Nice, Purple Constan- 

 tia, etc. Seventy varieties of apples ; nine acres of apple trees, ail of 

 choice selections. Peach, three hundred, of choice varieties. Pear, one 

 hundred and fifty, of select and choice varieties. Plum, twelve varieties; 

 Washington, Lombard, Gre,en Gage, and several other varieties. Cher- 

 ries, twenty trees, of good and choice varieties. Nectarines, a few; and 

 quite a number of apricots. 



John King's ranch, twelve acres — vines, twelve thousand, chiefly Los 

 Angeles; some White Shasta; few Black Hamburg. Apple trees, seven 

 hundred; four hundred bearing; mostly of the Golden Riissett variety; 

 other varieties — Wine Sap; Gloria Mundi, twelve; Early Harvest, 

 twelve. Peach, five hundred, chiefly of the Early and Late Crawford ; 

 several other varieties ; fifteen or twenty Herefordshire White. Pears, 

 twenty-five trees ; Winter Nelis, Vicar of Winkfield, Duchess de Angou- 

 leme ; other varieties. Few plums. Apricots and nectarines, a few. 



J. Niciiois' ranch, twelve acres — between six and seven thousand vines, 

 chiefly of the Los Angeles Grape ; a few other varieties — Black Ham- 

 burg, Isabella, Muscat of Alexandria. Apple trees, three hundred. 

 Peach, three hundred — all choice vai'ieties. Plums, a few — six trees. 

 Cheri'ics, ten trees, of the best varieties White and Black Oxheart. 

 Nectarines, four trees. Figs, four trees. Pears, twelve trees, of good 

 varieties. This ranch, with care and culture, will be a first rate vine- 

 yard. 



Rosedale Ranch, G. C. Dawson, thirteen acres — four thousand vines, 

 of the choicest varieties. / Peach trees, seven hundred. Apple, three 

 hundred. Half a dozen plum ; a few apricots and nectarines. Pears, 

 one thousand trees, all select and choice varieties; five hundred Bartlett, 

 two hundred and fifty Winter Nelis, a few Glout Morceau, and several 

 other varieties — Vicar of Winkfield, Duchess de Angouleme, Van Monis, 

 etc. Three quarters of an acre of strawberry vines. This is one of the 

 very best ranches for fruit in the district, and is producing specimens 

 unsurpassed by any other. The soil and facilities for water are just 

 such as to make it a profitable investment to the owner, under good 

 culture. 



T. J. Byrd's ranch, eight acres — six thousand vines, mostly Los An- 

 geles; other varieties — Black Hamburg, Black Morocco, Grizzly Fron- 

 tignan. White and Black Muscat of Alexandria, Deacon Superb, White 

 and Rose Chasselas, Reine do Nice, White Reine de Nice; and several 

 other varieties. Apple trees, two hundred; in nursery, two thousand. 

 Peach, one hundred and fifty. Plum, twenty-five trees; in nursery, one 



