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The great fruit industry, perhaps, is increasing faster than anything else; 

 and the greater the product, the gi-eater the demand and the greater the 

 consumption appears to be for our California fruits in every portion of the 

 Union and in every portion of the outside world. Hence there is no possi- 

 bility of overdoing the matter. 



California, with open hands, invites the thrifty, sober workingman from 

 all portions of the world; and she invites the rich man who, with his 

 money, seeks a delightful climate in which to pass his remaining days. 



In this, our fourteenth annual review, which we have prepared with 

 our usual care, we give the products of the State for this year, in our line, 

 which have been carefully compiled after correspondence with our repre- 

 sentatives in the different portions of the State; and we submit them to 

 the public at large, with confidence in their accuracy. 



The Product of 1888. 



Eaisins (20-pound boxes) - - 915,000 



Honey, extracted (pounds) -- - 3,000,000 



Honey, comb (pounds)... 300,000 



Beeswax (pounds) 20,000 



French prunes (pounds) 3,000,000 



German prunes (pounds) 100,000 



Apples, sun-dried (pounds) - 100,000 



Peaches, sun-dried (pounds) 2,000,000 



Plums, sun-dried (pounds) 200,000 



Pears, sun-dried (pounds) _ 25,000 



Grapes, sun-dried (pounds) 2,000.000 



Nectarines, sun-dried (pounds) 100,000 



Apricots, sun-dried ( pounds) 100,000 



Figs, sun-dried (pounds) 75,000 



Apples, evaporated (pounds) 250,000 



Apricots, bleached (pounds) - .- 2,500,000 



Peaches, bleached, peeled (pounds) 400,000 



Peaches, bleached, unpeeled (pounds) 2,200,000 



Plums, bleached (pounds) 40,000 



Nectarines, bleached (pounds) 60,000 



Walnuts (pounds).. 1,000,000 



Almonds (pounds) 450,000 



California Raisins. — We place the product of 1888 at nine hundred and 

 fifteen thousand boxes, and as to points of production distributed as 

 follows: 



Fresno District (boxes) - 415,000 



Tulare District (boxes) 15,000 



Orange and Santa Ana District (boxes) 40,000 



San Diego District (boxes) 40,000 



Woodland District (boxes) 90,000 



Riverside District and San Bernardino ( boxes). 290,000 



Scattering — Yuba, Butte, Sacramento, Placer, etc. (boxes) 25,000 



The raisin campaign of 1888 has, as a whole, been a very favorable one 

 to both producers and packers. During the most of the drying season the 

 weather was most propitious, which enabled the growers to deliver their 

 raisins in sweat-boxes in a proper condition for packing. The out-turn, 

 however, was not as large as estimated earlier in the season. The Ma- 

 laga crop of raisins this year was also short and likewise rain-damaged, 

 which necessarily caused light shipments to New York from Spain, and 

 the California raisin consequently reaped the benefit. The quality of many 

 of the packs of California raisins, we are pleased to state, shows a great 

 improvement on former years. In fact, some of the best known brands 

 were equal and sold fully up to the price of the very best Malaga in New 

 York and other eastern markets. There is and can be no question now 

 that the California raisin has come to stay; and as the writer of this article 



