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pretty readily obtained. We repeat our suggestion of last year, that the 

 sale of California honey, if packed in one-pound frames, could be very 

 largely increased. Eastern and western dealers are accustomed almost 

 entirely to one-pound frames; and if our honey producers here would change 

 their style of packing and putting up their honey in one-pound frames, we 

 think they would find almost immediately the demand increase two or 

 three times what they are now selling. On some parts of this coast, where 

 dealers generally do not pay much attention to small items, the two-pound 

 frame is all right; but when we come into competition with the eastern 

 honey men, we ought to have our goods in one-pound frames. The stock 

 of both comb and extracted honey here for this season of the year is com- 

 paratively light. Large shipments of extracted have been made to Europe 

 on direct orders; and the comb has been principally placed here and in 

 eastern cities. We think we shall go into the new crop with a bare market. 



Sun-dried Apples. — The evaporated apples have now almost entirely 

 taken the place of the sun-dried in California. What few are now sun- 

 dried are principally the work of Chinamen, but even this class of labor 

 is rapidly abandoning the business. We are very glad to see this, as the 

 evaporated apples are not only cleanlier and better in every way, but are 

 really cheaper in price considering their superiority and the fact that in 

 table use they go a good deal further than the sun-dried, and are conse- 

 quently in the long run the cheapest fruit to buy. The day of the sun-dried 

 quarter and sliced apple we believe has gone by. 



CONCLUSION. 



In submitting this, our fourteenth annual review, we desire to again 

 return our thanks to our many friends in various portions of the State, who 

 have so kindly assisted us in preparing these statistics. While the getting 

 up of these annual reviews entails a good deal more of work and expense 

 than many people would imagine, we always undertake it with a great deal 

 of pleasure, hoping that it may benefit directly or indirectly the great fruit 

 industry of California, as well as the State of California at large. 



We are also glad to say that it is now looked upon as an authority in the 

 lines which it covers, and as such is distributed and published generally 

 throughout the United States and in various portions of the world. 



