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grow, in most parts of the State, all the other fruits, from the apple to 

 the strawberry; and in the Sacramento Valley we can perhaps grow a 

 greater variety of fruit than in any other portion of the State. Our 

 climate is especially adapted to growing the leading fruits, such as 

 grapes, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, figs, and apples, and the foothills, 

 or low mountain ranges, are peculiarly adapted to growing the apple. 

 In these districts we can grow as fine winter apples as can be grown in 

 Oregon or the Atlantic States, and they always command # remunerative 

 prices in our local markets. 



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I would recommend the pear, plum, and grape, as they succeed remark- 

 ably well in all parts of the State. The pear and grape can be success- 

 fully shipped to eastern cities and sold at remunerative prices. The 

 grape can also be converted into wine or raisins, and find almost a world- 

 wide market. The plum also may be dried and shipped to foreign markets 

 at a good profit. We can find a remunerative market in the East for all 

 the plums that we can produce. As to varieties of fruit that we would 

 recommend, it will be impossible, in this essay, to give them all even a 

 passing notice; we shall, therefore, only mention a very few of the 

 leading sorts. 



As raisin grapes: the White Muscat of Alexandria, the White Malaga, 

 and White Muscatelle; table grapes: Black Malvacia, Black Hamburg, 

 and White Muscat; wine grapes: the White Eeisling, Yellow Orleans, 

 and Zinfindel; many other varieties might be mentioned. Shipping 

 gi'apes: the White Muscat and Flame Tokay stand at the head of the 

 list. There are others that ship well, but none we think equal to the 

 two above named. Shipping pears: Bartlett, Easter Burree, Vicar of 

 Winkfield, and Glout Morceau ; many other varieties, however, will ship 

 well. 



We would here suggest as to varieties, that it would be well for par- 

 ties who can do so convenient!}* to experiment with seedings. All our 

 varieties of fruit were originally produced from seed, and it is not 

 unfrecpiently the case that from one hundred or two hundred seedlings 

 we may get one or two fine and distinct varieties. Fruits thus produced 

 are generally well adapted to the climate in which they originated. I 

 have in my nursery four new varieties of apple, and six of peaches, all 

 of California origin^ they are all worthy of extensive cultivation, espe- 

 cially the latter; and some of them I consider superior to any of the old 

 standard varieties. 



