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seems to us that raisin culture, properly conducted, can be made one 

 of the most remunerative of* industries. In confirmation of this view, 

 Mr. B. N. Bugbey, who has made and sold more California raisins than any 

 other man, and than perhaps all others in the State, says, in a late state- 

 ment to the State Board of Agriculture, that he is so well satisfied on this 

 point of profit, that if his wine and brandy did not employ all his capital 

 and time, he would at once enter upon the culture and manufacture of 

 raisins upon a large scale. There are a plenty of cuttings of the best 

 varieties in the State. Among those who, we know, have them, we may 

 name Mr. Bugbey, J. R. Nickeson, Robert Chalmers, and many others. 



