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they all be equally as choice. I would suggest for the higher val- 

 leys and foothill lands the Rome Beauty, King of Tompkins 

 Coimty, York Imperial, Rhode Island Greening, and Jonathan, 

 while if I were planting in the lower warmer valleys I would 

 choose Yellow Newtown and Spitzenburg. 



CHERRIES. 



Sweet cherries of unusual size and firmness excel in many parts 

 of my District. While they do not mature early enough to catch 

 the first big sale which the California fruit obtains, we still 

 can produce the goods, and if we had canneries to handle them 

 when there is danger of the eastern markets becoming overstocked, 

 I am sure that, as a money-making venture, they would stand sec- 

 ond in the list of commercial fruits. 



The varieties I would select for a commercial orchard would be 

 Royal Ann, Black Republican, Bing, and Lambert. "While the 

 Black Republican is not as large as many other black cherries, it 

 is the most wonderful keeper known, and has a distinct cherry 

 flavor all its own that so many cherry lovers like, and has proved 

 in the long run one of the best money-makers in the whole cherry 

 family. Our Black Republicans reach an eastern market which 

 is practically bare of California stock, which helps us materially. 



PEACHES. 



Where the best shipping varieties of peaches do well, they soon 

 bring good returns to the amateur fruitgrower. A peach is not 

 long lived, and as we have to depend so much on a distant market, 

 I would by no means recommend it as the main dependence. 



PEARS. 



So far as I have been able to learn, none of the commercial pear- 

 orchards have yet proved good money-makers with us. Conditions, 

 I think, will change with us somewhat as the coiuitry develops and 

 new markets open up. 



GRAPES. 



Grapes do well in many localities, and are sold largely in the 

 local markets and mining camps. 



