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District No. 18. — The coast section of California lying between latitude 

 thirty-five degrees and about thirty-nine degrees thirty minutes and 

 bounded on the east by district No. 17. Its characteristic features are the 

 Coast range of mountains, the Russian river, the Sonoma, the Santa Clara, 

 and the Pajaro valleys. 



District No. 19. — California and Arizona south of latitude thirty-five 

 degrees. The dominant characteristics are the valleys of the Gila, the 

 Colorado, the San Gabriel, and the Santa Ana and the Sierra Madre moun- 

 tains. It includes the celebrated fruit districts of Santa Ana, Riverside, 

 Santa Barbara, the Salt river valley, San Diego, and many others. 



Districts 16, 17, 18, and 19 are peculiarly adapted to fruit and nut cul- 

 ture. Perhaps no portion of the earth's surface is more highly favored in 

 climate and soil and affords a wider range of crop products than that 

 lying within the boundaries of these four districts. The commercial value 

 of the fruit and nut products of this section are already felt and recog- 

 nized the world over. 



