March, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



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Almond trees are reported to have com- 

 menced blossoming in some of the districts in 

 California the first of February while decid- 

 uous fruit buds began swelling preparatory 

 to blooming. 



The California orange and lemon crop ma- 

 tured nicely in most sections. The crop of 

 oranges is reported as unusually large al- 

 though the size of the fruit is generally smaller 

 than it was last year. 



Walnut groves in Contra Costa and Santa 

 Clara counties which will come into bearing 

 this and next season it is expected will shift 

 the supremacy of walnut production from 

 Southern California to other sections of the 

 state. The California Walnut Growers' Asso- 

 ciation reports its total pack for 1920 crop as 

 321,480 bags, of which 11,827 bags remained 

 unsold February 1st. 



Kings County fruit growers realized a total 

 of $7,355,653 for their 1920 fruit crop, an in- 

 crease of more than a million dollars over 1919 

 •Igures of .$0,258,810, according to the annual 

 report of the county horticultural commis- 

 sioner. Grapes led with a total value of .?4,- 

 615,720. divided as follows: Raisins, .?2,813,- 

 100; shipped fresh, $1,432,906; wine, $369,720. 

 Peaches, canned, dried and shipped fresh, 

 yielded $1,776,477; apricots, $778,290; prunes, 

 $168,000; plums, $17,160. The apricot crop 

 was only about 60 per cent of that of 1919, and 

 the prune and plum yield much lighter, grapes 

 and peaches about equal, the increased return 

 being due to the uniformly higher prices re- 

 ceived for all fruits. 



Railroads operating in California have short- 

 ened by two days the running time of fruit 

 trains between the coast and eastern markets. 

 The change was inaugurated at the request of 

 a committee appointed by Director of Agricul- 

 ture Hecke at the Fresno convention of fruit- 

 men in November. 



Advices from the Horticultural Commis- 

 sioner of Yolo County are to the effect that 500 

 additional acres of grapes will be planted in 

 that county this season. Last season Yolo 

 County planted 1,132 acres of table grapes 

 and 1,532 acres of wine grapes. 



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