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Gulf coast district, including Galveston and Brazoria coun- 

 ties, marketed 115 cars in 1914. Dickinson and Alvin are 

 the most prominent points of production. 



Pacific states. 



The earliest commercial culture of the strawberry on the 

 Pacific coast was in the vicinity of San Francisco, about 

 1865. This district, comprising the counties of Santa Clara 

 and Santa Cruz, had 949 acres in 1910 and moved 1532 cars 

 in 1914. Watsonville, Gilroy, Sargent, Vega and Alviso 

 are the largest shipping points. The Florin district, near 

 Sacramento, began to develop about 1885. In 1910 Sacra- 

 mento County had 450 acres and the adjacent county of 

 Placer 433 acres. The 1914 output was 255 cars. The Los 

 Angeles district began to be prominent about 1885. Be- 

 tween 1900 and 1910 the acreage at this point increased from 

 363 to 1380. 



Hood River, Oregon, was the first point on the Pacific 

 coast to ship in car-lots ; the industry began there in 1884. 

 In 1910 the acreage was 512 ; the 1914 output was 118 cars. 

 Other important shipping points in Oregon are Umatilla 

 County, which loaded sixty-three cars at Freewater and 

 Milton in 1914, and Multnomah County, which had 400 

 acres in 1910. The strawberry industry of Washington is 

 hardly fifteen years old. The largest acreage is in the 

 Puget Sound district, in the vicinity of Seattle and Tacoma, 

 comprising King and Pierce counties and Vashon Island. 

 Between 1900 and 1910 the acreage in this district increased 

 from 412 to 1297. The movement for 1914 was 182 cars. 

 Other important shipping points in Washington are Kenne- 

 wick in Benton County, White Salmon in Klickitat County 

 and Spokane. 



Canada. 



Commercial strawberry-growing in Canada began in Nova 

 Scotia and Ontario about 1865. In 1911, 7702 acres, or two- 



