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Lemon Trees. 



In bearing 37, 106 



Not in bearing 29,524 



Olive Trees. 



Number of olive trees 170,654 



In nursery 336, 594 



Deciduous Trees. 



Number of acres of deciduous trees 12,629 



Number deciduous trees in nursery 287,075 



Walnut trees no, 626 



Walnut trees in nursery 12,900 



Totals. 



Orchard trees, citrus 1,336,002 



Orchard trees, deciduous 1,515,480 



Nursery trees, citrus and deciduous 3,067,293 



In seed bed, citrus 4,446,600 



Total 10,365,375 



''In this connection I may add that, since the above report 

 was made, a San Fernando firm has arranged to plant out 

 30,000 wahiut trees. Ventura and Santa Barbara are also be- 

 coming great walnut districts. 



''Butte is one of the most prosperous of the Sacramento 

 Valley counties. The assessor's report of that county gives 

 394,867 fruit trees planted in orchards. But the Oroville or- 

 chardists claim that a private census made by a committee 

 gives them over 500,000 trees. At Chico, Gen. Bidwell has 

 about 100,000 trees, and the rest of the county would carry 

 the total to nearly a million. About 60,000 olive trees and 

 100,000 oranges are planted chiefly in colonies. If complete 

 statistics were secured from Butte, the district would rank as 

 one of the first in the state. A great deal of land has been 

 bought there for planting this season or next. 



"The State Horticultural Commission has compiled much 

 valuable statistical material, and its report on the Fresno dis- 

 trict may serve to show the nature of the development going 

 on in the San Joaquin counties. I quote from the Expositor' s 

 editorial : 



"'There are 1,600 vineyardists in this county, the total 

 acreage of grapes is 49,068, the acreage in bearing is 22,280, 

 and the acreage in wine-grapes 5,908. The increase in the 



