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lobe is longer. There are about 10,000 acres suitable for 

 prune and pear culture on the island. 



''Cherries are an excellent and paying crop. But of the 

 varieties grown, the Black Republican, the proper name of 

 which is Llewellyn (an Oregon seedling), the Napoleon Bigar- 

 reau (erroneously called the Royal Arm), Murillo, Sparhawk, 

 Governor Wood and the Bigarreau are the most valuable va- 

 rieties. The Moorpark is the only apricot in bearing, but 

 other varieties are being grown. This fruit, if well cultivated 

 and severely pruned, will be one of the best paying fruits 

 grown. Peaches are a proved success, the early and late 

 Crawfords taking the lead. The Fidalgo, Waterloo, Troth's 

 Early and Alexander all yield abundant crops. Strawberries 

 are extensively grown, and do exceedingly well, yielding from 

 $500 to $1,000 per acre. The principal varieties are the 

 Sharpless, Crescent, Jucunda, Wilson and Manchester. 

 Blackberries, of which fruit only the Lawton is grown, yield 

 as high as $800 per acre. 



''There are about 28,000 acres of good fruit land on the 

 island, without counting the mountain slopes which will be 

 terraced and utilized also. Less than one twenty-eighth part 

 of this is now in use. But the population is rapidly increas- 

 ing, and one, five, ten and twenty acre tracts are being sold in 

 every direction-. During the past year over 1,000 acres have 

 changed hands in tracts of various sizes in the village of East 

 Sound alone, and over $75,000 worth of fruit lands have been 

 sold on the island. There is no reason why the island should 

 not in years to come be as densely populated as the Island of 

 Jersey, which is rather smaller in area than Orcas, but which 

 by fruit and vegetable culture has built up a city of over 

 60,000 people, as well as an immense rural population." 



Fi'uit culture in Mexico has been brought into prominent no- 

 tice during the year through the discussions upon the tariff. 

 Orange growers fear serious competition from this source. 

 To determine somewhat of the extent of the fruit industry and 

 possibities in Mexico, I have invited A. V. Temple, of 

 Guanajuato, who is well acquainted with the country, to ex- 

 press his opinions : 



" The result of my experiences with American fruits in the 

 state of Guanajuato is as follows : 



"Apples, peaches, apricots, nectarines and cherries im- 



