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a favorite. When picked before too ripe it is a fairly good keeper,, 

 l)riiiir in its prime during the holidays. In storage it is subject to a 

 condition known as Jonathan spot, and should not be held long after 

 the first of January. 



The tree is inclined to be small under most conditions, and it should 

 not be set except in good and well-adapted soil, and is not recommended 

 for L'vneral planting in the state. Figure 8 is of a five-year-old Jonathan 

 tree^near Beaumont, and Figure 9 of an older tree, well loaded with 

 fruit in San Diego County. In both the orchards when- these pictures 

 were la ken the trees had made a splendid, thrifty growth, and the fruit 

 they produced was of the best. Some splendid, well-colored specimens 



Fijr. s. Fine sperm 



mathan trees near Beaumont, Riverside County. 

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have been received from the J. E. Hassler orchard at Placerville. The 

 excellence that this variety attains in Utah and Colorado, and the 

 highest market prices that are received by growers in these states, make 

 it desirable that it be grown in California only where it will attain some- 

 where near the perfection that it does there. In general it is a fairly 

 irood producer, coming into bearing early and maturing crops with 

 great regularity. 



Trees should be pruned heavily for the first five years, and the 

 irn-atest strength of scaffold branches developed, as they have a tend- 

 n-y to grow slender and willow-like, thus being unable to hold up a 

 y load of fruit to the best advantage. 



KING DAVID. 



This beautifully colored variety is becoming quite popular in some sec- 

 tions of the state, but as yet has not been thoroughly tested out under 

 California conditions. In some of the newer sections of Riverside and 



