CALIFORNIA'S PLACE IN FRUIT GROWING 53 



Rank of California in the United States in the Production of Fruits From 



the Last U. S. Census. 



Kind of fruit. Rank among states. Value of product 1909. 



Almond First $ 700,304 



Apple Ninth 2,901,622 



Apricot First 2,768,921 



Cherry First 951,624 



Fig First 260,153 



Grape First 10,846,812 



Lemon First 2,976,571 



Olive First 401,277 



Orange First 12,951,505 



Peach First 8,563,427 



Pear First 1,660,963 



Plum and prune First 5,473,539 



Walnut, English First 2,247,193 



Berries Third 1,789,214 



Total value* First 50,704,834 



*Including minor fruits not listed. 



Thus it appears that California leads the other states in every fruit 

 except two. California also leads in the total value of all fruits pro- 

 duced in all states producing in fact about one-fourth of all the fruit 

 grown in the United States. 



Four crops have been gathered since the census year, 1909, and the 

 California fruit interests have notably advanced. Including this in- 

 crease and using the commercial value of the fruits as they reach the 

 markets instead of "farm value" which the census gives, a total value 

 of these products in 1914 is estimated to be about one hundred millions 

 of dollars. 



INFLUENCE OF THE FRUIT INDUSTRIES UPON 

 CALIFORNIA DEVELOPMENT 



Enlistment in California fruit growing has proved exceedingly 

 satisfactory to tens of thousands of people in the various ways along 

 which they have approached it. The fruit districts are full of cottage 

 homes sheltering families of those who have begun with small invest- 

 ments and have made a good livelihood, and often considerably more, 

 from a few acres of fruits grown largely ' without expenditure for 

 hired labor. The study of the needs of the tree or vine and ministering 

 to them by personal effort has brought new health and new incentive 

 to the worn and weary who have taken up outdoor life and activity in 

 California fruit growing with a wise choice of location, land and fruits, 

 for obviously in all investments one must be wise as well as willing. 



In large operations hundreds have notably succeeded by purchasing 

 good land in large tracts at low rates and making ample investment 

 for its development and improvement. Some of the most delightful of 

 our towns and villages have arisen as a direct result of such employment 

 of capital. Well established communities, well churched and schooled, 

 well provided for in local trade and transportation, have followed 

 investment and devoted effort in colony enterprises. 



