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the manufacture of sherry and other wines, will cause the lands in 

 these counties to rapidly appreciate in value. 



The PACIFIC FRUIT GROWER publishes the following as the cost 

 of a ten-acre orange orchard three years from planting, allowing the 

 price paid for the land to be $250 per acre, and the rental of water 

 $3 per acre : 



"Ten acres of land $2,500.00 



Preparing the ground 50.00 



One thousand trees 1,000.00 



Planting complete 50.00 



Water, first year 30.00 



Care of orchard, first year 200.00 



Incidentals . , 70.00 



$3,900.00 

 The two following years, counting interest on investment 



at eight per cent, will cost 1,320.00 



Cost of orchard $5,220.00 



At the end of the third year the orchard will bear enough to pay 

 the interest on the investment at ten per cent, and ought to do a good 

 deal more than that. In two years more it will bear from one to 

 one and a half boxes to the tree, which for navel oranges this year 

 would be from $4,000 to $6,000 for the product of the orchard. 

 From that figure it will gradually advance. 



Mr. Hewitt's orchards (formerly Twogood's) contains about 

 twenty acres, only twelve of which are in bearing. From these 

 twelve acres he sold this year's crop of oranges, on the trees, for 

 $10,000. The greater part of it was planted to seedlings in 1872- 

 73, the other varieties not being planted until 1877-78. The seed- 

 lings were four years old. 



Mr. Johnson has twenty acres in oranges and grapes. The 

 oranges were sold, this season, on the trees, for $8,000, and the 

 grapes for $2,500. Many other similar examples might be adduced." 



In Southern Arizona, where land can be had for $10 an acre, 

 id water at $1.25, the original cost of the ten-acre orchard would 

 less than $1,500, instead of $3,900, while the profits would be 



fater, as the; fruit maturing three weeks earlier would find a higher 

 rket. 



