16 CALIFORNIA VEGETABLES 



GROWERS VARIETIES WEIGHTS 



F. Roberts, Arroyo Grande Prizetaker Onion, single specimen 4 Ibs. 12 oz. 



J. V. N. Young, Silver King Onion, 



Forest Roberts, " Jumbo Mangel, 



. V. N. Young, " Imp. Sugar Beet, 



Ran 



dolph Byers, Wethersfield Onion, y eld acre 



Mrs. I. D. Hall, Orange, Cal Jumbo Mangel, single specimen 39 Ibb. 



.4 Ibs. 9oz. 

 .91 Ibs. 



.66.905 Ibs. 



.6 Ibs. 2 oz. 

 .35K Ibs. 



13 1M Ibs. 



W. A. Rice, Arroyo Grande Prizetaker Onion, 



G. B. Huston, Jumbo Mangel, 



ohn A. McGirk, El Monte Jumbo Watermelon, 



ames Moss, Westminster Prizetaker Onion, yield 1 oz. seed 8,384 Ibs. 



ames Moss, Prizetaker Onion, largest 4 Ibs. 13 oz. 



H. V. Young, Arroyo Grande Silver Skin Onion, largest 4 Ibs. 2 oz. 



H. V. Young, " Mammoth Pompeii Onion 4 Ibs. 8 oz. 



D. Roberts, White Victoria Onion :5 Ibs. 4 oz. 



D. Roberts, Red Victoria Onion 4 Ibs. 12 oz. 



ames Moss, Westminster " 4 Ibs. 6 oz. 



H. Leggett, Oroville Burpee's Bush Lima Bean 150 pods. 



W. Robinson, Elsinore Giant Intermediate Mangel 32 Ibs. 



L. Grabel, Table Bluff " " 30 Ibs. 



H. Leggett, Oroville Burpee's Bush Lima Bean 323 pods. 



ames Moss, Westminster Silver Skin Onion 2 Ibs. 10 oz. 



ames Moss, White Victoria Onion 5 Ibs. 6^2 oz. 



ames Moss, Red Victoria Onion 4 Ibs. 



Mrs. M. C. Brown, Davis Creek Great Divide Potatoes, from 1 Ib 542 Ibs. 



G. B. Huston, Arroyo Grande Prize Taker Onion 1 Ib. 13 oz. 



G. B. Huston, "" " Gibraltar Onion 1 Ib. 15 oz. 



Mrs. A. J. Hathaway, Montalvo Prize Taker Onion 1 Ib. 12 oz. 



L. Steiger, Agua Caliente Genuine Mammoth Pumpkin 187 Ibs. 



J. H. Leggett, Oroville Henderson Bush Lima Bean 294 pods. 



E. Leedham, Arroyo Grande Marblehead Mammoth Cabbage 81 Ibs. 



E. Leedham, Warren Cabbage 77 Ibs. 



Vegetables for Distant Shipment. A new phase of the veg- 

 etable growing industry of the state arose with the openings of the 

 overland railways, but it developed very slowly and it was at first 

 marked by great uncertainty in values, causing losses as notable 

 as profits to those in the shipping trade. The railway freight rate 

 has been the ruling factor, though the destruction of eastern crops 

 through unfavorable weather conditions has sometimes opened 

 opportunities for shipment from California in spite of charges 

 which were at other times prohibitory. The eastern demand for 

 some kinds of vegetables has, however, led to the production of 

 several important vegetable crops in very large volume and has 

 thus given us specialty farming in vegetable lines somewhat com- 

 parable with our great fruit specialties. When this has occurred 

 vegetable growing has seemed worthy of American effort and our 

 people have been proud to undertake production by the car-load 

 or train-load of the very crops which they would scorn to think of 

 growing by the wagon-load. The features of this line of produc- 

 tion will appear in connection with the discussion of the special 

 kinds of vegetables which are involved in it. 



An idea of the importance of vegetable growing for distant 

 sale can be had from the following records of railway shipments of 

 fresh vegetables beyond state lines, in carloads of 10 tons each : 



