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ifornia raisins, from which I take the liberty to quote that 

 part relating to raisins. They say : 



"We estimate the total product of 1886 at 703,000 boxes of 20 Ibs 

 each, and apportioned as follows: 



Fresno district, boxes 225,000 



Tulare district, boxes 8,000 



Riverside district, boxes 185,000 



Orange and Santa Ana district, boxes 160,000 



San Diego district, boxes 25,000 



San Bernardino Co., outside of Riverside, boxes 10,000 



Yolo and Solano 75,000 



Scattering, Yuba, Bntte, Sacramento, etc 15,000 



Total, boxes 703,000 



" It is with a great deal of satisfaction that we approach the 

 subject of California raisins for the year 1886. For many 

 seasons past it has simply been up-hill work to introduce our 

 raisins and to convince the trade generally that California 

 could produce a fruit equal to the Malaya. While the fail- 

 ure to do this in a measure was perhaps due to the fact that 

 many of the packing of California raisins were of poor quality, 

 it is nevertheless also true, that a prejudice existed in the 

 minds of the Eastern jobbers to that extent that they persist- 

 entiy set their faces against a California raisin. Notwith- 

 standing these discouragements California has kept steadily at 

 work improving the quality as well as the style 'of packing, 

 year by year, until the outturn of 1886, on many brands, at 

 least, equals if it does not exceed in quality the very best 

 Spanish fruit. 



"Next year we anticipate that further improvements, both 

 in packing and labeling, will be made, so that nothing will be 

 left that can be desired on that score. 



" The labor in Spain for raisin packing is very cheap, run- 

 ning from 15 to 30 cents per day, while in California the 

 same work is paid with from $1.00 to $1.25 per day. To 



