22 RURAL CALIFORNIA 



constitute one of the largest highly developed and 

 densely populated agricultural sections of the State. 

 Central in this district lies the city and county of 

 San Francisco., which enjoys the unique distinction 

 of having produced the tallest sky-scrapers and the 

 broadest cabbage fields in California. North of 

 San Francisco the coast valleys are great producers 

 of dairy and poultry products, fruits and field crops. 

 South of San Francisco are the bay-shore valleys long 

 noted for truck crops, fruits (the prunes of Santa 

 Clara and the apples of Pajaro valleys) and the hay, 

 grain and sugar-beets of Salinas and Santa Maria 

 valleys, while adjacent hill lands are largely used for 

 grazing and, on the coast side, for the dairy indus- 

 try. The southern end of this region, comprising 

 valleys and coast slopes, produces, in addition to graz- 

 ing and dairying, sugar-beets and beans in abun- 

 dance, and several situations are famous for their 

 apples. 



The Central Coast region is very diversified in to- 

 pography, intermediate in temperatures and rainfall 

 between its neighboring coast districts north and 

 south. It has a range of products wide as the State 

 itself, except that citrus fruits are not commercially 

 produced, although grown by amateurs at favoring 

 elevations and exposures. 



The Southern Coast region. 



This region extends from the point where the coast 

 takes a sharp eastward turn and proceeds southward 

 to the southern boundary of the State. Its width 



