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exceptionally large,, bright and well filled nuts. In 

 southern California the chief product is on the lower 

 lands of the coast region, while in the central and 

 northern parts, peanuts are mostly grown on the al- 

 luvial loams of the river bottoms of the Sacramento 

 and San Joaquin Valley, although the crop is some- 

 times made between fruit-trees on the light upland 

 loams. Although sometimes quite profitable to those 

 who have mastered the details, the crop has been 

 recently unprofitable because of reduction of duties 

 on importations and only a small fraction of the 

 peanuts used in California are grown here. 



The pecan grows and bears well in the lower lands 

 of the interior valleys. It does not thrive near the 

 coast where the seasons are not well defined nor in the 

 drier regions of the interior. On deep lands, how- 

 ever, where moisture is ample and the approach of 

 autumn is marked by rather sharp frosts, the pecan, 

 stops its growth and matures its nuts satisfactorily. 

 The product has not yet risen to commercial im- 

 portance. 



The English walnut is the most important nut 

 grown in California,, judged by the volume and value 

 of the product, by the breadth of its adaptability to 

 local conditions and the greatness of its outlook. The 

 present product is almost entirely grown in three 

 southern coast counties. In recent years there has 

 been a large planting in the central part of the State 

 and the product of the future will be drawn from 

 a wider territory. The walnut tree is content with 

 the coast, interior valley and foothill climates, pro- 



