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The remaining thirty-seven counties of the State contain acre- 

 ages as follows : Apples, 10,753 ; apricots, 8,176 ; cherries, 1,883 ; 

 peaches, 11,007; pears, 5,906; prunes and plums, 15,445. Adding 

 these totals, we obtain the area of the deciduous orchards. There 

 are 19,977 acres of apples, 30,125 acres of apricots, 6,928 acres of 

 cherries, 55,000 acres of peaches, 23,742 acres of pears, and 54,642 

 acres of prunes and plums. 



The deciduous fruits lead in acreage and value of products all 

 other branches of California horticulture ; and as the above table 



ALMOND TREE IN FEBRUARY. Kancho Chico. 



plainly shows, the same concentration of each separate variety of 

 fruit in some particular district is manifest everywhere. There 

 are apple counties, peach counties, prune counties, and always will 

 be, although some changes will take place in a decade or two. 

 Peaches, prunes, and apricots occupy nearly three fourths of the 

 acreage. The cherry orchards, although covering the smallest 



