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ined four of llicm just being finished at Siicramcnto, and 

 two of llicm loaded witli Dartlett pears, ten tons eaeh, 

 came over with us on our train July 28th, bound east. 

 We brouo-ht some liartlctts home which remained in irood 

 condition three weeks on the way from the time of pick- 

 ing.* AVhile the growers complain of low prices, 

 the dealers keep them up. We were frequently in 

 the fruit market of San Francisco, between the 2 2d of 

 June and the 19th of July, and find the following prices 

 in our memoranda : — 



Wholesale, or by the box : Cherries, ten to thirty-five 

 cents per pound ; apricots, eight to ten cents per pound ; 

 strawberries, ten to fifteen cents per pound ; currants, ten 

 to fifteen cents per pound. 



July 14th to 19th. Peaches, fifty cents to one dollar 

 per half-bushel basket ; strawberries, three to ten cents 

 per pound ; Jaune Hative plum, four cents per pound ; 

 Early Orleans plum, eight cents per pound ; Duane's 

 Purple plum (largo and handsome), eight cents per 

 pound ; Washington plum, twelve cents per pound ; Dam- 

 sons, nine cents per pound ; Gages, three cents per pound ; 

 currants, ten cents per pound; gi-apes, fifteen cents per 

 pound ; Black July grapes, twenty-five cents jjer pound ; 

 Early Harvest apples, fifty to seventy-five cents per box 

 of sixty pounds ; Red Astrachan apples, two dollars to 

 two dollars and fifty cents per box ; Ped June apples, one 

 dollar and fifty cents per box ; figs, four to five cents per 

 pound ; Royal Ann (Napoleon) cherries, thirty to thirty- 

 five cents per pound ; Belle Magnifique cherries, and 

 other varieties, fifteen to twenty cents per pound ; Blood- 

 good pears, two to three dollars per box of fifty pounds ; 

 Tyson pears, one dollar and fifty cents per box ; Mission 

 pears, one dollar and twenty-five cents per box ; black- 

 berries, ten to fifteen cents per pound ; raspberries, twelve 

 to thirty cents per pound ; apricots, four to seven cents 

 per pound. 



* Since that elate to December 1st, more than 8000 bushels have 

 beeii forwarded to Chicago and Eastern markets. 



