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STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



has the culture of this fruit been, pursued on a large scale. 

 Extensive plantings are being made about Qakdale. 



The western portion of Amador County is admirably adapted 

 to fruit-growing. The same citrus belt traverses this county 

 that encircles the northern counties of Butte, Nevada, and 

 Placer, and oranges and lemons of remarkable size and flavor 

 have been produced there. 



In Calaveras County citrus fruits have not been grown very 

 extensively, but at Campo Seco there are orange trees over 



thirty years old, which 

 bear good crops annu- 

 ally, as also in the 

 citrus belt which em- 

 braces the northern 

 part of the county. 



In Fresno County 

 until recently very 

 little attention was 

 paid to growing citrus 

 fruits. A few orange 

 orchards in the foot- 

 hill regions of the 

 county showed the 

 future possibilities of 

 the section, and the 

 acreage is now being 

 rapidly extended. The 

 oranges and lemons 

 exhibited at the Fres- 

 no citrus fairs in the 

 past two years com- 

 pared favorably with those grown in other favored sections 

 adjoining. 



In Merced County the orange thrives best in the thermal 

 belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills. There are numerous 

 plantings in and about Merced City. 



Fine fruit has also been exhibited at the Cloverdale citrus 

 fairs held there for the past four seasons, showing the possi- 

 bilities of that section in citrus culture. 



It will be seen from these statements that the citrus belt of 

 California is not confined within any mere geographical boun- 



The oldest orange tree in Northern California, at 

 Bidwell's Bar, transplanted in 1859. 



