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of three carloads for the latter county, while Los Angeles 

 advanced in one season from 781 to 2,212, an increase of 1,431 

 carloads. The increase of San Bernardino was a natural one, 

 but that of Los Angeles was due to the advent of the Vedalia 

 and not to the coming in of new orchards. 



The latest tree census from returns made by County 

 Assessors shows the number of orange and lemon trees in the 

 State to be as follows: 



Oranges. Lemons. 



Bearing Trees 1,464,332 230,453 



Non-Bearing Trees 1,969,940 963,572 



Total _ 3,434,272 1,194,025 



It would be safe to add to the above figures twenty per cent, 

 which would be nearer correct. We then have 1,757,198 

 orange trees bearing and 2,363,928 not yet bearing, and 

 276,543 lemon trees bearing and 1,156,286 not yet bearing, or a 

 total of 5,553,955 orange and lemon trees in the State. 

 Averaged at 100 to the acre we have 55,539.55 acres in citrus 

 trees in the State. 



The orange shipments for 1897-98 were the heaviest in the 

 history of orange-growing in the State. The shipments of 

 citrus fruits from Southern California for 1898-99, up to and 

 including September 30 (1899), were 15,006 carloads, as 

 against 9,854 cars in 1896-97. Of this amount 1,500 carloads 

 were lemons. The citrus fruit shipments for the same period 

 were 316 cars, or a total of 15,322 carloads for the State. 



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TABLE OF CITRUS FRUIT PRODUCTS. 

 Compiled by E. F. Howe. 



