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all ripe ami ready to gather. The Downing Gooseberry is a success 

 here; it has borne a heavy crop every year since it has been planted,, 

 without mildew. I have several bushes now from the one received' 

 from the Fruit Grower's Association, which have all borne heavy crops 

 yearly. My Flemish Beauty Pear tree is very fine, has never had a 

 limb winter killed ; it bore some fruit this year for the first. My 

 Clapp's Favorite is a beauty, has not winter killed any for four years, 

 has not borne any fruit yet, but is now filled with fruit spurs for fruit 

 next season. My Grimes' Golden Pippin apple tree is growing fine, 

 bore a little fruit this year for the first. My Swayzie Pomme Grise 

 apple tree is doing well, not borne any fruit yet. The Salem Grape 

 is the only thing that I ever received from the Association that did 

 not arow. 



A NEW METHOD OF PEEPAPJNG POTATOES FOR FOEEIGN 



MARKETS. 



The following article is being very extensively circulated by the 

 agricultural journals. We trust that some of our readers may be able 

 to throw more light upon this subject. Many thousands, if not millionsy 

 of bushels of potatoes are grown in Canada, of excellent quality, and 

 there is no reason why the California preserved potatoes should be any 

 better than Canada preserved potatoes. 



The San Francisco Commercial Ilerald says that during the past year or 

 two an important industry has sprung up in that State in the way of pre- 

 serving potatoes for a foreign market. A machine has been invented for 

 pressing and preserving potatoes in siicli a manner that they may be dried 

 and kept for a number of years in any climate. No oxidization or ferment- 

 ation takes place in the process; they retain, to a great extent, their 

 natural taste and original freshness. Shippings made to England during 

 the past year have attracted attention, and the demand for California pre- 

 served potatoes in that country already exceeds the supi)Iy. The first 

 shipment to Liverpool brought the sum of $100 per ton overall expense of 

 shipment. Last year about twenty tons were ship|)ed from San Francisco, 

 ■which brought forty-five English shillings per hundred weight, or at the 

 rate of $3 per sack for green potatoes. At Areata, Humboldt County, a 

 strong Company has been oi'ganized to preserve potatoes by tlie new process. 

 Ventura has an a))paratus in working order, and will handle a large quantity 

 of potatoes this fall. San Fi-ancisco merchants and capitalists evince a 

 lively interest in the enterprise, and are watcliing results closely. The 

 testimony of English merchants is to the effect that the products are 

 superior and in active demand. 



