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2. Marketable quality of fruit good, but lower than in the 

 Northwest. 



3. Good shipping and storing facilities, also good roads. 



4. Very centralized planting, practically all within ten miles 

 of Watsonville. 



5. Cost production of apples relatively low. 



6. Good varieties grown, consisting almost exclusively of 

 Yellow Newtown and Yellow Bellflower. 



7. No irrigation required. 



8. Highly developed dried apple industry. 



Disadvantages. 



1. Internal browning, a physiological disease, prevalent in 

 Yellow Newtown apples in certain years, detracts from storing 

 qualities of this leading variety. 



2. Cooperative movement among growers working for high 

 grades and better marketing facilities has not been as great as 

 in many of the northwest apple-growing regions. 



3. Lack of effort towards establishment of high grades has 

 resulted in a lower price received for the fruit than for the same 

 variety grown in such regions as the Hood River Valley. 



4. Rural social conditions are inferior to those found in the 

 newer regions of the Northwest. 



5. Distance from eastern markets. 



Sevastopol section (Sonoma County) 



Advantages. 



1. Particularly adapted to the production of Gravenstein, a 

 profitable variety. 



2. Relatively free from serious insect and disease injury. 



3. Local demand for output tends to offset the great distance 

 from eastern markets. 



4. Highly developed dried apple industry 



5. Cooperative and community spirit apparent in most of the 

 apple-growers. 



