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of three carloads for the latter county, while Los Angeles 

 advanced in one season from 781 to 2,21.2, 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 3,132,785 80.5,084 



Non-bearing Trees 1,837,695 .504,272 



Totals 4,970,480 1,309,356 



It is notorious that the returns of assessors are underesti- 

 mated, many orchardists reluctantly giving the full number, 

 fearing it might entail additional taxation. If twenty per 

 cent were added to the above, it would approximate more 

 nearly to the true number. By such addition we would have 

 3,759,342 bearing and 2,205,234 non-bearing orange trees. 

 Of lemon trees we would have 966,101 bearing and 605,126 

 non-bearing. The total number would be 5,964,576 orange 

 trees and 1,571,227 lemon trees, and a combined total of 

 7,535,803 orange and lemon trees. Averaging 100 trees to the 

 acre, would give 75,358 acres devoted to this culture. As it 

 is estimated that there are about 1,500,000 acres in the so-called 

 Thermal Belt extending from San Diego to Tehama County 

 suitable for the cultivation of citrus fruits, the foregoing data 

 show what room there is for the expansion of this industry. 



CALIFORNIA ORANGE AND LEMON SHIPMENTS. 



From California Fruit-Grower. 



Season. Carloads. No. of Boxes. 



1892-93 5,871 1,972,.500 



189.3-94 5,022 1,687,.500 



1894-95 7,.575 2,545,200 



1895-96 6,915 2,323,500 



1896-97 7,360 2,469,600 



1897-98 15,400 5,174,400 



1898-99 10,875 3,654,000 



1899-00 ---- 18,400 6,624,000 



1900-01 24,900 8,964,000 



Of the 24,900 cars, or 8,964,000 boxes, of citrus fruit shipped 

 during the season of 1900-01, 3,200 cars, or 992,000 boxes 



