whether these fruits or any of them can he profitably disposed of in the 

 English markets, cannot, on account of the great distance and the est. 

 of transportation, bo said to be definitely fettled. Canned fruits are 

 shipped to England from San Francisen in laree < j u.-i n t n n*s. l>u i this 

 portion of the State scar. that ttmde, 



and we have only one considerable canning establishment, viz., the 

 Southern | ■■■■, v of this eitv. the manager of 



which, Mr. Welsh, believes that for the present at least he can sell 

 his product to best advantage in the home markets of the United 

 States. 



Or an yes. — Oranges are our leading fruit. This season's crop, now 

 (March 1893) in process of being amount to 



6,000 car-loads, each of 300 70 lb. boxes (about 60,000 tons) ; and the 

 domestic sale is so far rather slow, on account of the competition of 

 Florida, Mexican, and Sicilian fruit, and of excessive cold weather 

 lessening the consumption in the Eastern States. Within a few years 

 it is believed the crop will amount to 20,000 car-loads, about 200,000 

 tons, and there is no present visible domestic market for such a quantity. 

 I recently conversed here with Mr. Lawrence Con 

 40 years' ex [-■ the firm of L. Connolly 



and Company of Liver; : oranges in England, 



concerning the possibility of marketing there a portion of this crop. 



adapted f <>r sustaining a long travel ;md delay in reaching market, far 

 superior in this respect to Florida oranges, which are tender in com- 

 parison. He only knew one orange equal to the navel that reached the 

 Knglkh market," that is the Jaffa orange, the crop of which is ex- 

 hausted by February 1, and, therefore, nor in competition with the 

 navel, and so far as' he was aware there wn- no additional source of 

 supply of such fruit nearer than California. Heretofore the crop lias 



ideas of growers as to the \aluo of this fruit lire rather exalted. Some 

 navels are now proenrabio as k>w as h.v. per box, hut the be.st are h< hi 

 at from 8s. to lO.v. per box at primary points and Mr. Connolly eould 

 not be sure that i high r pi < than Its per box could lie realised in 

 Liverpool, at least until the fruit had been introduced and become 

 while the cost of transport, which must lie usuaiiv in 

 link in : ml b; fa-f t . ight tra n to N< w York, would, of 

 course, be very heavy. A trial car. shipped by the Karl Fruit Com- 

 pany of this city to Mr. Connolly's firm in Liverpool, sold on M ma 1 7. 

 1893, for 14*. per box. The expense of shipment is estimated at l(k. 

 per box, leaving only 4s. per box for the grower, Besides this house, 

 which is very extensive and - other good 



firms with which Kn<,di - he Herman 



bruit I ipa California Ft u Com; y, t i n and >ke!K 



of Riverside, and Cook and Langley are very extensively engaged in 

 the domestic trade, but i ■ tigs with 



England. They think that country too fat away and to poMOH more 

 convenient sources of supply than California. Besides ihe navels it is 

 hoped that some sale may also be found in England for our seedlings 

 and Valencia lates, between June and September. 



Lemo*$.—~Tbi8 trade is in process of development here, but as yet 

 even San Francisco imports largely from Sicily. 



Deciduous fruits. — Apricots and peaches are produced to a con- 

 siderable extent, and Southern California appears specially favourable 



