48 PROCEEDINGS OF NINETEENTH FRUIT GROWERS' CONVENTION. 



Cars. 



Cherries - 177 



Apricots _ 167 



Peaches 1,288 



Plums 390 



Pears.. 1,167 



Prunes 75 



Nectarines 4 



Cars. 



Quinces _ 13 



Apples __. 95 



Grapes 910 



Mixed Fruits _ 149 



Total 4,435 



The overland shipments for 1895 will probably reach 4,500 cars, or a 

 total of 108,000,000 pounds from May 1st. From January to April the 

 shipments of apples amounted to 126 cars, or 3,024,000 pounds. As a 

 matter of comparison we give the following table, showing five years' 

 fresh deciduous fruit shipments: 



1891 98,680,000 lbs. 



1892 111,689,000 lbs. 



1893 159,900,000 lbs. 



1894 179,576,500 lbs. 



1895 (estimated) 111,024,000 lbs. 



A glance at these figures shows the shipments for 1895 to be the 

 smallest since 1891. 



California Cured Fruits. — Climatic conditions render it possible for 

 us in California to work out of doors all the year round. To this 

 feature may be attributed not only the constantly increasing yield of 

 fresh fruit, but also the enormous increase in the output of the cured 

 product. In 1890, the output of cured fruit in this State was 53,700,000 

 pounds. In 1891 we produced 66,710,000 pounds; 1892 showed 60,700,000 

 pounds. In 1893 we jumped to 93,020,000 pounds, and in 1894 the output 

 reached the respectable quantity of 126,470,000 pounds. Thus, we find 

 in five years California has produced 400,600,000 pounds of cured fruits, 

 exclusive of raisins and dried grapes, or an average annual production 

 of 80,120,000 pounds, or nearly 1^ pounds for each man, woman, and 

 child in these United States. 



In closing, I invite your attention to the following figures, which 

 represent the total output and shipments of our fruit products for a 

 period of five years, 1890 to 1894, inclusive: 



Fresh deciduous fruits (shipped) 624,491,500 lbs. 



Fresh citrus fruits (shipped) 521,047,400 lbs. 



Cured fruits (produced) 400,600,000 lbs. 



Raisins (produced) 335,000,000 lbs. 



Canned fruits (produced) 427,159,500 lbs. 



Total 2,308,298,400 lbs. 



We are at once filled with wonder and admiration at the enormous 

 gastronomic as well as purchasing powers of the people of these United 

 States, when we stop and consider the hundreds of shiploads of bananas, 

 oranges, lemons, limes, pineapples, etc., and the vast quantities of 

 raisins, prunes, currants, figs, etc., received from foreign countries. But 

 when we add to all these fruit products the inestimable quantities of 

 fresh and dried fruits produced east of the Rocky Mountains, we simply 

 hold our breath, for we are, pardon the expression, plumb full of fruit, 

 and must sit down. 



