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of, are of the very best varieties for profit, and will undoubtedly 

 produce in a few years an enormous amount of fine fruit. The 

 soil is of good quality and seems to be well adapted to the growing 

 of deciduous fruits. We bought your apricots this last season of 

 1S92, and they were the finest we had from any source. I would 

 be proud to be the possessor of your orchard. 



Yours truly, 



C. C. Collins, 

 President Collins Fruit Company. 



Office of 

 ASSESSOR OF ORAXGE COUNTY. 



Santa Ana, California, 



September Srdy 1892. 

 I know the four-year old orchard of Mr. D wight Whiting, 

 siruated near El Toro, and can truthfully say there is none finer 

 in Orange County. 



Jacob Eoss, 



AsHcssor. 



Office of 



HORTICULTURAL COMMISSIOXERS, ORAXGE COUXTY. 



Santa Ana, California, 



September lOth, 1892. 

 I have inspected Mr. Dwight Whiting's prune, pear, and apricot 

 orchards, planted in December, 1888, and know them to be healthy 

 and free from insect pests. The soil is of best quality, the trees 

 are thrifty, and its future prospects are of the best. 

 I. X. Raffeett, 



Inspector and Secretary of 



Horticultural Commissioners. 



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