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mented by that of Messrs. Harrell, Giddings, and 

 Thomas, viz. : — 



State of California, 



County of Tulare. 



C. W. Clarke, having duly sworn, deposes and says : 

 My name is C. AV. Clarke ; I reside in the city of Sacra- 

 mento, California. I have resided there for the forty 

 years past. That on the 1st day of September, 1890, 

 in company with several other gentlemen, I went to 

 the Briggs' orchard, situate on sec. 9, t 19 s, r 25e, M. 

 D. B. and M., about four miles south-east from Visalia, 

 Tulare county, California ; that while there we had 

 gathered the product of one tree of the French prune 

 variety, which said tree is six years old ; that from 

 said tree I saw gathered, cleaned, and weighed 1102 lbs. 

 of prunes, and I am confident that many other trees in 

 same orchard, of same variety and age, will produce as 

 many, if not more, pounds of prunes than the one 

 whose product I saw gathered and weighed. 



C. W. Clarke. 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 2nd day of 

 September, 1890. 



G. A. BOTSFORD, 



Notary Public. 



State of California, 



County of Tulare. 

 Jasper Harrell, President of Harrell and Son's Bank, 

 Visalia, C. J. Giddings, cashier of Bank of Visalia, 

 I. H. Thomas, member of the State Board of Horticul- 



