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ture, being duly sworn each for himself, says : I have 

 read the affidavit of C. W. Clarke, hereto attached, I 

 was present with said C. W. Clarke at said Briggs' 

 orchard at the time product of said French prune tree 

 was gathered, cleaned, and weighed, and know of my 

 own knowledge that all statements made in said 

 affidavit of said C. W. Clarke are true. 



Jaspeh Haerell, 



C. J. GiDDINGS, 



I. H. Thomas. 



Sworn and subscribed to before me this 2nd day of 

 September, 1890. 



G. A. B3TSFonD, 



Notary Public, 



It is announced by the Selma Enterprise that Mr. T. 

 F. Newell, one mile from that place, realized last year 

 $800 from less than two acres of prunes. Mr. Newell 

 has a large apple orchard, whose crop for the present 

 season has been contracted to a dealer at one cent per 

 lb., insuring a return of $3 to $3.50 from each tree. 



Favourable Feports from tlie Prune Orchards — 

 A Great Yield, 



The reports from the prune orchards are coming in 

 fast, now that the harvesting of the crop is well under 

 way. Many deciduous fruit experts who have visited 

 Pomona Valley say that nowhere in Santa Clara Valley 

 (near San Jose) is there such good land for the produc- 

 tion of the prune as in the Pomona Valley, and this 



