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to I of a cent per poundj whicli is a very liberal 

 estimate. 



I do not know how long an almond tree will continue 

 to live and bear, but its lifetime is tbree or four times 

 longer than that of the peach tree. 



Percy Treat. 

 Davisville, Cal, December 16th, 1891. 



Theodore Minturn says : " Of the cost of caring for 

 five acres of almonds on his Chowchilla estate, he kept 

 a careful record. Every hour's work of ploughing, culti- 

 vating, pruning, picking, etc., was noted, and good 

 prices charged in the account therefor. The almonds 

 were of good quality. They found a ready market, as 

 almonds always do ; and after every possible charge 

 against these five acres had been allowed for, there 

 remained a clear profit of §125 per acre." 



Mrs. Thurston having a Eanche in the Aliso Valley 

 south of El Toro, reports that her almond trees average 

 her (§10) ten dollars worth of almonds to each tree, and 

 have done so for the last six years. 



The iVnderson Bros, at Davisville have an almond 

 orchard of 55 acres (fifty-five), and last year the trees, 

 three and four years old, netted them nearly five 

 thousand dollars. This year the trees are much larger, 

 and they estimate between ten and twelve thousand 

 dollars worth of almonds. 



San Bicgo, 



E. E. Pierson of Banning, in Escondido Times : 

 People who are making the almond pay and produce 

 good regular crops plant different varieties together on 



