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In drying it requires 7 pounds of green apples to 

 make 1 pound of dried ; apricots, 4 to 1 ; prunes 2| to 

 1 ; pears 3 to 1 ; figs, 3 to 1 ; peaches, picked, 7 to 1 ; 

 unpicked, 4 to 1. 



The figures here given are very conservative ; in 

 many cases they are very largely exceeded. As to the 

 kind of fruit that will return the greatest profit, it is 

 safe to say that all kinds are profitable where proper 

 judgment is exercised in their selection and care in 

 their cultivation. 



A Small Eanche. 



Ever since his residence in Southern California, the 

 editor has frequently received letters from old friends 

 and strangers East, inquiring about Southern California 

 and what one can do to make a living. Our usual 

 answer in brief is, out of the soil/' but we turn such 

 correspondence over to those that know more about it 

 than we do. Recently, however, two men who happen 

 to be wardens of Christ Church Parish have given us 

 figures and shown us specimens which, for the benefit 

 of Eastern readers, we print here. Major Eobert H. 

 Nolton, the senior ivardeii, formerly a railroad man of 

 Chicago, nine years ago purchased the Mountain View 

 Orchard " at Vernondale, just on the southern boundary 

 of the city, consisting of nineteen acres. It had been 

 planted in fruit six or seven years before. He manages 

 everything with railroad precision and neatness, and 

 the following is the report from December, 1888, to 

 December 1889 : 



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