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PEACHES. 



Of peaches, these varieties: Early Crawford and Late Crawford, Orange 

 Cling, Lemon Cling, Golden Cling, Foster, Hale's Early, Alexander, Mor- 

 ris' White, and Early Strawberry. Of apricots, these: Early Moorpark, 

 and Royal; Hardwicke Nectarine. Pears: Bartlett, Winter Nelis, Beurre 

 Hardy, Easter Beurre. Prunes: French and Hungarian. Plums: Damson, 

 Yellow Egg, Green Gage. Orange quince, Washington Navel orange, and 

 Eureka lemon. Kittatinny blackberry; Cuthbert raspberry. Strawberries: 

 Monarch of the West, Crescent Seedling, and Triumph of Cumberland. 

 Table grapes: Muscat of Alexandria, Black Morocco, Black Hamburg, 

 Malaga, and Rose of Peru. 



ORANGES AND LEMONS. 



I see nothing to discourage any one from raising oranges and lemons. 

 The cottony cushion scale will be confined to certain localities and eradi- 

 cated ultimately, if the people persevere with extermination. Our oranges 

 come in when we will have no competition and the freights are being 

 reduced. If they are properly distributed they will bring a good price, 

 besides our oranges stand transportation better than any other. If our 

 oranges sell for remunerative prices, that proves that we produce a good 

 orange, as we have to compete with the best grown elsewhere. One dollar 

 a box net will pay the producer. The Orange Growers' Union, which has 

 been so successfully organized, will put $200,000 more money in the pos- 

 session of the orange growers, than if there had been no organization effected. 

 The same result will follow in the central and northern part of the State. 



FRUIT GROWERS UNIONS 



Are destined to be of incalculable benefit to fruit growers of California, 

 and also to dealers and consumers in the East. The fruit will be dis- 

 tributed so that no place shall be glutted. During the last year there 

 were but few cities where our fruits were shipped, comparatively speaking. 

 When our fruit is properly distributed throughout the United States then it 

 will be demonstrated that we do not have one tenth the fruit to supply the 

 demand. Our population is increasing about one million a year, which 

 means fruit for one million more. In the next decade there will be sixty 

 million people. The more of our fruit that is consumed, the more will be 

 wanted. If those engaged in the fruit industry will eradicate the insect 

 pests, take good care of their orchards, cultivate the very best kinds and 

 varieties, they must reap a large reward. 



We wish to particularly emphasize the importance of planting but few 

 kinds and varieties. A great mistake is made by the majority in planting 

 too many kinds and varieties. Then, if the fruit is put up in an attractive 

 manner, there will be a market which will pay the producer a handsome 

 profit, with a far better business than in any other legitimate enterprise and 

 a very pleasant employment. There is no business on the whole earth so 

 ennobling, so refreshing, and so pleasant. 



THE FRUIT INDUSTRY. 



Let us glance a moment at the fruit industry when there is a scarcity of 

 rain. On general principles, we can produce a good fruit crop when we 

 have a dry season. A scarcity of rain, on the other hand, if we are depend- 



