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they are raising peaches to ship, they raise them the size they want them, 

 and the shape almost that they want for eastern shipment. It is almost a 

 literal fact that they raise them to the size they want them by thinning 

 and picking; but the proportion that is raised that is fit to ship in Cali- 

 fornia is about this year in peaches as one pound in ten — not larger, posi- 

 tively, than that. 



The motion of Mr. Aiken for appointment of committee was put and 

 carried. 



CALIFORNIA FRUIT SENT OVERLAND. 



General Chipman: I have here the table prepared by the "San Fran- 

 cisco Bulletin," published in that paper November seventeenth, as follows: 



The first shipment of this season's pack of California raisins overland went forward in 

 September, consisting of eight hundred and ninety-five thousand four hundred and ten 

 pounds from Sacramento, and one million three hundred and forty-nine thousand one 

 hundred and sixty pounds from Los Angeles. In October there were further shipments 

 of four million and ninety-five thousand two hundred and twenty pounds from Sacra- 

 mento, two million one hundred and seventy-nine thousand nine 'hundred and seventy 

 pounds from Los Angeles, two hundred and seventy-one thousand eight hundred and 

 forty pounds from Colton, and twenty-six thousand five hundred and thirty pounds from 

 San Francisco. Thus, in sixty days, eight million eight hundred and eighteen thousand 

 one hundred and thirty pounds new crop California raisins went overland, equal to about 

 four hundred and forty thousand boxes. The shipments this month will also be large, a 

 considerable quantity having already gone forward. We are also shipping large quan- 

 tities of dried fruit, the shipments last month having been five million eight hundred and 

 one thousand five hundred and thirty pounds from all points in California, against a 

 little over five million pounds in September. There were also several carloads of ripe 

 fruit forwarded last month, consisting chiefly of grapes. Next month shipments of Cali- 

 fornia oranges will be in order. There is a fair overland business in California canned 

 goods, with good shipments last month from this city and several interior points. The 

 total shipments of California fruit in all its forms overland for the first ten months of the 

 year were as follows : 



FRUIT SHIPMENTS. 



From. 



Canned Goods — 

 Pounds. 



Dried Fruit — 

 Pounds. 



Ripe Fruit- 

 Pounds. 



Raisins- 

 Pounds. 



San Francisco 



Oakland - -.. 



20,165,720 

 727,210 

 162,150 

 291,920 

 2,297,090 

 7,910,640 



2,079,870 

 20,250 

 1,248,910 



721,860 

 4,110,360 

 5,179,200 



152,150 

 1,277,560 



21,500 

 111,630 

 9,763.530 

 4,784,920 

 31,799,680 

 5,024,490 

 408,600 

 143,000 



485,750 



Los Angeles 



Colton 



4,049,660 

 573,540 

 5,876,270 



Sacramento- 



San Jose 





140,450 



Marys ville 



1,697,210 



Totals 





33,251,940 

 45,120,900 



14,790,160 

 13,577,100 



52,057,350 

 49,729,800 



11,125,670 

 5,759,200 



In 1887 





Sacramento shows up well in the above table as the most important shipping center for 

 ripe fruit in the State. At least 60 per cent of all these shipments went out from that city, 

 together with over 50 per cent of the raisins and 30 per cent of the dried fruit. The pro- 

 portions shipped out of the State are a good indication of the proportions raised in the 

 different sections. San Francisco, of course, has two thirds of the canned goods trade, 

 without contributing any of the fruit. The central and northern counties are heavy fruit 

 producers. 



There will be seen from that, Mr. President, that nearly the entire ship- 

 ment of deciduous fruits are made from northern California, that is one of 

 the significant facts; and the second significant fact is the large amount, 



