LEADING FRUITS GROWN THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. 



REPORTS OF THE LEADING FRUITS, VARIETIES. NEW FRUITS, AND GENE- 

 RAL OBSERVATIONS THROUGHOUT THE FRUIT-GROWING 

 SECTIONS OF THE STATE. 



ALAMEDA COUNTY. 



Report of J. L. Beard, Centreville. 



The leading fruits grown in this district are: cherries, apricots, plums, 

 prunes, and pears. The leading varieties are: 



Pear. — Beurre Clairgeau, Beurre Hardy, Glout Morceau, Winter Nelis, 

 Bartlett, White Doyenne. 



Apple. — -Newtown Pippin, Alexander, Jonathan, Yellow Bellflower, R. I. 

 Greening, Smith's Cider, Baldwin. 



Peach. — Nichol's Cling, Sellers' Cling, Muir, Foster, Smock's Late Free, 

 Crawford's Early, Crawford's Late. 



Cherry. — Royal Ann, Black Tartarian, Yellow Spanish, Elton, Governor 

 Wood, Burr's Seedling, May Duke, Cleveland Bigarreau. 



Plums and Prunes. — Jefferson, Hungarian Prune, Purple Prune, Wash- 

 ington, Reine Claude de Bavay, Yellow Egg, Coe's Golden Drop, Petite 

 Prune, Bulgarian Prune, Bradshaw, Columbia. 



Report of H. K. Carter, East Oakland. 



The leading fruits grown here are: cherries, plums, prunes, and apricots. 

 The leading varieties are: 



Cherry. — Royal Ann, Centennial, Governor Wood, Burr's Seedling Rock- 

 port. 



Plums and Prunes. — Washington, Green Gage, Yellow Egg, Reine Claude 

 de Bavay, French Prune. 

 Apricot. — Royal, Blenheim. 



Report of C. S. Haley, Newark. 



The leading fruits grown in this district are: pears, apples, peaches, 

 apricots, cherries, plums, and prunes. The leading varieties are: 



Apple. — Early Harvest, Gravenstein, Rhode Island Greening, King, Yel- 

 low Bellflower, White Winter Pearmain, Yellow Newtown Pippin. 



Pear. — Bartlett, Winter Nelis, Beurre Clairgeau. 



Peach. — Strawberry, Early Crawford. 



Prune. — Fellenberg, German, Petite D'Agen, Hungarian. 



Plum. — Washington, Bradshaw, Jefferson, Coe's Golden Drop. 



Cherry. — Black Tartarian, Royal Ann. 



Small Fruits. — No large extent of small fruits planted; not because they 

 cannot be grown here, but the cost of labor has deterred many from going 

 into this business, and only enough are generally grown for family use. 



