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Report of Juan Gallegos, Mission San Jose. 



The leading fruits grown here are: olives, almonds, walnuts, figs, and 

 grapes. We grow mostly all of the other fruits, but they ripen later than 

 most other sections. 



Report of C. W. Dearborn, Pleasant on. 



The most profitable fruits grown in this district are: grapes, pears, olives, 

 and almonds. The fruits that are chiefly grown are: grapes, apricots, 

 almonds, Bartlett pears, and Mission olives. Apples are not much grown; 

 peaches, Early Crawford; French and Hungarian prunes; Smyrna and 

 California Purple figs; Rose of Peru, Muscat, and White Verdel grapes; 

 Princess, or Lady Finger, and Languedoc almonds. 



AMADOR COUNTY. 



Report of J. Violet, lone. 



The leading fruits grown here are: apples, pears, cherries, prunes, peaches, 

 and figs. The leading varieties are: 



Apple. — Red Astrachan, Early Harvest, Alexander, Yellow Bellflower, 

 Twenty-Ounce Pippin, Baldwin, E. Spitzenberg, Wine Sap, Northern Spy, 

 Violet's, Jonathan. 



Peach. — Hale's Early, Briggs' Red May, Foster, Early Crawford, Late 

 Crawford, Salway, Susquehanna, White Cling, Orange Cling, Bilyeu's Late. 



Pear. — Bartlett, Winter Nelis, Vicar, Seckel, Easter Beurre. 



Cherry. — Governor Wood, Black Tartarian, Napoleon Bigarreau, Early 

 Guigne. 



Plum. — Bradshaw, Columbia, Washington, Kelsey, Purple Duane, Dam- 

 son, Green Gage. 



Prune. — French, Silver, German, Fellenberg, Grosse Prune d'Agen. 

 Fig. — White, Mission. 



Report of J. Northrup, Lancha Plana. 



The fruit business in this locality is fairly prosperous this season, with' 

 the exception of grapes; the dry season and intense heat cut the crop short 

 at least one half. I consider this locality as certain for a crop of fruit as 

 any in the State. I have lived in this vicinity twenty-two years and there 

 has been only one failure of a crop in that length of time. We make a 

 specialty of peaches, and claim that we can not be beat in the State. 

 Oranges are also a success in this vicinity. The premium oranges at the 

 District State Fair held at lone last month, were grown here. The leading 

 fruits grown here are peaches, pears, and apples. Of small fruits, black- 

 berries and strawberries. 



NEW PEACH. 



We have a new peach which originated here; it is named the "Queen 

 of the West." It is a freestone; it is a beauty; a large white peach with a 

 red blush, extra fine flavor, ripens just after the Late Crawford. The tree 

 is a good grower, leaf does not curl, good for canning or drying. 



The leading varieties of peach, which is our leading fruit, are: Alexander, 

 Briggs' Red May, Hale's Early, Early Crawford, Foster, Muir, Late Craw- 

 ford, Susquehanna, Morris White, Heath Cling, Orange Cling, and Salway 

 in large proportion. 



