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The leading varieties grown here are: 



Apple. — Swaar, Spitzenberg, Yellow Newtown Pippin, Gravenstein, Fall 

 Pippin, Red Astrachan, Yellow Bellflower, Rhode Island Greening, Gloria 

 Mundi, Baldwin. 



Peach. — Early Crawford, Late Crawford, Salway, Orange Cling, Hale's 

 Early, Susquehanna. 



Pear. — Bartlett is the king of pears and grows to perfection here: Souve- 

 nir du Congress, Beurre Hardy, Beurre Diel, Winter Nelis, Clapp's 

 Favorite. 



Cherry. — Very few trees, don't know names, very uncertain crops. 

 Plum. — Purple Egg, Yellow Egg, White Egg, Green Gage, Coe's Golden 

 Drop, Kelsey Japan. 



Prune. — French, Hungarian. 



Fig. — None, except in thermal belt — only one crop. 



Report of C. A. Bush, Potter Valley. 



This valley has never grown fruit for market. Every farm has a small 

 orchard for home use. Many kinds of fruit have never been tested yet. 

 With the railroad soon complete to Ukiah, distance twenty miles, we soon 

 expect to have a market for all the fruit we can produce. This section is 

 well adapted to the later varieties of peaches, prunes, plums, pears, and 

 apples. All varieties of apples are grown profitably. Bartlett pears about 

 one month later than in Sonoma. Apples of all kinds do fine here. I have 

 seedlings growing along the fences that bear good apples without pruning 

 or cultivation. Peaches and nectarines do splendidly here, also prunes 

 and plums of all kinds. All cherries do well except Black Tartarians. 



FRUITS RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING. 



Apple. — Spitzenberg, Limber Twig, Yellow Newtown Pippin. 

 Pear. — Bartlett, Winter Nelis, Easter Buerre. 



Late varieties of peaches and nectarines and late varieties of plums. 



MERCED COUNTY. 



Report of Geo. E. Ladd, Atwater. 



The most profitable fruits grown here are peaches, apricots, grapes, 

 almonds, and blackberries. 



FRUITS RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING. 



Peach. — Foster, Early Crawford, Wheatland, Muir, Susquehanna, Lemon 

 Cling, Salway. 



Almond. — IXL, Nonpareil. 



Grape. — Trosseau, Folle Blanche, Mataro, Carignan, Verdel, West Pro- 

 lific, Colombia, Tokay, Muscat of Alexandria. 



LEADING VARIETIES GROWN IN THIS DISTRICT. 



Peach. — Alexander, Early Crawford, Late Crawford, White Imperial. 

 Wheatland, Lemon Cling, Salway, Susquehanna, Chinese Cling, Briggs' 

 Red May, Foster, George's Late Cling, Mclntire Late Free, Muir. 



