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Report of Edward Berwick, Carmel Valley. 



At Pacific Grove there is no orchard land. A few fruit trees are set out 

 on residence lots, but are not over luxuriant. 



The remains of the old Carmel Mission (San Carlos) orchard, consisting 

 of a row or two of pear trees of inferior variety, to which have been added 

 a number of apple and pear trees of modern varieties, is the nearest to 

 Pacific Grove. David Jacks has an orchard of apple and pear trees on the 

 Sancito Ranch. My own orchard of various fruits, and my neighbor, 

 Richard Snivelys, are the principal ones near Monterey. The leading 

 varieties are: 



Apple. — Yellow Bellflower, Smith's Cider, Red Astrachan, Yellow New- 

 town Pippin. 



Peach. — Hale's Early, Late Crawford, Early Crawford. 

 Pear. — Bartlett, Winter Nelis, L. B. de Jersey, Easter Buerre. 

 Cherry. — Black Tartarian, Napoleon Bigarreau. 

 Plum. — Green Gage, Jefferson, Damson. 

 Prune. — Prune d'Agen, Hungarian. 



Apricot. — Unsurpassed, and could be grown profitably if a cannery were 

 established. Sun drying is not profitable — too moist climate. 



Small Fruits. — Gooseberries, currants, and raspberries do very well, and 

 considerable is done in that line. 



FRUITS RECOMMENDED. 



Local market good for apples, peaches, apricots, grapes, etc., but quite 

 well supplied. Owing to the latitude and limited propagation of fruits in 

 the county, there has been but little done in that line. The fruits that are 

 mostly planted are apples, plums, and pears, but the leading fruit is the 

 apple. The varieties recommended are the Spitzenberg and Yellow Bell- 

 flower. 



NEVADA COUNTY. 



Report of L. D. Rathburn, Patterson. 



The fruits chiefly grown in this district are apples, apricots, peaches, 

 pears, plums, prunes, nectarines, cherries, blackberries, raspberries, and 

 strawberries. We grow all kinds of hardy fruits. 



We are so far from the railroad that we have never given our attention 

 to small fruits; same are only grown for home use. The olive is now being 

 tried considerably, and several new orchards (in a small way) have been 

 started. 



NAPA COUNTY. 



Report of H. L. Gibbs, Calistoga. 



The apricot does not do well with us in the valley, but with an eleva- 

 tion of several hundred feet does first rate. Oranges are also doing well 

 under the same conditions. The fruits most profitably grown in this dis- 

 trict are: Royal apricots, peaches, and prunes. 



The fruits chiefly recommended for planting in this district are: Petite 

 d'Agen prune, Early and Late Crawford, Hale's Early, Susquehanna, Alex- 

 ander, and Salway peaches, Royal apricot, Silver prune, and olives on the 

 hills. 



The chief varieties grown in this district are as follows: 



