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PLUMAS COUNTY. 



Report of Mrs. R. B. Keep, Smith's Hill. 



Smith's Hill is two thousand five hundred and fifty-seven feet above the 

 sea. The thermometer seldom falls below zero, and usually there is very 

 little snow. All fruits raised in a temperate climate grow to perfection 

 here. Most of the fruits in our orchards are seedlings. We have a new 

 apple of the Bellflower type, and a winter pear, raised from the seed. The 

 apple is large and yellow, thin skin, and spicy flavor. The pear is also 

 very fine. Will send graftings to any one who wishes them. Apricots are 

 very fine; bloom in March, and often in February. Nectarines, plums, 

 peaches, and figs grow as well in our locality as in the Sacramento Valley, 

 and are larger and have a much finer flavor. Our cherries are as good as 

 any in the State. Last winter was the coldest known here, and fig trees 

 twenty years old froze to the ground. There are sprouts now five feet, 

 with figs on, but they will not mature this season. The best of vegetables 

 and fruits can be raised all along the east branch of the North Fork, from 

 Rich Bar to Oroville. All we need now is quick and easy communication 

 with the outside world. We still have the "forty-nine " trails, and conse- 

 quently no way of getting fruit to market. 



Mr. Beady has a fine orchard and small vineyard at Long Bar, and 

 makes excellent wine. Were there a market for grapes, his vineyard could 

 be enlarged to a profitable business. He also has fine figs, almonds, and 

 chestnuts, blackberries, and raspberries. The raspberries grow on the 

 bars quite extensively. Strawberries also do well; ripen in May. 



Report of R. Martin, Quincy. 



I am located between American and Indian Valleys. The altitude at 

 this place is two thousand nine hundred feet, that of the two valleys about 

 three hundred feet higher, which makes it much colder than here, and not 

 as well adapted to the culture of the peach and cherry. The apple and 

 the pear do best, of which the following varieties do well, and perhaps the 

 best: 



Apple. — Rhode Island Greening, Yellow Newtown Pippin, Spitzenberg, 

 Winesap, Ben Davis, Twenty-Ounce Pippin, Early Harvest, Red Astrachan, 

 Yellow Bellflower, Fall Pippin, Smith's Cider, Siberian Crab. 



Pear. — Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, Winter Nelis. 



SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. 



Report of 0. N. Cadwell, Carpentaria. 



The most profitable fruits grown in this district are apples and apricots, 

 and also grapes. English walnuts are very profitable on lands suitable for 

 their growth. It is useless to plant the walnut on poor, shallow soil, and 

 over hard clay subsoils. 



We need a generous list of fruits for market, enough at least for the local 

 market. Late keeping apples always sell at fair prices. I think the apple 

 one of the most profitable fruits to plant, as we can ship them better than 

 any other fruit. 



