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LEADING VARIETIES GROWN. 



Apple. — Yellow Bellflower, White Winter Pearmain, Red Astrachan, Fall 

 Pippin, Ben Davis. 



Peach. — Foster, Richmond, Early and Late Crawfords, Early Tillotson. 

 Pear. — Bartlett, Winter Nelis. 

 Plum. — Prince of Wales. 

 Prune. — d'Agen. 



Fig. — Several varieties planted, but I think most of the common black. 



Report of George W. Coffin, Santa Barbara. 



It is now some six years since I was especially interested in growing the 

 fruits named in this report, but judging by what I see in our market, there 

 have been but few new varieties worthy of notice. In English walnuts 

 there is an improved variety; it is of medium size, inclined to be long, 

 instead of round, and has a smooth shell of more strength and firmness 

 than the softshell. The trees come into bearing earlier than any yet 

 reported — one in the nursery now, at Hollister ranch, having produced 

 twelve perfect nuts at three years of age from the seed. English walnuts 

 have become favorites with many. They require less labor, and as the 

 tree advances in age, bear more regularly. With the improved species 

 now in trees of five and six years old, they find ready sale at highest 

 prices. In apples, Sexton Seedling is an improvement on any of the old 

 species of its season, August to October. It is a large, yellow, smooth skin 

 apple, rather flat than round; flesh, fine grained and juicy; sub-acid; skin 

 thin; fine for table or for cooking. 



Among pears, the Vicar of Wakefield becomes good in second class 

 instead of third class, as in the East. Currants and cherries can be grown 

 here as profitably and of as good quality as any produced in the State, if 

 right conditions are adopted. Oranges, lemons, and olives have been more 

 extensively planted among fruits than any others; apricots and prunes fol- 

 lowing closely next. 



The most profitable fruits grown in this district are: oranges, lemons, 

 English walnuts, prunes, apricots, olives, strawberries, grapes, pears, and 

 Japanese persimmons. 



LEADING VARIETIES. 



Apple. — Early varieties: Summer Strawberry, Sexton's Seedling, Red 

 Astrachan, Sweet Bough. Fall varieties: Rambo, Red Astrachan, Maiden's 

 Blush, Yellow Bellflower. Winter varieties: White Winter Pearmain, Yel- 

 low Newtown Pippin, Golden Russet. 



Peach. — Early York, Royal George, Summer Strawberry, Early and Late 

 Crawfords. 



Pear.— Seckel, Bartlett, Winter Nelis. 



Cherry. — Black Tartarian, Royal Ann. 



Plum. — Green Gage, Red Gage, Coe's Golden Drop. 



Plum. — Egg, Purple, Cherry. 



Prune.— French, German, Hungarian. 



Fig. — California Black, White. 



Small Fruits. — Are grown here very extensively, and are very profitable. 



Report of J. Sexton, Goleta. 



I inclose you the following list of fruits that do well in this section, as 

 far as I have had chance to observe and test: 



