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supplied both with enthusiasm and money should not get crazy in becom- 

 ing the owner of the largest olive orchard in the world, same as has been 

 with the vineyards; and, although it may not require as large an amount 

 of intelligence to successfully carry on an olive orchard as it takes for a 

 vineyard, planters will still find stumbling blocks in their way difficult to 

 move aside. For successful olive culture the all important point will be a 

 site where the proper degree of moisture and warmth below as well as 

 above the surface is present for the requirements of the health and fruit- 

 fulness of the trees. So long as pure olive oil is scarce, indeed, it is a very 

 tempting business to go largely into, but when fine distinctions in qualities 

 are made, those that go to work intelligently will be the successful ones. 



Report of C. G. Gordon, Saratoga. 



The most profitable fruits grown in this section are as follows: 



French prune, Petite d'Agen, or Robe de Sargent, to which our soil and 



climate seem to be particularly adapted. 



Royal, Blenheim, Hemskirke, and Moorpark apricots, in the order 



named. 



Yellow Egg plum principally cultivated, but all kinds do well. 



Early Crawford, Late Crawford, and Sal way peaches; Black Tartarian 

 and Royal Ann cherries; Bartlett pears; and all varieties of apples do well, 

 but the codlin moth is so far master of the situation. 



RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING. 



Prune. — French. 

 Apricot. — Royal. 

 Cherry. — Royal Ann. 

 Peach. — Salway, Muir. 

 Pear. — Bartlett. 



All kinds of plums bear heavy, but demand is light and prices low. 

 No finer flavored apples can be found anywhere; the codlin moth is the 

 only barrier. 



VARIETIES IN GENERAL CULTIVATION. 



Cherry. — Black Tartarian, Napoleon Bigarreau. 

 Plum. — Yellow Egg, Green Gage, Ickworth's Imperatrice. 

 Prune. — Petite d'Agen, German, Hungarian. 

 Figs. — Scattering Black in family orchards only. 

 Apple. — Bellflower, Jonathan, Yellow Newtown Pippin. 

 Peach. — Early Crawford, Late Crawford, Early May, Foster, Smock, 

 Salway, Lemon Cling. 



Pear. — Bartlett, Winter Nelis, Easter Beurre. 



Walnut. — English Soft Shell; they have not been a success, because they 

 have been planted too close. 



Olive. — Mission, Redding (?) Picholine. 



Report of I. A. Wilcox, Santa Clara. 



Nearly every variety of fruit grown in this State is successfully raised 

 in this county. There are twenty thousand acres planted to fruit trees, 

 and fifteen thousand acres in vines. The value of the fruit crop is esti- 

 mated, in the history of the county just published, at $3,500,000. 



There are six canneries in the county, credited with having put up this 

 year two hundred and sixty-five thousand cases, an aggregate of fifteen 

 million nine hundred thousand pounds of assorted fruits. The number of 



