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The leading fruits grown here are apples, peaches, oranges, and lemons. 

 Small fruits do very well in this section, but are only grown for home con- 

 sumption. 



Report of Geo. S. Irish, Elsinore. 



The leading fruits grown here are the apricot, orange, prune, apple, peach, 

 raisin grape, and fig. 



RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING. 



Apricot. — Large Early, Blenheim, Royal. 



Orange. — Washington Navel, Mediterranean Sweet. 



Grape. — Any kind (choice) ; all do well. 



Fig. — Smyrna, White Ischia. This question we are not yet able to 

 answer. (Experimenting myself with several varieties.) 

 Olive. — Mission, first and last. 



Peach. — Smock, Early Crawford, Late Crawford, George IV, Orange 

 Cling. 



VARIETIES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Apple. — Yellow Newtown Pippin, Jonathan, Yellow Bellflower, Red As- 

 trachan, Smith's Cider, Rhode Island Greening, White Winter Pearmain. 



Peach. — Early Crawford, Late Crawford, Susquehanna, Mixon Cling, 

 Orange Cling, Salway, Foster, George IV, Smock, Stump the World, Lemon 

 Cling. 



Pear. — Bartlett, Winter Nelis, KeifTer, La Conte, Beurre Hardy. Only 

 few trees in colony, chiefly Bartletts. 



Prune. — Petite d'Agen; several trees in small lots scattered in colony. 

 Does well in moist lands near lake, and bears abundantly; fruit large and 

 No. 1 in every respect. 



Fig. — Black Mission or California, White Ischia, Brown Turkey, Adriatic, 

 Smyrna. The fig does well. Some of the White Ischia were this season 

 dried by Mrs. Irish, and found, though small, to be of excellent quality. 

 Trees bear well, and fig culture in this colony promises to be one of the 

 chief industries. 



Orange. — Washington Navel, Mediterranean Sweet. Several hundred 

 trees out; all doing well. Fruit large, clean, and excellent; no signs of 

 smut or scale. 



Plum. — Yellow Egg, Damson, Green Gage. 



Small Fruits. — Small fruits are grown on moist land around the lake, 

 which locality is well adapted to the growing of small fruits. Many persons 

 are in the vegetable business, but as yet none have gone into small fruits, 

 as a business, though they grow well and bear abundantly, and some day, 

 ere long, small fruits will be grown extensively. 



Report of J. H. Bush, Fall Brook. 



The leading fruits grown in this district are: apples, pears, prunes, apri- 

 cots, oranges, lemons, and peaches; and none have failed to do well here. 

 We think this section especially adapted to the orange, lemon, olive, fig, 

 apricot, pear, and peach, being besides the home of the grape. California 

 certainly cannot present a more perfect fruit land than Fall Brook, as our 

 oranges, lemons, pears, plums, peaches, figs, black grapes, and many other 

 superb specimens prove. 



