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years old, of standard varieties of fruits, and so far promise well; the fruit 

 of those in bearing being superior. 



FRUITS CHIEFLY GROWN. 



Peaches, apricots, pears, prunes, plums, grapes, figs, and almonds. 



RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING. 



Fruit business is almost too new in this district for varieties to have been 

 fairly tested. Orange Cling, Foster, Early Crawford, Muir, Salway peaches 

 bear well, of good size and superior flavor. Apricots, Royal; Bartlett pears; 

 Eose of Peru, and Muscat grapes, Black Mission figs. 



Cherry. — Grown only in gardens. 



Plum. — Washington. 



Prune. — Silver, French. 



Fig. — Mission. 



Apple. — None grown for market purposes. Some few trees planted, but 

 not yet in bearing. 



Peach. — Susquehanna, Early Strawberry, Early Crawford, Foster, Muir, 

 Orange Cling, Salway. 



Pear. — Bartlett, Winter Nelis, Glout Morceau; pears just coming into 

 bearing. 



SONOMA COUNTY. 



Report of Robert Hoive, Sonoma. 



Grapes are the leading product in this valley, and the township of Sonoma. 

 I expected to get the number of acres from the County Assessor, but have 

 not succeeded. I was told that Colonel Hooper had sent for the same, and 

 will probably forward this information to you. About three quarters of all 

 our grapes are wine grapes, and of the best quality. 



PROFITABLE FRUITS. 



We might class the prune, pear, olive, peach, and grape as the most profit- 

 able fruits raised. 



FRUITS RECOMMENDED. 



The fruits I would recommend for planting, all things considered, are 

 apples, prunes, Tokay grapes, and in the upper part of the valley the olive. 



NUMBER OF TREES IN DISTRICT. 



This is about the total number of trees planted in the district: apples, 

 three thousand six hundred; peaches, seventeen thousand, nearly all in 

 bearing; pears, seventeen thousand five hundred, about three quarters Bart- 

 letts; cherry, three thousand four hundred; plums, prunes, and figs have 

 heen very largely planted throughout the valley. Eden Dale Ranch has 

 about three thousand five hundred quince trees; about two thousand 

 almonds; about one thousand two hundred walnuts, and about five hun- 

 dred oranges. Many olive trees have been planted, but as yet few are in 

 bearing. Colonel Hooper manufactures a superb article of olive oil. His 

 orchard is in the upper part of the valley. 



