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ripen too early to be of any value, except the new variety noted in this 

 paper. 



FRUITS RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING. 



Peach. — Motheral's Yellow Cling, Susquehanna, Foster, Muir, Salway, 

 La Grange. 

 Apricot. — Royal, Peach, Eureka. 

 Prune. — Petite. 



Apple. — Red June, White Winter Pearmain, Striped Winter Pearmain. 

 Pear. — Bartlett, Foster's Winter. 



NEW FRUITS. 



Motheral's peach, Striped Winter Pearmain apple. 



VARIETIES UNDER GENERAL CULTIVATION. 



Apple. — Red June, White Winter Pearmain, Rambo, Maiden's Blush, 

 Ben Davis. 



Peach. — All the varieties of yellow peaches, and, indeed, all the varieties 

 grown anywhere in the State do well here and are grown. 

 Pear. — Bartlett, Winter Nelis. 

 Table Grape. — Rose of Peru, Sultana, Muscat. 



Cherry. — Cherries do not do well, and are not planted to any extent. 

 Plum. — All the varieties planted in the State do well here, but the Petite 

 prune is planted most extensively. 

 Prune. — Petite. 



Fig. — Black California, White Smyrna. 



Report of I. H. Thomas , Visalia. 



The fruits I would recommend for planting are as follows: 

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

 Plum. — Columbia, Washington, Yellow Egg, Red Egg, Bradshaw, Wild 

 Goose. 



Apple. — Red Astrachan, Red June, Maiden's Blush, Yellow Bellflower, 

 E. Spitzenberg, White Winter Pearmain, Winesap, Ben Davis, Stark's 

 Seedling. 



Peach. — All varieties do well here; in fact, Fresno, Tulare, and Kern 

 Counties are the best counties in the State for stone fruits. 



Pear. — Bartlett, Winter Nelis, and in fact all varieties do well, the Bart- 

 lett always in the lead. 



Table Grape. — Flame Tokay, Rose of Peru, Black Hamburg, Purple 

 Damascus, and in fact all varieties do well, as this valley is the home of 

 the grape, and the advantages for raisin making are greater here than in 

 any other part of the State, there being no rain or fogs to contend with. 



Nectarine. — This fruit does better here than in any other part of the State. 

 Would recommend Lord Napier, New White, Boston Stanwick, Victoria, 

 Downton, Dodd's Late. 



■ Fig. — All varieties do very well; the White Adriatic leads all others. 



Cherry. — The culture of the cherry is very unprofitable, and they are not 

 much grown. 



Walnut. — American Forest and Black California walnuts do well. The 

 English walnut is a failure here, the atmosphere being too dry I think. 



