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The foliage falls off in August and then has a new crop of leaves before 

 fall. 



Olive. — Not enough have been planted to give a correct opinion. 

 Orange. — This fruit does well along the foothills in the thermal belt, but 

 will never be a success in the valley. 



NEW fruits. 



The Simoni prune, I believe, will be very profitable for the eastern mar- 

 ket, ripening with the Royal Hative plum, and being large (five and a 

 half by six and a half and seven inches in circumference), and a good 

 shipper. 



Report of P. Y. Baker, Traver. 



The fruits chiefly grown in this section are plums, prunes, peaches, 

 pears, figs, and grapes. As yet this is somewhat of a new fruit-growing 

 section and new orchards and vineyards are being planted. Small fruits 

 are quite extensively grown and pay well. 



TUOLUMNE COUNTY. 



Report of John Perevia, Jamestown. 



The fruits chiefly grown in this district are grapes and peaches. They 

 are scarcely ever known to fail and attain great perfection. 



Table Grape. — Sweetwater, Black Ferrara, White Muscat, Flame Tokay, 

 Black Hamburg, Black Prince. All kinds do well. 



Apple. — All kinds of apples grow well in this district, and their .flavor 

 and appearance are equal to those of any part of the State, excepting some 

 grown at much higher altitudes, such as the mountains above Sonora, but 

 the crop is more sure here than in that locality. 



Peach. — No part of the world is better adapted to the cultivation of the 

 peach than this. This has been proven time and again. All kinds do well, 

 from the Early May to the latest known variety. 



Pear. — Pears do equally well as with the apple and peach. 



Cherry. — All varieties of this fruit do remarkably well. 



Plum. — This fruit does well and is a very sure crop; scarcely any disease 

 ever attacks this tree. 



Prune. — Same as the plum, sure crop. 



Fig. — This district appears to be the natural home of the fig. All known 

 varieties do well, and we challenge this State, or any other, to show as large 

 trees as we can. We have trees the bodies of which are eleven feet in cir- 

 cumference. 



TRINITY COUNTY. 



Report of P. L. Thomas, Weaverville. 



The orchards and farms are small, situated on the lower Trinity and 

 South Fork and New River, consequently fruit is not very extensively 

 raised, but, so far as tried, most varieties grow well and mature properly, 

 and the assorted varieties have a better flavor than in any other place that 

 I am acquainted with. We are not up in horticulture sufficient to know 

 the names of all the leading varieties of fruit that grow here. We are not 

 bothered with fruit pests to any extent. I have noticed the black scale on 

 two trees out of one hundred apple trees. Some varieties of apples do not 



