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river valley. The Japanese plums are now beginning to 

 make some impression upon the market. It is found that 

 some of the varieties are adapted to a wide range of terri- 

 tory, even as far north as New York and New England. 

 Various The Chinese Primus Simonii grown in California has made 

 plums remarkable sales in the eastern markets, although this fruit 

 has not been profitable for cultivation in the east. The native 

 plums, the product of several species, are rapidly becoming 

 staple fruits in some markets, and some of them are found to 

 be adapted to canning on a large scale. Plum growing is 

 now more diverse in its species and varieties than any other 

 American fruit industry. 



ceeeing one-half of the anticipated crop when the trees were 

 in bloom. Lack of moisture appears to have been one of the 

 Prunes, causes of the failure. It is expected that the final figures of 

 the crop of 1892 will not greatly exceed 20,000,000 pounds. 

 This is considerably less than the crop of 1891, notwithstand- 

 ing the larger acreage which is constantly coming into bearing. 

 The crops of cured prunes in California for six years are as 

 follows : 



The importation of foreign prunes into the United States 

 shows a decline, no doubt mostly due to the competition of 

 the California product: 



Imported in 1887 . . 92,032,625 lbs. Imported in 1890 . . 58,093,410 lbs. 



1888 .. 70,626,027 '« " 1891 .. 9,336,859 " 



1889 • . 46,154.825 " 



Oranges and lemons. The orange crop for the season of 

 1892-3 is about the same as of 1891-2, although more trees 

 ancUemonl ^ad reached bearing age. The orange crop of 1891-2 was 

 a ( nearly 5,000,000 boxes, of which about 3,500,000 came from 



Florida. Florida will market about 3,000,000 boxes this 

 year, California 1,500,000, and Louisiana about 500,000, mak- 

 ing in all about 5,000,000 boxes. The crop of southern 

 California, as estimated at midwinter 1892-3 by the Santa 

 Fe railroad— evidently including lemons— is as follows : 



From the Riverside district, 660,000 boxes ; San Diego, 

 30,000 ; Santa Anita, 77,500; Azusa 19,400 ; Covina, 40,750; 



