Fruits, Vegetables and General Interests. 33 



isfactory on account of meeting with competition from eastern 

 Bartletts. The shipment of peaches was not very large and 

 prices were generally low, owing to the large crop of peaches 

 raised in the east, and also to the fact that their crop was early 

 while ours was comparatively late. The grape shipment was 

 heavy, and compared fairly with other years in prices real- 

 ized." "The prices realized for fruit in all markets the past 

 year have been very low, owing to large crops of nearly ail 

 kinds in all places, as well as the fact that California's fruit 

 crop was late in ripening, while the eastern crop was earlier 

 than usual." 



The orange crop is probably somewhat larger than that of 

 last year, and the quality is said to be unsurpassed. The 

 citrus industry of California is assuming vast proportions,* and 

 there are almost unlimited possibilities before it. The follow- 

 ing figures of the shipments of citrus fruits from southern 

 California for the last season (1890-1), together with those of 

 the previous year for comparison were compiled by the 

 Citro graph : 



Boxes. Cars. 

 County. 1890-1 1889—90 1890-1 1889-90 



Los Angeles 632,071 198,695 2,212 781 



San Bernardino 487,882 487,000 1,708 1,705 



Orange .*.... 147,332 112,190 516 307 



Ventura i9>475 9.460 68 33 



San Diego 18,861 6,600 66 23 



Santa Barbara 6,478 23 



Totals 1,312,099 813,045 4,503 2,849 



Included in the above lots for 1890-1 are 20,904 boxes (73 

 carloads) of lemons. The great gain in Los Angeles county, 

 over two years ago, is accounted for by the fact that during 

 the former year (1889-90) "the orchards were badly infected by 

 the scale. Good care and the Vedalia cardinalis\ have put 

 the orange-groves in good condition again." "Taken as a 

 whole," the editor concludes, "the figures are satisfactory and 

 conclusively show that the great industry is in a thriving 

 condition. ' ' 



The citrus industry is rapidly enlarging in the central 

 and northern portions of California, also. President P. E. 



*For a succinct account of the citrus and other interests of California, see Annals for 

 1890, 18-28. 

 fSee Annals for 1889, 62 ; 1890, 103. 



Califor- 

 nia citrus 

 fruits. 



