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Quito Olive and Vine Farm, 

 Santa Clara Co, Cal, July 30, 1888. 



Ellwood Cooper, Esq, 



Santa Barbara, 



Dear Sir : — Will you kindly permit me to most respectfully 

 dedicate to you, as the acknowledged Father of American Olive 

 Culture in California, this little work ? 



I do so with no design of covering its defects or inaccuracies 

 (and many such will doubtless be found) with the mantle of your 

 name. 



It is a contribution to the local literature on the subject, and 

 must stand on its own merits, if any it has, and take its chance of 

 criticism. 



My attention was first attracted to the olive when my friend 

 Mr. Edward E. Goodrich purchased the Quito Olive Farm in De- 

 cember 1882, and began its reform and development under your 

 kind advice and suggestion. 



