FRUIT GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. 



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The price per ton is about £9. 10s., though it is occasionally as 

 much as £10. 



Sugar beets are now being grown to some extent, as the 

 refinery at Alvarado is but fourteen miles distant. The price 

 per ton ranges from 22s. to 25s., and the product per acre from 

 twenty to forty tons. 



The following table shows the relative value of the different 

 grades of dried prunes, reckoned with reference to quotations 

 applicable to the four sizes. By "four sizes" is meant four 

 grades of prunes, namely : — 



(1) Those requiring between 60 to 70 prunes to weigh a lb. 



(2) „ „ „ 70 „ 80 



(3) „ „ „ 80 „ 90 



(4) „ „ „ 90 „ 100 



The term "four sizes" used commercially means equal 

 quantities of those grades ; that is, a twelve-ton car load of the 

 four sizes contains three tons of each of the four grades. 



The different grades, of course, have different values, which 

 are computed with reference to the basis price for the four sizes 

 universally used as the sizes upon which to base values. The 

 relative value of the various grades when prices are quoted for 

 the "four sizes" may be seen at a glance by consulting the 

 following table, which was prepared by F. M. Eighter, Esq., the 

 President of the Campbell Fruit- Growers' Union : — 



BASIS PEICE FOR THE FOUR SIZES. 



Sizes of Prunes, 





H L 





































8 



that is number 



3 





3| 



4 





H 



4| 



5 



51 





5| 



6 



61 61 



6| 



7 



71 



71 



n 



cents 



required to 









































(&<*.) 



make 1 lb. 









































30 to 40 



5i 



5h 5f 



6 



6* 



6| 



6f 



7 



7i 





7f 



8 



8i 



8|8f 



9 



91 



9| 



9# 10 



~m 



40 „ 50 



4| 



5 ,5* 





5f 



6^ 



6} 



6^ 



6| 



7 





7. 1 , 



7f 



8 





8| 





9 



91 







50 „ 60 





4i4f 



5 



5* 



oh 



5| 



6 



6} 



6| 



6| 



7" 



71 



7£ 



7| 



8~ 



*} 



85 



8f 



9" 



9 f 



60 „ 70 



3| 



4 4| 



4| 



H 



5 



H 



5| 



5| 



6 



6* 



6| 



6| 



7 



71 



7| 



7| 



8" 



81 



8i 



8| 



70 „ 80 



H 



3i;3| 



4 





-i. 1 , 



4| 



5 



H 



5£ 



5| 



6 



6j 



6* 



6| 



7 



71 



7| 



7! 



8 



81 



80 „ 90 



n 



8 8} 



H 



3| 



4" 



H 



4§ 



4! 



5 



5| 



5| 



H 



6 



61 



<;?, 



6| 



7 



7| 

 6| 



71 



7f 

 71 



90 „ 100 





2£2f 



3 



8* 



3| 



3| 







4§ 



4| 



5 



6* 



6i 



6| 



6 



61 



6| 



7 



100 „ 110 



if 



2"2i 





2| 



3 



3* 



k 



3 



4 



4* 



4| 



*! 



5 



51 





5f 



6 



St 



6* 



6| 



110 „ 120 





ilia 



r 



2 



H 



2.7 



4 



3 



Si 



3| 



3f 



4 



*i 



41 



^■2 



4|5 



1 



51 



5| 



5? 



6 



61 



This is made out in American money, but a cent is worth \d. of 

 English money. 



