FRUIT GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. 



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1891-92 



1892-9:5 



1893-94 



1891-95 



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29 



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31 



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31 



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6-28 



8 



17 



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31 







31 



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31 



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1-42 



15 



5 



Sep. 



•37 



27 



3 





30 



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30 



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1-46 



14 



8 



Oct. 



•08 



28 



3 



1-00 



28 



3 





29 



2 



205 



18 



7 



N ov. 



•46 



27 



3 



4-00 



23 



7 



•81 



20 



10 



1-36 



19 



3 



Dec. 



5-84 



19 



12 



7-77 



21 



10 



1-69 



22 



9 



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29 





Jan. 



1-11 



25 



6 



2-95 



23 



8 



4-73 



21 



10 





27 



1 



Feb. 



1-60 



21 



8 



2-68 



23 



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2-61 



16 



1 9 





28 





Mar. 



4-75 



22 



9 



5-12 



21 



10 



•69 



27 



4 



•05 



25 



2 



April 



•65 



25 



5 



1-35 



23 



7 



•63 



25 



5 



•83 



20 



5 



May 



1-20 



26 



5 



•30 



28 



3 



1-36 



25 



6 



1-08 



22 



5 



June 



•05 



27 



3 





30 





•40 



28 



2 



•84 



17 



7 



Totl. 



16-11 



307 



59 



25-27 



312 



53 



12-92 



305 



60 



15-37 



242 



60 



Destination. 



Our fruit goes in three different channels. 



1. A large quantity goes to fruit driers, where it is dried, and 

 then shipped to the Eastern States and to Europe. 



2. A large proportion is canned ; it is sent to canneries, where 

 it is prepared, canned, and shipped the same as dried fruit. 



3. The rest is shipped green to San Francisco and other large 

 cities and towns. 



Grapes are made into wine, jelly, and also shipped with other 

 fresh fruit for immediate eating. There is also one place where 

 evaporated grape juice of medicinal and nutritive worth is made. 



Alviso. 



Around Alviso, which is a port in the north of the county, 

 the soil is very fertile. It is a heavy black loam, formed of silt 

 brought down from the mountains by the Guadalupe river and 

 Coyote Creek, and peat formed by the decomposition of vegetable 

 matter. This makes one of the richest combinations possible, 

 and seems inexhaustible. It is one of the best in the world for 

 vegetables, berries, and small fruits ; and it is safe to say that in 

 the years to come the Alviso district will be one of the most noted 



