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VARIETIKS. 
Knight’s Early Black— Large, black, tender, juicy, rich and high flavored; early. 
This is the earliest good variety. 
Early Purple — Guigne, medium size, black ; quite early. 
♦Black Tartarian— Very large, purplish black, rich and juicy ; one of the best vari- 
eties. 
Governor Wood— A fine, early cherry, white, shaded with red, tender, juicy and 
deilcious. . , , . , 
Royal Ann (or Napolean Bigarreau)— Very large, pale yellow, with bright red 
cheek ; flesh very firm, juicy and sweet; good shipper. 
Black Oregon— Sometimes called Lewelling or Black Republican; a large, late 
black cherry ; good flavor, long keeper and ships well. I 
Rochport Bigarreau— A large, early, flesh colored cherry ; valuable for canning <ir 
drying; it is also a good shipper ; its very early ripenig makes it very valuable ; it 
will always command a good price. 
QUINCE. 
Orange— Large, roundish ; bright golden yellow ; the best for general use. 
Portugal— Fruit of largest size, oblong, skin bright yellow, mild flavor. 
Apple— Shaped much like the orange, color a little darker. 
PRICE OF TREES. 
2 year. No. 1 — 4 to 6 feet $0 35 $3 0!) S25 00 .... 
1 year, No. 1 — 3 to 4 feet 30 2 60 20 00 
FIGS. 
The fig is one of the most valuable plants ever cultivated by man. It is inore nu- 
tritious and contains more medicinal properties than any other fruit (excepting pos- 
sibly the olive). Its cultivation has been sadly neglected, and such neglect would 
seem almost criminal in a country like California, where the soil and climate is 
peculiarly adapted to its successful cultivation. All that is wanted is the right varie- 
ties and proper attention to mike this fruit ex leedingly profitable, and a great source 
of wealth to the State. A great many varieties have been imported from dififerent 
countries, and quite a number of them are good ; but we still have doubts about our 
having the best kind (the true fig of commerce. It is now thought by some that the 
Verdoni (or the so-called White Adriatic) is the genuine, but this may yet prove a 
mistake. While we have the trees for sale, we would hesitate to guarantee it to be 
the right kind until we can see it further tested and demonstrated. Most of the 
white figs we have will crack open and sour in process of drying, when dried iu the 
sun, and we have noticed the same trait in this fig, though not so bad as some other 
white kinds, and we regard it as one among our best white figs. By recent experi- 
ments we have demonstrated that any of the kinds can be successfully dried by arti- 
ficial heat. E/en the San Pedro, when dried in a dryer, makes an exceedingly fine 
product, equal if not superior to the imported fig. 
PRICE OF TREES. 
2’year, No. 1 — 4 to 6 feet, branched 
,.$0 25 
S2 00 
$15 00 
$120 
1 year. No. 1 — 3 to 4 feet 
.. 18 
1 50 
12 00 
100 
WHITE AURI.4.TIC. 
2 year, 4 to (i feet 
. 40 
3 50 
30 00 
250 
1 year, 3 to 4 feet 
. 30 
2 50 
23 00 
180 
VARIETIES. 
We cultivate only a few of our best known varieties, as follows ; 
Large Purple — One of the most fruitful sorts ; large size ; dark purple, very sweet, 
good flavor ; drys well. 
Brown Ischia — Very large, skin light or chestnut brown, very sweet and excellent. 
Pacific White — Fruit medium size, fine grained, very sweet, seeds very small ; very 
white and exceedingly fine flavored when dry ; but the skin when dry is thicker and 
more tough than the imported ; that and its small size is the only objection to it. It 
never cracks and sours iu drying. The tree is a strong grower, very hardy, and 
always good shaped, a fine shade or avenue tree. A good, regular bearer. 
