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AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Every word which has been said in relation to citrus fruit growing may be 
said of the olive, which is now growing successfully in every county in the 
State. With the great canal built we may supply, in unlimited quantities, the 
pickled ripe olive, a. food product equal in value, pound for pound, with beef or 
mutton, and at a much less price. The transportation of a barrel of olives 
from Spain to New York costs fifty cents, from California about six dollars by 
rail. 
The lime is but little grown, as the cost is merely nominal in Mexico, where 
the lumber vessels carry large quantities of potatoes which are exchanged, 
sack for sack, for limes— this fact has killed the industry. 
The almond production of the northern central part of the State is enor- 
mous, the quality excellent, the varieties numerous, the market good, and 
the industry prosperous. 
The guava is more extensively grown in San Diego county than at any 
other point; it is extremely productive, easy to cultivate, and the results 
satisfactory. 
The Japanese persimmon, of all the fruits one of the most delicious, is slow 
in coming into public favor, not only as a domestic product, but especially so- 
when sent to ©astern markets, and results, as a rule, have been unsatis- 
factory. 
The loquat is a favorite jelly-making fruit in all districts where it is known, 
but its distribution is quite restricted. 
I cannot express my regret at not being able to lay before the Society a 
more complete report, but the environment of the Committee has made it 
impossible and it is for this reason submitted in this unsatisfactory state. 
F. A. KIMBALL, 
Chairman of Committee. 
