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Trained employes watch the fruit constantly. When it is 
thoroughly ripe, it is gathered and taken direct to the cannery 
the same day. At four o’clock in the afternoon the fruit 
gatherers cease work in order that no fruit may be left un¬ 
canned over night. In this way only the ripest and choicest 
fruit is canned. There is no long distance for the fruit to travel, 
as the cannery is in the orchard. The fruit, therefore, is left 
on the tree until it has attained its full size and developed its 
best flavour. An idea of the size of the fruit may be gained 
when it is stated that the smallest aperture in any can used 
here is 2J in. in diameter, and that many of the Peaches and 
Pears have to have parings taken from them before they can be 
inserted in the cans. These parings are subsequently dried. 
This alone shows that the quantity measuring over 2J in. must 
be considerable to make it worth while to dry the parings. 
Over 1,000,000 cans a year are used in this one cannery alone, 
and about 400,000 lbs. of sugar. It is one of the largest in the 
world. 
Health in Santa Clara. 
As regards the death-rate here and elsewhere, the following 
statistics compiled by the boards of health and other municipal 
authorities in various cities throughout the world will give a 
very clear idea of the standing of San Jose, the capital of Santa 
Clara County. 
Death-rate per Annum per 1,000 Inhabitants. 
Dublin . 
. 35-70 
Bichmond (Va.) 
. 20-10 
Savannah 
. 33-75 
Cincinnati 
. 18-89 
Brussels . 
. 30-66 
San Francisco . 
. 18-33 
Vienna 
. 28-57 
Philadelphia 
. 17-17 
Berlin 
. 27-80 
Sacramento 
. 16-78 
Paris 
. 25-19 
Milwaukee 
. 15*85 
New York 
. 24-19 
Los Angeles 
. 15-82 
London . 
. 23-62 
Stockton 
. 15-33 
Glasgow . 
. 23-07 
Oakland . 
. 14-45 
Stockholm 
. 22-52 
Alameda . 
. 13-40 
Boston 
. 20-37 
San Jose 
. 44'7$ 
Baltimore 
. 20-31 
San Diego 
. 10-88 
Summary. 
Prune export of 1895 from San Jose, 40,000,000 lbs. 
Santa Clara Co. has 111 miles of railroad. 
,, „ contains 1,754 square miles. 
„ ,, has one of the largest seed farms in the world. 
