FRUIT GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. 
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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 
