FRUIT INTERESTS OF THE STATE. 
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Peach—800 trees, 400 in bearing; yield this season, 
700 bushels. 
Pear—300 trees, 95 in bearing; yield 10 bushels. 
Apricot—100 trees ; all bore this year, yielding 50 
bushels. 
Nectarine—10 trees, set in 1887 ; all bore this season, 
yielding 10 bushels. 
Plum and prune—350 trees, 50 in bearing; yield this 
season, 100 bushels. 
Cherry—100 trees ; 10 trees bore this season 10 bush¬ 
els of excellent fruit. 
In addition to the above, Mr. Coburn has a vineyard 
containing 1,000 vines, representing sixty varieties. His 
grape crop this season was 5,000 pounds. In sending me 
the above data of his orchard, Mr. Coburn adds: “ Peach 
trees have produced five successive full crops and are still 
in a healthy, thriving condition, and, with proper pruning 
and care give promise of a long life. Prunes and plums 
are among the surest and best paying crops that can be 
planted, and observation leads me to believe they 
can be very successfully grown over a large portion of the 
State. The pear succeeds and grows to perfection, with 
no symptoms of disease. Cherries are thrifty and pro¬ 
duce heavy annual crops. Nectarines are productive. 
All varieties of apples bear in abundance. Grapes never 
fail to produce heavy annual crops.” 
Near Delta is the orchard of Mr. W. O. Stephens. It 
contains 2,400 trees—950 apple trees, 1,150 peach trees 
and the balance divided between pears, plums, quinces 
and apricots. A few of these were set in 188G, but the 
major portion in 1888 and 1889. Twenty-five of the 
apple trees bore this season, producing 25 bushels. Fifty 
peach trees bore 200 bushels of fruit. In 1887, Mr. 
Stephens set out 1,200 grape vines. These are now bear- 
