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Identifier: fresnocountycal00fres (find matches)
Title: Fresno County, Cal
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Fresno Co., Cal. Chamber of commerce. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (Fresno?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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nty oranges ripen and are ready for market three to sixweeks earlier than those of most other parts of the State, thusreaping the benefit of the early high prices in the Easternmarkets. First-class orange lands, with water, can be pur-chased in Fresno County for $50.00 to $100.00 per acre. Thecost of planting an orchard is about as follows per acre: Fortrees, $75.00; preparing land and transplanting trees and carethe first year, $35.00; care the second and third years, $30.00Orange trees will begin to bear the fourth year after plant-ing. At five or six years of age the trees should bear well andyield a handsome income. There are planted orange grovesin bearing in Fresno County that are for sale. Twenty-flvethousand dollars was recently offered for a grove of twenty-three acres of nine-year-old trees, but the offer was refused.The future of orange culture in Fresno is particularly bright.The industry holds extraordinary inducements to those whowant to engage in fruit growing. —15—
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