BY ENOS BEOWN. The consumption ofprunes in the UnitedStates exceeds 100,000,000pounds yearly. Prior to1886 the supply came al-most ■wholly from Franceand the Danubian prov-inces, and sold under thedesignation of Frenchor Turkish prunes. In the year referred to,prunes of Americangrowth appeared on… … Ten Thousand Trays of Prunes. production of California,where climatic peculiari-ties ar^ extremely favora-ble for its production. In Santa Clara Countyalone there are 3,700,000trees growing on 37,000acres, 100 to the acre,yielding 330,000,000pounds, or thereabout, ofgreen fruit, or 30 poundsfrom…
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