CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION Service [Ciro 42

Most of these sections are growing the drying and canning varieties,
although a few produce shipping varieties. Atwater, Livingston and
Denair, and sections in Fresno and Tulare counties grow peaches for
eastern shipment. The bulk of the dried peaches of California are
produced in the San Joaquin Valley; namely, in Fresno, Tulare,
Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Kings counties, where climatic
conditions are particularly favorable for the production of an excellent
sun-dried product. In 1927 and 1928 comparatively few additional
trees were planted.
In addition to the necessity of controlling leaf curl, twig-borer, and
powdery mildew, peach blight must be taken into consideration in
the spraying program. Certain plantings have been found unprofitable
 because of nematodes or alkali in the soil. or because of little-leaf.

TABLE 1
ESTIMATED ACREAGE OF PEACHES IN LEADING COUNTIES OF
CALIFORNIA

Distriet and county

Sacramento Valley District:
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REY F-74113 11 OOOO
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Thats conrmnummmmmaninymnn
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Yuba

San Joaquin Valley District:
FIDOIIIO: co isriscinesiiavins sions ssa
MOOT i cssiosminas ssi sr aE
Merced. iii
Ban JOAQUIR cirri:
SEANISIAUS. iauevvvrerermrcrssennrsirnaesenersssensaneiins
PUB consis pavriimseisswermermmessissssrpsvessesesiiuss
Southern California Distriet:
LoS Angelesl.......cimieriiisnnninnns
RAVEIBIAL. co vvevrerernsmnnsrssarassssssssssessecssoss
San Bernardino........iimesensencionns
Bam DHAEO i mmm snsissismmsssmssssoses

DEther COURLIBR....ovvceeieieririereraonsrsienssancereses

TOtAL correc renessenaerecrissinss arses

Clingstone

Bearing
arree

Nonbearing

HOTeR

3,773
2,188
3.235
90
17.741
181
734
3.764

609
69
163

3,686
100
52 |
B74

2,168
884
1,314
5,972
3,878
8,770
5.488

156
162
63
59
983
1,176
1.774

2,100
3,716
5,931
80

156
259
251
18
350

4.078

76.012 | 10.565 |

Freestone

Bearing
aeres

Nonbearing

OCTeR

1,569
6,217
600
2,539
439
1,481
1,869
90

138
280
94
333
131
514
7
5

12,688
3,585
1,965
3,486
2,430
3,209
3.278

200
300
20
516
268
347
1.212

2,211
1,030
3,101
1.285

225
150
616
128

7.681

1.102

60.692

8,744

Bearing
ere

5,342
8,405
3,835
2,561
8,180
1,662
2,603
2 709

14,856
4,469
3,279
9,458
6,308
11,979
R 788

4,311
4,746
9,032
1.365

11,756

136. 704

Total

Nonbearing

acres

747
349
257
333
3,717
614
129
BR2

356
462
83
575
[,251
1,523
2.088

381
409
867
146

1.549

17.300

Source of data: California Cooperative Crop Reporting Service, Annual Crop Report, 1928.