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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Among the fruits being introduced . . .

. . . into California and for which the soil and climate of that State are presumed to be adapted, are the European grape vines best adapted for wine and raisins, the Mediterranean currants, the almonds of Italy and Smyrna, oranges, lemons, olives, figs, Italian chestnuts and pomegranates.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 17, 1862, p. 1

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