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Show PROMISING CROP OF - CALIFORNIA PRUNES Orchards in Prime Condition and Fruit Expected to Be Larger Than Average; SAN JOSE, Cal., June 2. The prune crop Is sufficiently developed so that the packers and growers alike are beginning to speculate on the extent of the crop and the opening prices. The orchards appear to be in prime condition. The number of prunes on the trees is what is called an average yield. The size ia large for this time of the year and the ground Is moist enough to resist any dry spell that is likely to come. It la believed both by the packers and growers that the price will open at about 8 cents. |