EXHIBIT 5.1
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                             Miller & Holguin               
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                             October 8, 1997

    


Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-31103)


Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Sun World International, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), Cadiz Land Company, Inc., Sun Desert, Inc.,
Big Valley Leasing, Inc., Sun Harvest, Inc. (each a Delaware corporation),
Coachella Growers, Inc., Sun World Brands, Sun World Management Corp., Sun
World/Rayo, Agri-Land Realty, Inc., Dinuba Packing Corporation, Pacific
Farm Service, Inc., SFC Marketing Corporation, Sun World Avocado and Sun
World Export, Inc. (each a California corporation) (collectively the
"Guarantors"), in connection with the preparation and filing of the above-
captioned Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
relating to the proposed offer by the Company (the "Exchange Offer") to
exchange $115,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11 1/4% First Mortgage
Notes due 2004 ("Exchange Notes") for a like amount of its outstanding 11
1/4% First Mortgage Notes due 2004 ("Old Notes").  The Exchange Notes will
be guaranteed ("Guarantees") on a full and unconditional basis by the
Guarantors.  The Exchange Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture,
dated April 16, 1997, among the Company, the Guarantors, and IBJ Schroder
Bank & Trust Company (the "Indenture"), which has been filed with the
Commission as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement.  

We have examined the Registration Statement and the Indenture.  In
addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters of fact upon, the
originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction,
of such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments and
such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of
officers and representatives of the Company, and have made such other and
further investigations, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis
for the opinion hereinafter set forth.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

     1.   The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and,
when issued and delivered in exchange for the Old Notes in the manner
described in the Registration Statement and when executed and authenticated
as specified in the Indenture, will be duly issued and delivered and will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company.

     2.   The Guarantees of each Guarantor, when issued and delivered in
connection with the exchange of the Exchange Notes for the Old Notes in the
manner described in the Registration Statement and when executed and
authenticated as specified in the Indenture, will be duly issued and
delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
respective Guarantor.

Our opinion set forth above is subject to the effects of bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, general
equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

We are members of the Bar of the State of California and we do not express
any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of
California, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the
federal law of the United States. 

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to the use of our name under the heading "Legal Matters" in
the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement.

                              Very truly yours,


                              /s/ Miller & Holguin
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                                 Miller & Holguin