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TABLE I — WEEKLY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TAKEN 



AT THE BLAISDELL ORCHARD — Continued 



1895 Max. Min. 



Dec. 9 76 39 



Dec. 16 82 43 



Dec. 23 65 33 



Dec. 30 65 26 



1896 



Feb. lO;.'..."..'.'..". .'. 68 38 



Feb. 17 72 37 



Feb. 24 85 42 



Mar. 2 83 44 



Mar. 9 92 45 



Mar. 16 80 35 



Mar. 23 88 48 



Mar. 30 93 50 



Apr. 6 101 47 



Apr. 13 87 47 



Apr. 20 90 40 



Apr. 27 87 42 



May 4 87 47 



May 11 91 4b 



May 18 92 50 



May 25 97 58 



June 8 105 57 



June 14 100 61 



June 22 115 67 



June 29 116 63 



July 6 105 64 



July 13 104 53 



July 20 108 80 



July 27 103 73 



Au'g. 4 102 69 



Aug. 11 102 67 



Aug. 17 105 69 



Aug. 24 Ill 72 



Aug. 31 101 71 



Sept. 7 107 69 



Sept. 14 104 70 



Sept. 21 99 68 



Sept. 28 105 58 



1896 Max. 



Oct. 5 100 



Oct. 12 98 



Oct. 19 99 



Oct. 26 90 



Nov. 2 88 



Nov. 9 80 



Nov. 16 76 



Nov. 23 82 



Nov. 30 84 



Dec. 7 70 



Dec. 14 77 



Dec. 21 75 



Dec. 28 71 



1897 



Jan. 4 74 



Jan. 11 61 



Jan. 18 70 



Jan. 25 60 



Feb. 1 72 



Feb. 8 70 



Feb. 15 72 



Feb. 22 69 



May 1 ' 73 



May 8 80 



Mav 13 72 



May 20 72 



Mav 27 82 



Apr. 3 97 



Apr. 10 94 



Apr. 17 82 



Apr. 24 92 



May 1 97 



May 8 97 



May 15 94 



May 22 101 



May 29 99 



June 5 109 



June 11 106 



June 18 105 



Min. 



52 

 54 

 59 

 57 

 54 

 45 

 38 

 52 

 45 

 36 

 38 

 40 

 40 



41 

 38 

 40 

 38 

 40 

 42 

 42 

 37 

 36 

 35 

 35 

 37 

 43 

 47 

 56 

 44 

 47 

 50 

 49 

 54 

 58 

 53 

 62 

 60 

 56 



From May, 1916, to the present time detailed weather recoids 

 have been kept on the Mesa by Mrs. Geo. M. Hill. A summary of 

 these records is given in Table II. 



The effects of summer heat and strong winds are items that 

 should receive consideration in establishing a citrus planting; but 

 they are not matters that would prove detrimental to citrus grow- 

 ing in this particular locality. While the heat is quite intense 

 during portions of the summer, proper methods of pruning obviate 

 any serious difficulty from this quarter. Injury from winds has 

 been observed to occur only on the outer edges of the orchards on 



