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California Station. Bulletin No. 93, June 25, 1891 (pp. 6). 



Analyses of California oranges and lemons, G. E. Colby, 

 Ph. B., and II. L. Dyer. — In a brief introduction to the bulletin, Direc- 

 tor Hiljjiinl states that owinfj to an increase in the workinfr force of the 

 station, investifjations of California fruits with rejranl to their compar- 

 ative nutritive value and fertilizinjj injjredients will be carried on more 

 extensively than formerly. This article comprises brief descriptive notes 

 and tabulated proximate and ash analyses for 2.'^ samples of oranjjes 

 and 4 of lemons. The varieties of oranges iiu'luded in the samples 

 analyzed were Navel, Mediterranean Sweet, St. Michaels, Malta Blood, 

 Valencia, Tauijerine, and a seedliufj; the lemons were Eureka and 

 Arroyo Graiule Pride. The average results of the analyses were as 

 follows : 



Averages of proximate analyses of oranges and lemons. 



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