THE GROWER EXPECTED THESE TWO LEMONS TO BE JUST ALIKE 



As progagated by nurserymen, a lemon tree represents the growth of a single bud^ 

 It might be supposed that a tree so produced could not bear "^o^-^than one type 

 of fruit. But observation has shown that many trees bear a wide diversity of 

 types. The two strikingly different types of lemons Photographed above and 

 numerous others, were all borne on a single Lisbon lemon tree }^ '^^^^^^^ 

 importance for growers to propagate trees that wrll come true as far js possible 

 and that will come true to a good type, not a bad one; this '"^q^ ,f ^^^^^ °" °^ 

 propagating material, not only if the trees are grown from seed, but e%en it they 

 are grown by budding or grafting. (Fig. 10.) 



