158 FLORIDA FRUITS LEMONS. 



tion: that a lemon weighing, when cured, about three 

 ounces, with a soft, smooth, golden-colored rind, is the fa- 

 vorite in all the great markets, and will sell readily at the 

 highest prices where larger and rougher skinned fruit will 

 scarcely sell afc all at any price. 



And the directions given, so that this desired quality of 

 fruit may be home-grown, are to discard all trees that after 

 a fair trial continue to show bitterness ; to raise no seedling 

 lemons for fruit, and to exercise great care in selecting 

 buds from trees of proved excellence, that are free from 

 bitterness and rich in citric acid. 



Some of the budded varieties already introduced in Cal- 

 ifornia and Florida were pointed out as well worthy of 

 cultivation, and as already commanding as high a price in 

 the great markets as the best imported lemons. 



Of these, Gary's Eureka stands foremost. Of this lemon 

 we are told that it originated from a chance California 

 seedling, and that the original tree, when only seven years 

 old, produced over two thousand lemons, and that many 

 other trees budded from it on orange stock, three years 

 from the bud, are fruiting heavily ; and that while the or- 

 dinary Sicily lemon brings only ten dollars per thousand 

 in San Francisco, the Eureka brings thirty dollars per 

 thousand. Mr. Gary tells us that he has for years been 

 in search of a truly good lemon, and now he has at last 

 found it, wherefore he cries, "Eureka!" 



And now let us pass on to our notice of the different 

 varieties that have been proven worthy of cultivation, and, 

 as we have seen, first and foremost comes the 



EUREKA. 



The tree is thornless, a strong grower, and an early and 

 prolific bearer; fruit, medium size, rind sweet, no bitter- 

 strong, pleasant acid, and seedless. 



