RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE 



In presenting this cultural book oh 

 citrus fruits, we want to thank our 

 friends and patrons for the many fa- 

 vorable comments on our stock, which 

 has been the means of an ever in- 

 creasing patronage from strangers. 

 As a result of this increase in busi- 

 ness, we have deemed it necessary to 

 issue a treatise on citrus fruits cover- 



chard, and that in the future all of our 

 nursery stock will be grown at La 

 Habra, has made it necessary to 

 change our principal place of business 

 to the city of Los Angeles, where we 

 shall maintain an office and sales yard 

 in the future, and where we shall be 

 pleased to meet all who are interested 

 in citrus culture. 



Nursery rows 01 young citrus trees. 



ing their culture in a more complete 

 and general way than it was treated in 

 our booklet "Citrus Fruit Culture." 



Realizing that success depends upon 

 satisfied customers, we shall strive to 

 come as near perfection as is possible, 

 both in the selection of soil and cli- 

 matic conditions, as well as in the 

 care and management of the growing 

 nursery stock. 



In our effort to secure these condi- 

 tions, we have made numerous experi- 

 ments in different localities where 

 conditions seemed to be favorable for 

 the growing of perfect citrus trees. 

 As a result we have selected a loca- 

 tion at La Habra, Orange County, 

 California, where both soil and cli- 

 matic conditions are most favorable 

 for this work, and we feel assured that 

 we shall be able to grow a very supe- 

 rior quality of tree. 



Owing to the fact that we have 

 planted all of our Exeter lands to or- 



We shall be pleased to have those 

 interested visit our nurseries at La 

 Habra, where our superintendent will 

 show you the stock and explain our 

 methods of growing and handling the 

 same. We realize that in order to in- 

 sure the best results in citrus planting 

 the tree must be properly grown, dug 

 and packed; and to .this end we shall 

 spare no effort to insure all stock be- 

 ing delivered in the best possible con- 

 dition. 



Many years' experience in handling 

 nursery stock have qualified us in the 

 digging and packing of trees, so that 

 our customers can feel assured that 

 their trees will have every attention 

 necessary up to the time they leave 

 our hands, and if the instructions in 

 the planting, care and management of 

 the orchard, which we have given in 

 this book, are followed out, the plant- 

 er will experience no difficulty in re- 

 alizing a profitable citrus orchard. 



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