CITRUS FRUITS—AND FRUITS 
FROM THE TROPICS 
New EXPERIMENTS WELL WorTH TRYING 
my experimental gardens in Southern Cali- 
fornia. 
My answer is that I chose the location some- 
what by accident, but that I soon found reasons 
for not changing it. 
The chief of these is that I desired to produce 
fruits, flowers, and vegetables adapted for growth 
in the widest possible territories, and it was there- 
fore desirable that I should be located in a region 
-where the plants could have the test of relatively 
cold winters during the time of their development. 
Moreover nearly all our orchard fruits thrive and 
come to perfection in this part of the state better 
than almost anywhere in the southern part. 
But, on the other hand, the location has not 
been altogether without its drawbacks; for where- 
as I am able to experiment to better advantage 
| AM sometimes asked why I did not establish 
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