6 CALIFORNIA CITRUS CULTURE. 



of citrus growers, each with a grove of from five to twenty acres, and each 

 rivalling the other in the care and intelligence of his management. The 

 climate must be genial, for only in such a climate will these fruits 

 thrive. In California, the scenery rivals the best in Switzerland, and 

 the labor, never too arduous, is uniform the entire year through. The 

 free, pure, outdoor air is surety for health and vigor, and a happiness 



F IG . i. Orange trees at San Gabriel thirty years old. (After Lelong.) 



and comfort that ever attends honest endeavor in the field of agricul- 

 ture, is nowhere more certain than to the owner of a citrus grove that is 

 properly located and well cared for. We can not wonder then that 

 citrus culture has advanced by leaps and bounds, and can safely predict 

 that the future will greatly surpass the past, and even the present, in 

 its growth and production. 



CITRUS FRUIT TARIFF. 



There is a tariff of one and one half cents per pound on lemons and 

 one cent per pound on oranges. The one half cent additional on 

 lemons was added in 1910 and has greatly stimulated the planting 

 of lemons. If this protection continues, in a few years sufficient lemons 

 will be planted to supply the entire demand of the United States. This 

 is now true in the case of oranges, which have been protected by a one 

 cent per pound tariff, so that now our country produces all its own 

 oranges. 



There is little doubt but that the tariff on both oranges and lemons 

 will be reduced to one half cent by the present extra session of 

 Congress. 



