THE LEMON. 77 



CHINESE LEMON. 



This variety was extensively cultivated in California as a 

 stock for budding the orange upon. This practice was soon 

 abandoned, for it was found by practical experience that the 

 fruit grown upon it was very coarse and sour, which rendered 

 it unmarketable. The root begins to decay about the second 

 or third year after the buds begin fruiting. The root is not 

 strong enough to hold the weight of the top made by the 

 orange bud, and, being brittle, the trees are blown down by 

 the wind. The fruit is used for preserving purposes, similar 

 to the citron. In California it has never come into favor- 

 The tree is a dwarf. It fruits all the year round. 



