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Jas. M. Frey, M. D., Newcastle : 

 First Lowest, twenty-four degrees Fahrenheit. 

 Second My trees, over six years old, will lose some of their 

 leaves, but they are not materially injured. Some trees, two 

 years old, are killed. 



Third My trees are on a hill and are of all ages up to ten 

 years. 



Fourth No. The only year in which the ground was frozen 

 was 1854. The cold spell did not last so long then as it did 

 this time. The frost will not hurt orange trees when the atmos- 

 phere is dry. We have fared much better than Sacramento or 

 San Jose. 



W. Hathaway, Ophir : 



Fi rs t The lowest temperature among orange and lemon trees 

 in this town was twenty-six degrees above zero. There are about 

 five hundred trees in this place, old and young, mostly orange. 

 The oldest were raised from seed planted in 1862. They have 

 been in bearing six or seven years. Those standing on high 

 ground are not hurt at all. Those planted in low places have 

 the ends of the fall growth frost-bitten a little, but not enough to 

 hurt them. 



Fourth No. These trees all stand exposed to the weather, 

 but look strong and vigorous. 

 Dr. J. R. Crandall, Auburn : 



Friday night, January I7th, was the coldest of the season with 

 us at Auburn, the thermometer reading twenty-five degrees in 

 an out-door exposure amongst the orange and lemon trees. I 

 know of no locality in the neighborhood of Auburn showing a 

 lower temperature. 



Second Last April I planted two hundred and fifty Sweet 

 Rind and Lisbon lemons, and about one hundred oranges, con- 

 sisting of Mediterranean Sweet, St. Michael, Duroi and the 

 Konah, purchased of Mr. Sibley, of Orange, and represented to 

 be two years old from the bud on four-year-old roots. Several 

 of the Mediterranean Sweet have matured oranges. Not a leaf 

 of any of said trees was injured in the least by frost. The 

 orange and lemon at Clipper Gap, seven miles above us, north, 

 are not injured by frost. 



