Il8 ORANGE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



Third My lemon trees are planted at an altitude above tide 

 water of say eleven hundred and fifty feet ; some of the oranges 

 at say twelve hundred feet. 



Fourth I have resided at Auburn twenty-eight years. 

 Twenty-two years ago I planted orange seed and raised several 

 trees. Anticipating the trouble required in caring for them, I 

 kept but one. I planted this in my garden, by constantly flow- 

 ing water, intending to house it during the winter. Neglecting 

 this, it has stood exposed twenty-one years. It has produced 

 eight crops, the last of which, gathered on the 3oth day of No- 

 vember last, turned out about one thousand ripe oranges. I 

 have resided at this place for twenty-eight years, twenty-five of 

 which have been devoted to some extent to the culture of decid- 

 uous fruit trees to but little purpose financially. I paid sixty 

 dollars per dozen for my first apple trees, one year old, whereas 

 had one-half the cost and labor so expended been applied to 

 the cultivation of semi-tropical fruits, Los Angeles and its sur- 

 roundings would not be the only place in California famous for 

 its oranges, lemons, etc. I spent the most of last December 

 visiting Southern California. I was at Los Angeles before and 

 during the cold weather, which affected their young orange and 

 lemon trees to an extent far beyond any injury in our region. 

 While Los Angeles is justly celebrated as the garden of semi- 

 tropical fruits, I return to Placer county satisfied beyond a per- 

 ad venture that its hills and valleys will ere long become as famous 

 for their semi-tropical fruits as they are at present justly famous 

 for their deciduous fruits. 



M. Andrews, Auburn : 



First Twenty-four degrees above is the lowest I have heard 

 of, and that near a few orange trees. 



Second My trees are on high ground, and are not injured in 

 the least. A few are frost-bitten so that they will lose a part of 

 their leaves. 



Third Those that are frost-bitten are on high ground, and 

 are about four years old. 



Fourth My two bearing trees have never been protected, or 

 injured by frost, and are more than twenty-two years old. There 

 are a few other trees here from eighteen to twenty years old 

 that have never been protected, or injured by frost. 



