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Fourth I do not think the frosts too severe for the success- 

 ful cultivation of orange and lemon trees in this vicinity. 



Rev. W. W. Brier, Centreville : 



First Two degrees below the freezing point in the shade and 

 in the building. 



Second The orange trees have received very little injury, if 

 any. The leaves and young fruit on the lemon trees have been 

 killed. The tender young shoots are also killed, but the trees 

 will undoubtedly live and recover. 



Third Trees on flat land twenty-seven feet above the level 

 of the sea. Age, from tvo to ten years. 



Fourth The frosts here are probably no worse on the orange 

 tree than at Los Angeles. At the Mission of San Jose, six 

 miles away and about two hundred feet higher above the level 

 of the sea, the lemons received no injury. This climate is rather 

 cold in summer to produce oranges of fine flavor, except in pro- 

 tected localities on the hillsides. 



G. W. Bond, Centreville : 



First I did not note the range of the thermometer outside of 

 my conservatory, nor do I know of any one who did. This cold 

 term has been the longest and most severe of any I have expe- 

 rienced here during a residence of more than twenty-seven years. 



Second The cold has had no damaging effect upon my large 

 orange or lemon trees, and very little upon the smaller ones, 

 having merely cut the small, tender shoots that started late in 

 the fall. I have heard of no damage to trees within a mile of 

 this place. 



Third My trees are standards, from two to sixteen years old, 

 unprotected in any way, and planted on rather high valley land. 



Fourth I believe, from my own experience, they can; but 

 very young trees should be protected from such cold snaps. 

 They will require no protection after a few years. 



San Mateo County S. L. Jones, near Redwood City: 



Second Damage slight ; shown by slight yellow tinge, and, 

 on orange trees, a tendency to curl. Lime and lemon trees 

 still blooming. High ground, foot of lower coast mountains. 

 Trees two years old. 



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