134 ORANGE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



Santa Clara County W. S. Rogers, Los Gatos : 



First One night it reached twenty-six degrees ; several nights 

 twenty-seven and twenty-eight degrees, and for several nights 

 thirty to thirty-two degrees. 



Second Our orange and lemon trees have not been damaged 

 beyond the tips of the growing shoots. The fruit is all perfect. 

 Some lemon blossoms have not been killed. 



Third Planted on ground from sixty to one hundred feet 

 above Los Gatos creek. Trees from six to ten years old. I 

 have also young trees one year old not injured in the least. 



Fourth No. I am so well pleased with six years' experience 

 that I am preparing new ground to be planted with trees, both 

 orange and lemon, this coming spring. We had tomato vines 

 live through the season several years. It is about from five 

 to eight degrees colder along the creek than on the bench lands 

 where trees are planted. 



Dr. W. S. McMurtry, Los Gatos : 



First Twenty-six degrees in the doorway; probably thirty- 

 two degrees among the trees upon the ground. 



Second No damage except to the growing tips of a few 

 limbs, which occurs every winter. The trees are planted on 

 high ground. Ages, from three to twelve years. They have 

 never had any protection. 



Fourth There is no difficulty in raising oranges and lemons 

 here. I now have ripe lemons, half- grown lemons and blooms 

 on the same tree, and all doing well. My oranges are of Los 

 Angeles, Garey's Seedling, Malta Blood, Mediterranean Sweet 

 and St. Michael varieties. 



A. W. Saxe, M. D., Santa Clara : 



First I have kept no record of readings for temperature or 

 atmosphere, though I have thermometers and a barometer. 

 Lowest reading, observed at six A. M , twenty-four degrees ; re- 

 ported by neighbors as low as twenty-two degrees Fahrenheit. 



Second I have orange and lemon trees from three to eight 

 years old. The older trees have suffered very little, losing a 

 few leaves. The younger lose most of their foliage. Those 

 shaded a little from the morning sun are uninjured. My own 

 have suffered very little. The damage consists of the killing of 



