ORANGE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. l6l 



enough" alone so long as Rose and Wilson can raise as good 

 oranges as they do at present. All budded fruits are dwarfs, 

 deciduous fruits not excepted. In conclusion he favored large 

 fruit, regardless of quality. 



Mr. David Lewis exhibited a large orange, grown on a seven- 

 year-old seedling. 



Mr. Richardson, of San Gabriel, gave an account of a seed- 

 ling that bore a few oranges at seven years of age, and one 

 thousand at nine years. 



Dr. Edwards argued against the idea that budded trees are 

 short-lived ; the root, being seedling, supplies the growth proper. 



Mr. Fisher has Mediterranean Sweet buds, one year old, in 

 bloom this year, on two-year-old roots. 



Mr. Garey spoke, by request, of the Malta Blood. One trav- 

 eler would describe it as being a blood-red orange. Others say 

 one orange will be entirely free from the blood red, while an- 

 other will be spotted and streaked with it. He cut an orange 

 streaked with red. 



J. De Earth Shorb's remarks: "Will budding the orange 

 pay? is a question involving results of so vital importance to 

 our orange-producing interests, it has concentrated the attention 

 of our leading orchardists, causing some misgivings, and in- 

 ducing a thoroughness of inquiry in the matter; and I am sure 

 this inquiry will result in great good. 



"Orange cultivation is still confined, practically and com- 

 mercially, to a very small part of the world, though it can be 

 extended over a much larger area. 



"According to Gallesio and Bentleam, the orange is a native 

 of tropical India, was introduced into Arabia, and thence into 

 Spain sometime during the eleventh century; and from Spain 

 into all parts of the world where climatic conditions render its 

 cultivation possible. 



"It will be seen, therefore, that orange culture has been con- 

 fined principally to countries in which nature has been most 

 lavish in dispensing the natural blessings and resources so 

 lavish as to have made their fortunate inhabitants satisfied with 

 conditions as they found them, leaving nature to work out her 

 own problems and processes without their aid. 



