Ij6 ORANGE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



"It depends on circumstances whether or not it will pay to 

 bud bearing trees. If the fruit is small, sour, or inferior from 

 any cause, it will pay to bud. 



"I will remark, in conclusion, that in all civilized portions of 

 the globe in which orange culture has attained any degree of 

 prominence, budding is universally adopted ; and if we neglect 

 to bud our orange trees, and to maintain a high standard of ex- 

 cellence for our fruit, I sincerely believe we shall fail to compete 

 with other orange districts ; that our orange growing will neces- 

 sarily decline; and that we shall sink into insignificance, to the 

 utter ruin of all engaged in the business. I believe, on the 

 other hand, that if we bestir ourselves, as we should do, profit- 

 ing from our own experience and that of others, this interest 

 will attain colossal proportions, second to none in the land; and 

 that it will induce immigration, resulting in the filling up of our 

 peerless valleys of semi-tropical California with prosperous, 

 happy and well-to-do people." 



Mr. Rose claimed to be progressive, although to oppose bud- 

 ding may appear to some to be putting the brake on the wheels 

 of progress. The orange, unlike the peach, etc., comes true to 

 seed. He thought when his first orchard began to bear, some 

 trees produced a superior fruit, while others bore an inferior 

 fruit. Time proved that all trees bore the same quality soil, 

 culture and other conditions being equal. Each kind of soil 

 will produce a different kind of orange, and budding from one 

 kind of soil to another will not perpetuate the exact quality of 

 fruit. Soil, culture and freedom from winds all have their effect 

 upon the quality of the fruit. One side of the tree, exposed to 

 the prevailing winds, will produce a very inferior orange, and 

 few in number, while the sheltered side of the same tree will 

 bear first-class fruit. If we have a better fruit than the Los 

 Angeles seedling, then bud; otherwise, not. 



Mr. Rose referred to the extract from the New \m\iEvening 

 Post. The Post stated that from only one place in the United 

 States did it receive better oranges than those raised by Mr. 

 Rose at San Gabriel. He has budded trees on China lemon 

 roots that have been bearing for ten years. The fruit does par- 

 take of the nature of the stock. They do not produce near so 



