IQ2 ORANGE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



The Rural Press of March ist, 1879, says, in addition to the 

 extract herein copied from the Herald: 



"The judgment of the committee referred to was apparently 

 mainly based, as our correspondent notes it, on the internal evi- 

 dence of the fruit; its flavor, which is apparently affected by the 

 use of outside stocks ; and on the thickness of the skin, the 

 thickness being a concomitant of the rank and rapid growth 

 which characterizes the tree from the sappy root of the lemon 

 family. There is also a point in hardiness, which should not be 

 overlooked, namely: the orange root will thrive in a much 

 greater diversity of soil, and under a much greater diversity of 

 climatic conditions, than the lemon. 



"It would be better on many accounts if the general opinion 

 of orange growers adverse to China lemon be found incorrect, 

 because it is much cheaper and much more easy to propagate 

 on this stock than on orange seedlings. Trees can be propa- 

 gated more rapidly, and they attain size more quickly. It does 

 not appear, however, that these points are desirable in the 

 long run." 



