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and a sweet rind. The tree is a good strong grower, but quite 

 thorny. It was introduced into this country from Australia. 



The Eureka is an excellent fruit, containing in tree and fruit 

 all the qualities first above mentioned. It is a chance Los 

 Angeles seedling, discovered and introduced in the following 

 manner : I was for many years seeking a lemon that would 

 compete with those imported. Our seedlings were, until a recent 

 date, all coarse, enveloped with a thick and bitter rind, and were 

 of a very indifferent character. .During 1877-8 my attention 

 was called to a chance seedling raised by Mr. C. R. Workman. 

 I found in the tree and fruit all that could be desired, and at 

 once secured the stock, and disseminated the new variety under 

 the name of Garey's Eureka. 



Mr. L. M. Holt, who was editor of the Southern California 

 Horticulturist, said in regard to this lemon : 



"T. A. Garey, of Los Angeles, has secured the stock of a 

 choice seedling lemon raised by C. R. Workman, and propa- 

 gated by himself and Mr. Preston in this city. It has been 

 thoroughly tested, and is pronounced first-class. The tree is 

 ^hornless, the fruit seedless, juicy and sweet-rind. The original 

 tree is now seven years old, and produced about two thousand 

 lemons the past season. Several budded trees on orange stock? 

 from three to four years from the bud, are fruiting heavily, and 

 the fruit readily commands thirty dollars per thousand in San 

 Francisco, while the ordinary Sicily seedling brings only ten 

 dollars per thousand. Mr. Garey says he had been in search of 

 a good lemon ever since he entered the nursery business, thir- 

 teen years ago, and, as he has found what he claims to be the 

 lemon, and has bought the stock owned by Messrs. Workman 

 and Preston, he has named the fruit 'Garey's Eureka.'" 



MARKETING. 



We have heretofore been in the habit of picking our lemons 

 and sending them to market immediately. This method will 

 not do, unless the market be a distant one, requiring from three 

 to four weeks to reach. All lemons should be picked and spread 

 thinly in a dry place in the shade for three or four weeks before 

 being boxed for transportation. The surplus water in the rind 



