THE LEMON, LIME AND CITIION. 



;and repacked, at considerable cost to the 

 owner, and possibly largo loss of fruit. 



"As JIM appendix to tho above report. 

 the committee would oiler the following: 



" RKCOM MKNDA rioxs. Discard all trees 

 tlwt, after a fair and repeated trial, con- 

 tinue to show bitterness of fruit. 



" Exercise unreal care in the selection of 

 varieties free from biiterness and rich in 

 citric acid, from which to bud. 



" Use the Seedling orange as a stock up- 

 on which to bud, as the orange is a hardier 

 4iud hcalthiersiock, and the lemon budded 

 upon il is hardier than upon lemon stock. 



Keep your i fees in a healthy, vigorous 

 condition, especially during the fruiting 

 season. 



''The Lisbon and Eureka lemons are so 

 far the most promising varieties, being 

 productive;, early bearing, of medium si/e, 

 lineappearanee, sweet rindaud rich in acid. 



"As the lemon can be kept from six to 

 oil-lit months after picking, if properly 

 handled and cured, and will improve 

 rather than lose in quality during that 

 lime, pick the fruit before it i.s ripe, or 



rather while a portion of the rind isu-reeu; 

 store it for six or eight weeks in a cool, 

 dry room, thoroughly ventilated, placing 

 the fruit in thin layers on shelves or hur- 

 dles, where it can readily be examined 

 and picked over if necessary. 



"Avoid moisture during the process of 

 curing. Sort when ready for maket, mak- 

 ing at least two si xos or qualities, and pack 

 none but perfect specimens, wrapping 

 neatly in tissue paper, with the name of 

 the variety and producer printed upon the 

 "wrapper, as a guarantee of good faith in 

 the shipper. 



"With those rules fully observed, wo 

 see no reason to doubt the prompt appre- 

 ciation of California budded lemons in 

 every market, and a complete check given 

 to the importation of foreign lemons into 

 California. 



I,. M. HOT/T, 1 



THOS. HKNDUY, j 

 11. J. RI-PJSILI., I Corn, 

 G. W. GAKCKLON, 

 L. G, WAITK. 



"W. X. MA^N, Sec'y." 



CHAPTER III. 



LEMONS PROPAGATION AND CULTURE.. 



has proven an unreliable stock upon 

 which to bud the orange, as it exercises 

 enough influence through the budded 

 growth fco render the fruit a bad orange 

 and not a good lemon. The lemon stock 

 in mature trees is (mite susceptible to 

 gum disease, especially if much irrigated. 

 There is then no call for propagating lem- 

 on seed, except in the way of experiment. 

 What has been said about rearing bud- 



Lemons are propagated in the same 

 manner as oranges. It is unnecessary, 

 theicfore, to review the subject of propa- 

 gati' in this connection. 



From what has been said in the (weced- 

 ing chapter, the inference is plain that 

 there is little demand for seedling lemon 

 trees. The only lemons worth cultivat- 

 ing are the choice budded varieties. Ex- 

 perience has demonstrated that the or- 



is a 



hardier stock than the lemon, (led orange trees in nursery applies equal- 



and as it is believed that there is no dete- 

 rioration of fruit by this conjunction, it 

 has come to be a universal practice to 

 grow lemons on orange roots.* The lemon 



ly to budded lemons, and almost the same 

 may be repeated through the whole cate- 

 gorv of planting the trees, cultivating, 

 priming, freeing from insects, manuring 

 and rejuvenating when worn out. There 

 is in fact, the greatest similarity between 

 these twin sisters in the citrus family 



*NOTK. Dr. O. H. Congar, of Pasadena, a recog- 

 nized authority on ciirus culture, takes issue with 

 this commonly accepted theory, claiming lint the 

 lemon deteriorates in budding upon orange stock. 

 He holds that enough of the orange characteristics 

 are incorporated to reder the lemons of an ungain- the orange and lemon. A novice would 



possfbie^hat further 'JVarsTof 'experiment 'may scarcely detect the difference in si/e and 

 d'-Tiionslrate that Dr. Congar is measurably correct. s |j a pe of tree, foliage and bloom, although 

 and. if ST. lemons will he budded on lemon stocks 



only, ami omnyes on orange stocks. there is an appreciable difference on close 



