COMPOSITION OF CALIFORNIA LEMONS. 9 



Table 2. — Composition of Lisbon lemons grown in various sections of California — 



Continued. 



Santa Paula (Tree 12). 



Sam- 

 ple 

 No. 



Month 

 picked. 



Color. 



Thickness of 

 peel. 



Specific 

 gr avity 

 of fruit. 



Oil in 



fruit, by 

 weight. 



Oil per 

 ton of 

 fruit. 



Acid in 

 fruit. 



Acid 

 per ton 

 of fruit. 



Acid in 

 juice. 



640 



Dec 



Jan 1 . 



Feb 



Mar 



Apr 



May 



June 



July 



Aug 

 Sept. 



Nov 



Dec 



LG-LY... 



LY 



LG 



LG. 





0. 9182 

 .8955 

 . 9140 

 . 8973 

 .8908 

 .9099 

 .9205 

 .9239 

 .9204 

 .8952 

 .9168 

 .9666 



Per cent. 

 0.50 

 .40 

 .42 

 .30 

 .30 

 .41 

 .41 

 .49 

 .40 

 .40 

 .42 

 .47 



Pounds. 

 10.0 

 8.0 

 8.4 

 6.0 

 6.0 

 8.2 

 S. 2 

 9.8 

 8.0 

 8.0 

 8.4 

 9.5 



Per cent. 

 3.34 

 2.99 

 2.95 

 2.80 

 3.10 

 3.21 

 3.39 

 3.47 

 3.69 

 3. S3 

 2.95 

 2.98 



Pounds. 

 68.8 

 59. S 

 59 

 56.0 

 62. C 

 64.2 

 67.8 

 69.4 

 73.8 

 76.7 

 59.0 

 59.6 



Per cent. 

 7.28 



681 



Thick 



6.97 



725 





6.86- 



790 





6.76> 



848 



LG 



do 



6.44 



893 



LG 



....do 



6.74 



942 



LG. 



....do 



6.77 



986 



LG-DG 

 LY 





6.88- 



1042 



do 



7.22 



1075 



LY 



do 



7.25 



1085 

 1114 



LG-Y 



LG-Y 



do 



....do 



7.28 

 7.18 















.3141 



.41 



3.1 



3.22 



64.5 



6.97 











Whither (Tree 15). 



625 

 667 

 706 

 771 

 833 

 880 

 929 

 969 

 1032 

 1053 

 1077 

 1089 



Nov. 

 Dec. 

 Jan.. 

 Feb.. 

 Mar. , 

 Apr. . 

 May. 

 June- 

 July. 

 Aug. 

 Sept. 

 Oct.. 



DG 



LY 



LY 



LY 



LG 



LY 



LY 



LY-FY. 



LG 



DG-FY. 



LY 



DG-Y. . 



Average . 



Thick. 

 do. 



do... 



Medium. 



do... 



do... 



Thick. 

 do. 



do... 



Medium. 

 Thick... 



0. 9073 



0.70 



.9049 



.70 



.8867 



. 55 



. 9053 



.47 



.9056 



.37 



.8884 



.38 



.9067 



.45 



. 8945 



.46 



. 9445 



.48 



.9297 



.42 



. 9390 



.49 



.9382 



.54 



.9126 



.50 



14.0 



3.02 



60.4 



14.0 



3.06 



61.2 



11.0 



2.93 



58.6 



9.4 



2.80 



56.0 



7.4 



2 64 



52. 8 



7.0 



2.82 



56.4 



9.0 



2.96 



59.2 



9.2 



2.92 



59.4 



9.6 



2.85 



57.0 



8.4 



3.12 



62.4 



9.8 



3.32 



66.4 



10.7 



2.57 



51.4 



10.0 



2.92 



58.4 



6.37 

 6.88 

 6.51 

 6.37 

 6.31 

 5. 90 

 6.34 

 6.37 

 7.11 

 6.65 

 6.79 

 6.48 



6.51 



Table 3. — Composition of Villa Franca lemons grown in various sections of California.. 



Bonita (Tree 3), 



Sam- 

 ple 



No. 



491 

 565 

 596 

 630 

 675 

 780 

 823 

 883 

 921 

 976 



Month 

 picked. 



July. 

 Sept. 

 Oct.. 

 Nov. 

 Dec. 

 Feb. 



Apr . . 



May.. 



June. . 

 1028 I July- 

 1058 I Aug.'. 



Average . 



Color.i 



DG-LG. 

 DG 



LG 



DG 



LY 



LY 



LY 



LG 



LG 



LY-FY. 



FY 



LY 



Thickness of 

 peel. 



Medium-thick. . 



Thin 



Medium 



Thick 



Medium 



Thick 



do 



Medium- thick. 



Thick 



do 



Medium 



do 



Specific 

 gravity 

 of fruit. 



0. 9455 

 .9628 

 .9557 

 .9319 

 .9304 

 .8957 

 .8753 

 .8965 

 .9079 

 .9095 

 .9222 

 .9631 



. 9247 



Oil in 



fruit, by 

 weight. 



Per cent. 

 0.62 

 .47 

 .50 

 .59 

 .70 

 .54 

 .54 

 .58 

 .62 

 .57 

 .55 

 .74 



.58 



Oil per 



ton of 

 fruit. 



Pounds. 

 12.3 

 9. 4 



io!o 



11.8 

 14.0 

 10.8 

 10.8 

 11.6 

 12.4 

 11.4 

 11.0 

 14.8 



Acid in ■ 

 fruit. 2 



Acid 



per ton 

 of fruit. 



11.7 



Per cent. 

 3.40 

 4.16 

 4.00 

 3.73 

 3.85 

 3.20' 

 3.16 

 3.35 

 3.70 

 3.63 

 3.41 

 4.01 



3.63 



Pounds, 

 68.0 

 83.2 

 80.0 

 74.6 

 77.0 

 64.0 

 63.2 

 67.0 

 74.0 

 72.6 

 68.2 



Acid in 

 juice. 2 



Per cent. 

 7. 07 

 7.28- 

 6.97 

 7.58 

 7.63 

 7.07 

 6.90 

 6.65 

 7.11 

 7.28 

 7.14 

 7.56 



7.19 



1 DG, dark green; LG, light green; LY, light yellow; FY, full yellow. 



2 All acid is calculated as citric with water of crystallization. 



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