2 BULLETIN 813, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The commercial development of the lemon industry in the United 

 States is of comparatively recent date. The total production in 

 1899 was 877,000 boxes as compared with 2,770,000 boxes in 1909, 

 an increase of 215.9 per cent. The rapidity of the development of 

 lemon production in California is shown in Table I. 



Table I. — Shipment of lemons from California,'^ for the 32-year period from 1887 to 



1918, inclusive. 



Year ending. 

 Oct. 31. 



Car- 

 loads. b 



Year ending 

 Oct. 31. 



Car- 

 loads. B 



Year ending 

 Oct. 31. 



. Car- 

 loads.6 



Year ending 

 Oct. 31. 



Car- 

 loads. 6 



1887 



12 

 20 

 26 

 34 

 40 

 52 

 65 

 145 



1895 



335 

 565 

 1,378 

 1,166 

 903 

 1,447 

 2,924 

 2,816 



1903 



2,649 

 2,782 

 4,274 

 3,789 

 3,507 

 4,959 

 6,196 

 4,891 



1911 



6 891 



1888 



1896 



1904 



1912... 



6 133 



1889 . . 



1897 



1905 . . . 



1913 



c 2 304 



1890. . 



1898 



1906 



1914. .. 



c 3 032 



1891 



1899 



1907 



1915... 



7,068 



1892 . . 



1900 



1908 . . . 



1916 . 



7 186 



1893 



1901 



1909 



1917... 



7' 915 



1894 . - 



1902 



1910 . . . 



1918 



d6,337 











a Wallschlaeger, F. O. The world's production and commerce in citrus frmts and their by-products. 

 Citrus Prot. League, Cal., Bui. 11, p. 69. 1914. Data from 1914 to 1918 furnished by the California Fruit 

 Growers' Exchange. 



b The average number of boxes per car for lemons has varied from 310 to 390. 



c Crops of 1913 and 1914 reduced by frosts. 



d Crop of 1918 reduced by extreme heat in 1917. 



The lemon acreage in the counties of California where this in- 

 dustry is most important and the production in the leading comi- 

 ties in 1917 are shown in Table II, which also shows t]ie location of 

 the principal lemon districts in the State. 



Table II. — Acreage and fruit production of lemon trees in the principal lemon-producing 

 counties of California, in 1917.^ 





Acreage, 1917 



Production, 

 1917. 



Counties. 



Acreage, 1917. 



Production. 

 1917. 



Counties. 



Bearing. 



Non- 

 bearing. 



Bearing. 



Non- 

 bearing. 



Los Angeles 



3,801 

 4,000 

 3,137 

 3,549 

 3,126 

 1,015 



1,270 

 2,300 

 2,395 

 2,850 

 2,071 

 240 



Pounds. 

 85,520,000 

 23, 400, 000 

 27, 448, 000 

 31, 954, 000 

 17, 584, 000 

 14,000,000 



Tulare 



1,132 



2,327 



364 



1,534 

 3,980 

 1,300 



Pounds. 

 4, 160, 000 



Ventura 



32, 768, 000 

 132, OOO 



Riverside . 



All others 



San Bernardino:.. 

 San Diego. - 



Total 



22,451 



17,940 



236,966,000 



Santa Barbara 



a Conipiled from the reports of the County Horticultural Commissioners by Geo. P. Weldon, Chief Deputy 

 and O. W . Newman, Assistant Secretary, State Commission of Horticulture. 



Some idea of the extent to which California is supplying the market 

 requirements for lemons in the United States may be gained by re- 

 ferring to Table III, which presents a comparison of all the imports 

 of lemons into the United States, except from Cuba, and the ship- 

 ment of California lemons. 



The Eureka, Lisbon, and Villa Franca are the important varieties 

 of lemons grown in California. The Eureka variety is the most 

 widely grown. The Lisbon variety is extensively grown in certain 

 districts, particularly those near the coast, and its trees are being 



