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Acme (syn., "Sweet Rind," "Hale's Seedling").— This is an 

 old established variety; originated at Los Angeles. Resenahles 

 the Lisbon in many of its characteristics, so much so that it 

 has been confounded with it. The fruit is similar to the Lisbon, 

 grows uniformly, of medium size, strong acid, with a sweet 

 rind; a good keeper. The tree is a more upright grower than 

 the Lisbon, has fewer thorns, and is of a much less spreading 

 habit. 



Eureka. — Fruit medium size, sweet, smooth, glossy rind, 

 and an excellent keejDer. Acid strong and most pleasant, with 

 very few seeds. Tree semi-dwarf, sparse foliage, inclined to 

 bear at the extremities of the branches, and endangering the 

 fruit to sunburn. A remarkable lemon. Originated at Los 

 Angeles. 



Dr. J. H. Needham, in an essay before Pomological Society, 

 at Covina, in 1898, says: "The advantages of the Eureka are 

 its comparative freedom from thorns, its tendency to early 

 bearing, and, when properly trained, to enormous crops when 

 it comes into full bearing, by its continuous blooming and 

 setting of lemons all the year, especially in sections that are 

 comparatively free from frost. The objections are its tendency 

 to set its fruit on the tips of the branches, and the inclination 

 to grow long canes with but few laterals, and to drop its leaves 

 on the long canes or branches, thus leaving the limbs and 

 fruit too much exposed to the hot rays of the sun in the heated 

 term of summer. But this can be remedied by proper pruning 

 from the time the tree is one or not more than two years in 

 the orchard, being careful to keep off all sucker growth, and 

 cutting back the long branches to not more than twelve to 

 eighteen inches, in the spring and fall; June and October being 

 a fair division of the growth of the year. Always cut away 

 the larger of the two or three branches that have started near 

 where the branch was pruned the previous time, as the bold, 

 rapid growers will only make a wood growth, while the smaller 

 twigs or branches will form the fruit spurs, which bud, bloom, 

 and bear the fruit." 



Genoa.— Fruit medium size, oval, sweet rind, and nearly 

 seedless; a good keeper. Tree of a dwarf habit and thornless. 

 This is one of the best lemons grown in the State. 



Asiatic— Fruit medium size, oval, thin rind, with an agree- 

 able strong acid. Tree semi-dwarf, thornless. 



