THE CITRON IN CALIFORNIA. 



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THE CITROR. 



Citrm niedica cedra, Linn. 



The citron grows and fruits well in California wherever the 

 lemon thrives. The tree is easy of culture, and the preparation 

 of the rind simple, 

 therefore there is 

 hardly any reason 

 why the California- 

 grown citron, were 

 it accorded the same 

 protection that the 

 orange and lemon 

 now have, should 

 not supplant the 

 imported. 



The fruit of the 

 citron is generally 

 oblong, or of conical 

 shape and swollen, 

 more or less striped 

 or furrowed, and 

 particularly large. 

 The skin is of the 

 color of the lemon, 

 and is very aromatic. 

 Some varieties are 

 verj' smooth, while 

 others are covered 

 with warty excres- 

 cences and very 

 thick and highly 

 scented. The pulp is less acid than that of the lemon, and 

 quite hitter. The flowers with their delicious perfume are 

 purplish outside and white within; leaves subserrate; young 

 branches violet tinged. The tree blooms at all seasons of the 

 year, and is very susceptible to frost, as much so as the lime. 



The CiTjtnN — I'iL[MAL Ti'i 



{C'irti^ cedra rnhjans.) 



