CHAPTER XXXL 
THE LEMON, LIME, ETC. 
The lerfon has undergone many vicissitudes in California. 
At first the product was confined to poor seedlings which did- 
not merit far and did not receive it. Constant effort was then 
put forth tojsecure varieties which would be comparable with 
the Sicilian fuit and the effort resulted in the production of lem- 
ons which w¢e approved by every test of excellence. The next 
difficulty wasto secure popular recognition of quality and desir- 
ability from hose who were prejudiced in favor of imported 
fruit. With he aid of the protective tariff this favor was se- 
cured in less \me than would have been otherwise required, and 
now the Caliprnia lemon is highly esteemed upon its merits 
everywhere ad the tariff neutralizes the advantage of cheap 
water transpotation from the Mediterranean region so that our 
lemons can cmpete with the foreign product even in the cities 
of the Atlantiseaboard. All this has been accomplished within 
a decade, and\t is a notable result. One measure of this fact 
may be found} the shipment of about twelve hundred car-loads 
during the seapn of 1808. 
As the lerpn outlook began to improve planting increased, 
and in 1894 afry large acreage was set, both on the coast of 
southern Califia and in the interior. More recently there 
has been a terency to relegate the lemon rather to the coast 
region and incase the orange acreage in the interior. This 
seems warrantelby recent experience. , 
SITUPIONS AND SOILS FOR THE LEMON. 
The lemon cs best in a practically frostless situation. Such 
places are found) largest area in the southern half of the coast 
regions of Califojia, but also exist at favoring elevations in the 
interior. The mlerating influence of proximity to salt water, 
and the effect ofical topography and environment, which give 
frost-free nooks opelts, are elements favoring the lemon grower. 
In such situationthe lemon blooms and fruits continuously 
throughout the ye 
While the lem requires a less extreme of low temperature 
than the orange, !\lso thrives with a less extreme of high tem- 
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