374 Propagating the Lemon. 
perature and less duration of it. It apparently does not require 
as much heat to develop acid, which is the charm of the lemon, 
as it does sugar, which is essential to an acceptable orange; 
therefore, a coast situation which may not yield a sweet orange 
may produce a good lemon. Another advantage of the lower 
summer temperature is that the continuous ripening is not inter- 
fered with, as it is by high summer heat, which hastens maturity 
and brings the mass of the fruit to marketable condition in the 
winter—a season when the demand for the lemon ‘s very small. 
This objection is, however, being measurably overcome by the 
proper storage and treatment of the fruit for sale, :t a consider- 
able interval after picking, as will be mentioned presently. 
The lemon delights in a sandy loam, and protably our best 
orchards are on such soil, but the trees thrive n other soils. 
There is a difference of opinion among growers a to what soil 
is to be especially sought for. There are profitale lemon or- 
chards in southern California located upon deep cay loams, and 
even upon strong red clay soils. As with some oher fruits, the 
choice of soil is, to a certain extent, governed b the stock on 
which the lemon is worked. 
PROPAGATING AND PLANTING. 
The prevailing stock for the lemon is the cange seedling. 
The orange root thrives on a greater variety o soils than the 
lemon, and produces a healthy lemon tree wher the lemon on 
its own root would fail. The growth of orane seedlings for 
budding has been described in the last chapter. If lemon seed- 
lings are desired they may be grown in the sate way. Plants 
either for permanent growth or for stocks foroudding can be 
grown from cuttings, as explained in Chapter III. The bud- 
ding of the lemon is practically the same as of ie orange, which 
has been described. An old tree can be chang from one vari- 
ety to another by the methods described forthe orange, and 
oranges can be worked into old lemon trees id good fruit se- 
cured if the lemon itself be growing upon an ange root, which 
is likely to be the case with trees planted duriz the last decade. 
Planting of the lemon is the same as tit of the orange. 
The distance in planting varies from twenty) twenty-five feet. 
Jrrigation of lemon and orange trees is also milar. 
PRUNING THE LEMON. 
The pruning of the lemon is essentialldifferent from that 
of the orange, because the habit of the tr is different. The 
lemon requires constant attention to bring into good bearing 
form and keep it there; the orange, after it well shaped, simply 
needs attention to encourage it to retain e bearing form to 
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