A. R. Rideout 



Nurseries 



Below are ten reasons why one should plant the 



Because they fruit under adverse weather conditions, 

 even maturing heavy crops in the hot interior valleys of 

 Southern California. 



Because they bear young, heavily and consistently. 

 Because the fruit stems are short and thick while the fruit 

 is large, fine flavor, hard shell and of excellent shipping 

 qualities. 



By virtue of the upright habit of growth of these trees, 

 they can be planted from ten to twelve feet apart each 

 way in orchard form, maiking from three to four hun- 

 dred trees per acre. 



The value of the fruit and the large number of trees which 



can be planted per acre are the propelling factors for 



such active planting of the Lyon at this time. 



This season is the fourth consecutive year that the Lyon 



has loaded down with fruit, especially in the Whittier 



district. 



Ten acres of Lyon trees, bearing on the average of fifty 

 fruits per tree would net its lucky owner over fifty 

 thousand dollars, provided that the fruit brought only 

 twenty-five cents each. 



In the official analysis the Lyon secured the highest hon- 

 ors, with the Fuerte second. Here is the record of 

 each for comparison: Lyon — fat, 26.89%; protein. 



4.37%. Fuerte— fat, 29.93%; protein, 2.10%. The 



Lyon and Fuerte tied for the smallest proportion of seed 

 and the Lyon secured third place in the largest amount 

 of edible portion. 



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