Improvement of Citrus Stock Through 

 Bud Selection 



ROLAND S. VAILE 

 LIMONEIRA RANCH, SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA 



It is the opinion of the majority of men engaged in the citrus business that 

 because of the rapidly increasing acreage of citrus fruits in Southern California 

 the average selling price is bound to reach a somewhat lower level within the next 

 few years. In the case of lemons, at least, there is the added danger from a 

 possible reduction of duty on the imported fruit. In order that the industry 

 maintain its high rank from the standpoint of the investor and land holder this 

 decrease must be met by greater efficiency in some phase of the organization. 



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LIMONEIRA CO. 



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The California Citrus Union, with its wide advertising policy, its co-operative 

 selling methods and its supply department, is already by tar the most complete 

 organization of its kind. Improved methods have reduced somewhat the cost of 

 field and packing house operations. Careful handling has cut down the large losses 

 through decay. While these matters will still permit of improvement and saving, 

 one is led to wonder if the orchard itself can not be so intensely cultivated as to 

 increase the average production. As one goes from orchard to orchard, or care- 

 fully through an individual grove, apparent differences are noted that show possi- 

 bilities of materially raising the average standard. 



