Pomona College Journal of Economic Botany 



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At Montecito, near Santa Barbara, there are several trees some sixteen or 

 eighteen years old. These trees have never had a healthy look, and their growth 

 has been stunted and their foliage yellow. From the appearance of other plants 

 in the same vicinity it would seem that this was due more to the soil than to the 

 climate. The trees bear regularly a fair crop of fruit, but it does not mature suffi- 

 ciently to be of any value. 



Figure 68. Seedling mango "No. 5" grown at Sherman, California. 



Prof. C. V. Piper, Agricultural Explorer of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, writes as follows regarding the conditions at the Government Botanical 

 Gardens, Saharanpur, India: 



"Saharanpur is only a short distance from the Himalayan foothills, and the 

 mercury commonly goes down to about 20 degrees in the winter. It is on this 

 account that both tropical and temperate trees can be grown here successfully 

 It is quite strange to see cherries, plums, pears and even apples growing along- 

 side mangos, dates, guavas, etc. In a general way it is comparable to Chico so 

 far as temperature is concerned, possibly a little hotter in summer, and hardly 

 so cool in winter. Judging from this place, why won't mangos do well in Cali- 

 fornia?" 



