THE LEMON, LIME AND CITEO^T. 



85 



and repacked, at considerable cost to the 

 owner, and possibly laio:e loss of frnit. 



As an appendix to the above report, 

 the committee would offer the foUowino:: 



"Recommendations. — Discard all trees 

 tliat. after a fan- and repeated trial, con- 

 tinue to show bitterness of fruit. 



•• Exercise great care in the selection of 

 varieties free from bitterness and rich in 

 <-iiric acid, from which to bud. 



V^e the Seedling orange as a stock up- 

 on whit-h lo bud. as t he orange isa hardier 

 ^nd healtliiei- stcvk, and the lemon budded 

 upon it is hardier than upon lemon stock. 



••Kee[) your trees in a healthy, vigorous 

 condition, especudly during the fruiting 

 ■season. 



" Tlie Lisbon and Eureka lemons are so 

 fai- the most promising \arieties, being- 

 productive, early bearing, of medium size, 

 iine appearance, sweet rind and rich in acid. 



"As the lemon can be kept from six to 

 eight moiiilis after picking, if properly 

 handled and c-ured. and will improve 

 rather ihaii lo -e m qualiiy during that 

 lime, pick the fruit before it is ripe, (»r 



rather while a portion of the rind is green; 

 store it for six or eight weeks in a cool, 

 dry room, thoroughly ventilated, placing 

 the fruit in thin layers on shelves or hur- 

 dles, where it can readily be examined 

 and picked over if necessary. 



"Avoid moisture during the process of 

 curing. Sort when ready for maket, mak- 

 ing at least two sizes or qualities, and pack 

 none but perfect specimens, wrapping 

 neatlj' in tissue paper, with the name of 

 the variety and producer printed upon the 

 wrapper, as a guarantee of good faith in 

 the shipper. 



"With these rules fully observed, we 

 see no reason to doubt the prompt appre- 

 ciation of California budded lemons in 

 every market, and a complete check given 

 to the importation of foreign lemons into 

 California. 



L. M. Holt, 1 

 Thos. Hendry, ] 

 H. J. Ri-DisiLL. ;-Com^, 



G. W. G^RGEIiON, 1 



L. C. Waits. J 

 " W. N. Mann, Sec\y." 



CHAPTER in. 



LEMONS— PROPAGA'riON AND CULTURE. 



Lemons are j^ropagared in the same 

 manner as oranges. It is unnecessary, 

 tlierefore. to re\'ie\v ilip >ul\iect of propa- 

 gatio'- in tliis crinnee-iion. 



From what iuis Ijeen >^aid in the preced- 

 ing chapter, the inference is plain that 

 there is Hale demand for seedling lemon 

 trees. The only lemons wortli cultivat- 

 ing are the e-hoiee budded A'arieties. Ex- 

 perience has demonstrated that the or- 

 ange is a hardier stock than the lemon, 

 and as it is believed that ttiere is no dete- 

 rioration of ffiiit by this conjunction, it 

 has come to be a universal practice to 

 grow lemons on orange roots.'"^ The lemon 



*XoTE. — Dr. O. H. Cougar, uf Pasadena, a recog- 

 nized authority on eir"us culture, takes issue with 

 this cnmmouly accepted the^n-y. claiiuiug th it the 

 lemon dereriorates in bitdding ttpou orange stock. 

 He hohls that enough of the orange characteristics 

 are incorporated to render the lemons of an ungain- 

 ly .size and to lessen the degTee of acidiiy. It is 

 possible that further years of exiieriment maj- 

 demonsirate that J^r. Cougar is meastiraljly correct, 

 and, if st. lemons will be bttdded on lemon stocks 

 only, and (U'auges on orange .stocks. 



has proven an unreliable stock upon 

 which to bud the orange, as it exercises 

 enough inliuence through the budded 

 growtli fco render the fruit a bad orange 

 and not a good lemon. The lemon stock 

 in mature trees is quite susceptible to 

 gum disease, especially if much irrigated. 

 There is then no call for propagating lem- 

 on seed, except in the way of experiment. 



Wiiat has been said about rearing bud- 

 ded orange trees in nursery' applies equal- 

 ly to budded lemons, and almost the same 

 may be repeated through the whole cate- 

 gory of planting the trees, cultivating, 

 pruning, freeing from insects, manuring 

 and rejuvenating when worn out. There 

 is in fact, the greatest similarity between 

 these twin sisters in the citrus family — 

 the orange and lemon. A novice would 

 scarcely detect the diflerence in size and 

 shape of tree, foliage and bloom, although 

 there is an appreciable ditierence on clo.se 



