BUD VARIATION IN THE EUREKA LEMON. 
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in figure 8. Usually they develop a spreading habit of growth. The 
leaf, flower, and fruit characteristics are similar to those of the strains 
represented in the trees. 
It seems probable that these large fine-appearing trees of the 
Sporting strain are responsible for some of the variability of varieties 
existing in the established lemon orchards of California. Their hand- 
some appearance naturally attracts the eye of the bud cutters and 
their vigorous vegetative growth makes it possible to secure a large 
number of buds from each tree. 
Fig. 8.— A typical lemon tree of the Sporting strain of the Eureka variety, seven years planted. This 
tree is mostly made up of branches showing the characteristics of the Shade-Tree strain, but other strains 
including the Variegated, Pear Shape, Eureka, and Small Open are represented. 
This strain is very undesirable, not only from the standpoint of the 
mixture of fruits, necessitating additional care in assorting them 
during packing, but also from the danger of the trees being used as 
sources of bud wood by inexperienced propagators. 
LESSONS TAUGHT BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS. 
The performance-record studies of individual trees of the Eureka 
lemon have been particularly interesting, for the reason that the 
frequent' pickings have made possible almost continuous systematic 
observations throughout the entire year. 
