BUD VARIATION" IN" THE EUREKA LEMON. 6 
planted in increasing numbers. The Villa Franca variety was used 
extensively during the early period of commercial lemon planting, 
but at the present time its propagation has been almost abandoned. 
Table III. — Imports of lemons into the United States corn-pared with lemon shipments 
from California, for the 19-year period from 1900 to 1918, inclusive. 
Shipments 
Shipments 
from 
Shipments 
from 
Year. 
Imports.** 
from 
Year. 
Imports.** 
Year. 
Imports.o 
California.^ 
California, b 
Calif ornia.b 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
1900... 
160,198,056 
43,410,000 
1907. . . 
157,859,906 
105, 210, 000 
1913... 
151,416,412 
c 69, 120, 000 
1901... 
148,514,614 
87,720,000 
1908... 
178,490,003 
148, 770, 000 
1914... 
58,019,405 
c 90,960,000 
1902... 
164, 075, 309 
84, 480, 000 
1909... 
135, 183, 550 
185, 880, 000 
1915... 
| 
f 212,040,000 
1903... 
152, 004, 213 
79, 470, 000 
1910... 
160, 214, 785 
146, 730, 000 
1916... 
(<*) 
1 215,5X0,000 
1904... 
171,923,221 
83, 460, 000. 
1911... 
134, 968, 924 
206, 730, 000 
1917... 
1 237,450,000 
1905... 
139,084,321 
128,220,000 
1912... 
145,639,396 
183, 990, 000 
1918... 
) 
U 190, 110,000 
1906... 
138, 717, 252 
113,670,000 
a Years ending Tune 30. Figures ^from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, U. S. 
Department of Commerce. 
b Years ending October 31. Figures from the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. 
c Crops of 1913 and 1914 reduced by frosts. 
d Imports from 1915 to 1918 are expressed in values rather than pounds and for this reason are not here 
presented. 
« Crop of 1918 reduced by extreme heat in 1917. 
HISTORY OF THE EUREKA VARIETY. 
The Eureka variety originated in Los Angeles, Calif. In 1858 Dr. 
Halsey, a physician of that city, received from New York City a box 
of Sicilian lemons. From seeds of these fruits he grew a number of 
trees in a small nursery which he owned on Alameda Street, Los 
Angeles, near the present site of the Southern Pacific Railroad depot. 
In 1860 Mr. Andrew Boyle purchased from Dr. Halsey several hun- 
dred of these seedling trees. They bore very lightly until 1870 and 
1871, at which time three or four of them were found to produce 
smooth, thin-skinned fruits very different from the thick-skinned and 
coarse-textured fruits produced by the other trees. In 1877 Mr. W. 
H. Workman, son-in-law of Mr. Boyle, gave to Mr. Thomas A. Garey, 
a prominent horticulturist of Los Angeles, buds taken from one of 
the seedling trees which was bearing smooth, thin-skinned lemons. 1 
Mr. Garey propagated these buds, and the trees grown from them 
were found to bear lemons of superior quality. A large stock of the 
trees of this variety was then grown and distributed under the name 
of Garey's Eureka. 2 Later, by common consent, the name of the 
variety was shortened to Eureka, under which name it is now gen- 
erally propagated and grown. 
VARIABILITY WITHIN THE VARIETY. 
The systematic studies of the variations of the California citrus 
varieties were begun with the Washington Navel orange in 1909. 
While carrying on studies of the variations of the Marsh grapefruit, 
1 Personal statement of Mr. W. H. Workman, 310 Washington Building, Los Angeles, Calif., March 21, 
1917. 
2 Letter from Mr. A. T. Garey, son of Mr. Thomas A. Garey, 200 West 47th Street, Los Angeles, Calif. r 
March 19, 1917. 
