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THUS TREE 
Prices on Oranges , 
Lemons & Grapefruit 
(Except where noted) 
Each Per 10 
1 year, l/o-5/g inch caliper....$1.60 $14.00 
1 year, Vs - 3 /4 inch caliper.... 1.75 15.00 
2 year, 3 / 4 -l inch caliper. 2.00 17.50 
2 year, 1 inch caliper. 2.50 22.50 
3 year, boxed. 8.50 . 
4 year, boxed, fruiting size.,15.00 . 
4 year, boxed, larger.17.50 . 
Ten assorted citrus at the 10-rate. 
Write lor prices on 25 or more trees. 
We have larger trees than quoted 
above and will gladly furnish informa¬ 
tion as to size and price. 
Shipments Abroad 
With our careful methods of 
packing, we ship citrus trees safe¬ 
ly to any part of the world, and 
Armstrong trees may be 
- ; found growing and pro¬ 
ducing in all of the cit¬ 
rus - producing countries 
in the world, including 
Spain, Palestine, Russia, 
Lemons 
There are so many uses for 
lemons that no home garden 
should be without a tree. Lemon 
trees are not quite as hardy as 
orange trees, but for home use 
may safely be planted anywhere 
except in the very cold interior or 
northern districts. For these cold¬ 
er sections we recommend the 
Meyer, described at the right. 
Eureka. The leading lemon for both 
commercial and home planting; fruit 
uniform, of medium size, of the highest 
quality. The seeds are few and the 
juice is abundant. The tree is almost 
thornless. It bears continuously all 
through the year and ripens most of 
its fruit in the summer. The California 
lemon industry is largely founded upon 
the Eureka. 
Villa Franca. The type of Villa Fran¬ 
ca which we are propagating has been 
developed in the famous Upland Lemon 
District, and some of the finest Lemon 
orchards in the State are made up of 
this strain. Characterized by heavy 
crops and beautiful uniform fruit. De¬ 
cember to May. 
Meyer , An Unusual Lemon 
Meyer Lemon. (Chinese Dwarf Lemon.) This semi-dwarf 
Lemon starts to bear immediately after planting and has 
large, oval, deep orange fruits of beautiful appearance and 
exceptional quality. It is quite hardy throughout California, 
much more so than any other Lemon, thriving on the coast 
or in the hottest desert valleys. The trees are laden through¬ 
out most of the year with the beautiful fruit and fragrant 
blooms, the flowers being larger and more sweetly scented 
than those of the Orange. 
The fruits serve all the purposes for which lemons are 
used, and make the finest lemon pie ever tasted. As a single 
tree, for a hedge, or as a pot plant the Meyer is a most 
desirable fruiting ornamental plant. The tree-shaped plants 
listed below will make a large tree more quickly but are 
not so ornamental as the bushy type. 
Price on Meyer Lemon: Tree shaped, 2-yr., $2.75; tree 
shaped, 1-yr., $2.25; 5-gal. containers, 18-24 inches, $2.00; 
G-inch pots. 12 to 18 inches, 85c; 4-inch pots, 50c. 
Grapefruit (Pomelo) 
See Prices at Left 
Every family is using more and more grapefruit 
each year, and every home grounds should have a 
tree or two, for they are easily grown with little 
care in most of California. The buds for Armstrong 
Paper-Rind St, Michael 
See prices at top of page. 
St. Michael. Sometimes called "Paper-Rind" because of 
the thinness of the skin on the medium sized, richly flavored 
fruits which are exceedingly sweet and juicy. An excellent 
home fruit, ripening between the Navel and the Valencia. 
February to April. 
The Best Blood Orange 
Ruby Blood. This is the best Blood Orange. Of medium 
size, very sweet and juicy. In mid-season the flesh is 
streaked with red and when fully ripe is blood-red, the 
color extending through the peel to show a red blush on the 
outside. The bright red juice is valuable for beverages, and 
the fruit meets any home use. February to May. 
Grapefruit trees are taken from the famous orchard 
belonging to Colonel Dale Bumstead near Phoenix, 
Arizona. This orchard, widely known throughout the 
Southwest for its heavy production of fine grapefruit, 
is the result of four generations of the most careful 
bud selection. We feel that the use of buds from 
this orchard will insure our trees producing the 
largest crops of the finest type of fruit 
Marsh Seedless. All commercial plantings of grapefruit in 
California and Arizona are of this variety. The fruit is 
large, practically seedless, with a thin rind, abundant juice, 
and exceptionally fine flavor. The tree is a vigorous and 
compact grower and bears very heavily. Grapefruit in the 
Southwest are thinner-skinned and sweeter in the inland 
desert sections, but in all locations the Marsh Seedless is 
the best variety. Ripens December to May inland, May to 
August near coast. 
Thompson Grapefruit. (Pink Marsh Seedless.) This va¬ 
riety was discovered a few years ago in Florida as a limb 
on a Marsh Seedless Grapefruit tree which bore fruit with 
decidedly pink flesh. Here in California the fruits of the 
Thompson grown in desert regions has richly colored deep 
pink flesh, almost red, while in districts hearer the coast 
the flesh has a lighter, delicate pink color, varying in inten¬ 
sity throughout the ripening season. Aside from the novelty 
of colored flesh, the Thompson is a splendid seedless Grape¬ 
fruit of the same high quality as the Marsh, wherever 
grown. 
Thompson Grapefruit in all sizes 50c per tree higher than 
other varieties. 
Below, much reduced, are shown 
fruits of the pink-fleshed Thompson 
Grapefruit. 
Lisbon. Although ranking third as a 
commercial Lemon, behind Eureka and 
Villa Franca, the Lisbon is highly fa¬ 
vored in certain sections. The tree is 
exceedingly strong and vigorous and 
probably bears more heavily than 
any other Lemon, although somewhat 
thorny. It is also slightly hardier than 
all other Lemons except Meyer. Qual¬ 
ity excellent. 
Ponderosa. A novelty fruit for home 
planting, the fruit attaining enormous 
size, often 12 inches in circumference. 
The tree is dwarf, quite hardy, and be¬ 
gins to bear its good quality fruit im¬ 
mediately after planting. 
Morocco, South Africa, 
India, Australia, and the 
countries of Central and 
South America. For such 
shipments the earth is 
removed from the roots 
and the tops cut back to 
reduce weight. 
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