TANGELO 
“~ Sampson. Golden yellow fruits with delicious Orange-red juice 
combining the flavor of tangerine with grapefruit. February to May. 
GRAPEFRUIT 
Marsh Seedless. Compact growing variety widely planted in Cali- 
fornia. Fruit juicy, seedless, very good. May-August. 
~ TANGERINE 
Algerian. Very early ripening tangerine. Fruits very sweet and fine 
flavored, medium size. One of the best to plant in the home orchard. 
N Dancy. Medium to large flattened fruits. Very juicy and of fine 
flavor. February to May. 
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~_ Satsuma. One of the hardiest oranges. Fruits ripen very early, 
usually before Christmas (October). Large, flat, loose-skinned, 
deep orange in color. 
VALENCIA ORANGE 
CITRUS FRU iT Young citrus trees need protection of bark from hot sun until they 
S are shaded by their own foliage. For best fruit regular fertilizing 
and careful watering are essential. 
ORANGES 
'. Robertson Navel. Larger and better quality than Washington Navel. 
Also ripens three weeks earlier, thereby extending scason almost a 
\ dae SUB-TROPICAL FRUITS 
Washington Navel. The famous winter ripening orange. Large ; ; a 
fruits easily peeled and broken into segments. Thrives best a few Prices Subject to Market Conditions 
miles from the coast. Can be grown any place in California where AVOCADOS 
citrus is grown. December to May. ’ Fuerte. Popular winter avocado. Pear-shaped fruits with very 
delicious flesh. Heavy bearing and frost resistant. October-May. 
Valencia Orange. Best summer orange, ripens from April to De- 
cember after the Navel season is over. Thus ripe oranges can be “Duke. The fruit of this variety is similar in appearance and quality 
had through the summer and fall. Juicy, sweet and few seeded. to that of Fuerte. Bright green. Vigorous and hardy. 
~ Seedless Valencia. Just like the popular Valencias, but of better ‘Edranol. Slender erect growing tree bearing pear-shaped fruit of 
all-around quality and seedless! Trees are vigorous growers and excellent quality and fine flavor. May-August. 
bear large crops. 
~ Mexicola. Small purplish-black fruit, oval in shape and shiny. The 
Blood O > W t di i 3 E 
00 range. Very sweet, medium sized orange, the flesh streaked flachtieior excellent quail vie Mucust ce oremeen 
with red, and blood-red when fully ripe. The color shows through 
th | lush. The juice i icious. Fi es : 
e peel as a red blush. The juice is delicious. Fine for home use. ‘Ryan. The summer Fuerte ripening from May to October, thus 
extending the Fuerte season. A thrifty spreading tree bearing con- 
sistently year after year. Fruit like the Fuerte in quality. 
LEMONS se : tee 
Eureka. The leading lemon for commercial ang home planting. 
Fruit uniformly medium size, juicy, and few seeded. Most of the fruit 
is ripened during the summer but bears throughout the year. 
~Nabal. Smooth skin, small seed, large green fruit, round in shape, 
fruit weighing as much as 20 ounces. Delicious taste. Leading 
commercial variety. Ripens from June to September. 
Meyer Lemon. Semi-dwarf. Fruit large, oval and deeply orange 
yellow in color. Hardy throughout most of California. Laden with 
fruit most of the year. 
LIMES 
Bearss Seedlicss. Finest and largest of all limes. Seedless, juicy 
truits ripen mostly during the summer, when limes are in demand. 
Large, vigorous and almost thornless. 
Rangpur Lime. Fruits look very much like Tangerines, both skin and 
pulp being reddish-orange. Acid fruit. November to March. Stand- 
ards and Bush forms. 
Mexican Lime. Small light green fruits, oval in shape, strongly 
acid but highly flavored. Semi-dwarf, ripens fruits most of the year 
but main crop comes in sprina. 
LIMEQUAT 
Eustis. The parents of this citrus fruit are Mexican Lime and Kum- 
quat. One of the finest of small citrus. Fruits are like small thin UE TEV OCEDC 
skinned yellow limes, very juicy and almost seedless. Excellent for 
beverages. \ LOQUAT 
The Loquat is hardier than most other sub-tropical trees. The fruit 
ripens in April and May. Its sprightly aromatic flavor is widely 
KUMQUAT enjoyed. The fruits are large, pear-shaped, yellow to orange, and 
Nagami. Semi-dwarf tree giving abundant crops of small egg- of white flesh. Because of its broad, shiny foliage the Loquat makes 
shaped golden orange fruits most of the year. Hardy and very a splendid ornamental with its small, spreading branches. (See also 
Ornamental under Popular Evergreen Trees.) 
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