Show CALIFORNIA CITRUS CROP VALUED AT I Acres of Golden I States State's 5 Area Dev Devoted t d to This Industry 4 5 BERKELEY Dec California 10 California raised citrus fruits totaling a value of for the year ending August 31 1920 This figure is announced by Dean Walter Walter Walter Wal Wal- ter Mulford of the University of Califor- Califor nits nit's college of agriculture and represents represents represents the biggest amount of citrus products products prod prod- More R ever than turned r o out t acres in r the leo of state tf land d in the I state were were we're d devoted to to this crop which ch led ledal ledel al el lother fruit crops in m value and in acreage it was stated Four times as many oranges orang-es as lemons as-lemons lemons were raised Lefon grow growers rs of California must find fine some way to the handicap of the exchange rate Dean Mulford declared Although the selling cost was vas kept down downto to the remarkably low figure of 2 01 per percent percent percent cent of the delivered value California lemons were selling selling- at an average e of at 2 33 a box With the present exchange rate the foreign lemon grower can ex exchange exchange exchange ex- ex change 2 33 for a much larger sum in his own country PROTECT INDUSTRY There are several wa ways s 's In watch ich the citrus Industry of California may be protected pro A protective tariff sufficient to meet the difference in yin foreign cost of production is likely to be applied California Cali Call fornia lemon growers will continue to produce produce produce pro pro- duce a high quality of fruit and keep leep i down the cost of production as much as I possible through the best cultural practice practices tices tice The state university college of agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- I culture is aiding aiding- growers rowers to understand the better practices by offering a correspondence correspondence correspondence corre corre- I course on Citrus Fruits I More than 1200 students already have been enrolled PRODUCT A fact that is expected to further aug- aug men citrus growth is the announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment of the university that citrus by grids rids have been produced in considerable ble numbers a the citrus experimental station of the university About citrus seedlings mostly from crosses made by H H. B B. Frost research associate are j being being- grown in Riverside These include the tangerine and the grapefruit grapefruit grapefruit grape grape- fruit the orange range and the the lemon and the and ancl the Valencia orange and the sweet oran orange e. e In the citrus work worl at the University University University Uni Uni- of California flowers are carefully carefully care care- fully Cully emasculated and pollinated and bagged bag for protection from accidental pollination Branches employed and the fruits that result are labeled the seeds are planted singly and each resulting seedling is separately labeled TANGELO ON MARKET The Sampson tangelo one of the citrus hybrids produced in Florida b by Dr If Ii r. r J J. J Webber and W. W T T. T Swingle over twenty twenty ty years ago has now reached the stage of commercial production A hybrid between be between between be- be tween the King mandarin and a sweet orange orang is reported to have brought ht phenomenal phenomenal phenomenal phe phe- prices in N New w York City last winter |