Show rnrrgaiMymiffr iriil1tTthtirii jgJ j ) 'il atteflii iiBT-aSt- i faa' "in tir' r v 1 t California's Lemon Country Holds many charms for winter visitors T HE LEMON Country Is a fragrant sightseeing experience for winter visitors in Southern California A lemon tree knows no season All winter long in the warm sunshine it is a garden bouquet of yellow fruit delicate green foliage and waxy white blossoms Not only the blossoms are fragrant— so are the lemon leaves lemon bark and the lemon wood LEMONS LIKE an even milder climate than oranges so the great lemon groves cover the floors of protected valleys near Southern California’s seacoast The w o 1 1 d’s largest lemon Limoneira grove an is located in Ventura County not far from the pleasant resort valley of The Ojai (“The Nest”) This is an area of interesting sightseeing contrasts according to the region’s Club The seacoast along the Rincon is a favorite for surfboard riders At one popular point as many as two dozen at a time can be seen balancing their boards on the big winter waves Toes of the mountains crowd 1800-acr- e All-Ye- in the shore so close that motorists on the seaside highway get their windshields sprayed by the surf Southern Pacific Railroad trains hug the coast for a beautifully scenic rail journey OFFSHORE IS what looks like a tropical island It’s man-mad- e site of undersea oil wells and landscaped with Southern California’s typical palm trees Only about twenty miles Inland the mountains rise a mile high In these rugged crags and canyons is a special preserve where a small band of the last of the giant California Condors soaring on ten-fowingspread is making its last stand against becoming extinct like the Dodo Flowers flourish in the winter sun In the county seat of Ventura just opening a luxurious new yacht marina the Poinset-tia- s flare in crimson hedges and clumps high as your head in such profusion that the place is known as the “Poinsettia City” A GIANT POPPY called the white blosMatilija its five-inc- h soms growing on bush-lik- e plants is a specialty of the Ojai Valley area Southern California America’s foremost desert resort winter golf and convention capital Ride the scenic engineering miracle the new Aerial Tramway to 8516 feet on Mt San Jacinto above Palm Springs home of the' Los Angeles Angels and Palm Springs Golf Classic piissaisiraKsaiEMiairaiKiMiasieamEaEi to: Chamber of Commerce Dept T 190 West Amado Road Palm Springs California Please send me Qfree colorful new brochure on Palm hotel information Springs and the Tramway klam fttrant City For miles near the Ojai the highways are walled in by the green of thousands’ upon thousands of lemon trees laid out in a precisely patterned forest Foliage of the lemon is evergreen like the orange but more delicately light in hue Lemon blossoms are much like orange flowers but the backs of the white petals are tinged with purple BUT THE greatest difference is the fact that the lemon tree never takes a vacation It blossoms and grows and ripens lemon fruit the year around Visitors can pick a sprig of fragrant lemon blossoms any time all winter They'll see the lemon harvest under way every day — pickers go over each lemon tree every six weeks taking off the ripe fruit and hauling it to the packing plants in big yellow truckloads v Individual lemon trees landscape homes and patios of the resort accommodations The furnish plenty of home-growlemonade — in a year’s time a single tree can produce three thousand lemons n - Western Airlines way! You're just one hour and $2730 away from the world's greatest fun spot on Western’s nonstop 720B FanJet your only service to fabulous Las Vegas and a Sun Break! — State Salt Lake City November 17 1963 in Las Vegas the Enjoy a u - No matter where you go In Southern California you should include a trip to Disneyland one of the state's greatest tourist assets and enjoyed by children and adults alike Above Is Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse which rises 80 feet above the jungles It was built from descriptions in the noveL of Adventureland See your TRAVEL AGENT AIRLINES WESTERN or call: 328-115- 5 (plus tax) 15 |