Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-06

average. We award it the merit of being the
finest cluster on exhibition. Entry No. be-
longs to I. w. Cover.
Best orange on exhibition Your commit
tee are unanimously agreed that the seeding
tested by us is the richer flavor of the two va
rieties presented to us, and We have therefore
awarded the premium to the seeding variety.
Entry No. 4, by L. w. Cover, of Riverside,
takes the premium.
In the seventh class the premiums were for
best and second best lemons. There were
thirty-four entries, and they embraced the
Sweet-rind, Sicily Seeding, Lisbon on China
lemon root, Lisbon on orange root, Malaga,
Sweet-rind on China lemon root China
lemon, Knobby Seeding, Australia, Olivia,
Eureka, Wolfskilrs Xxx and Bouton The
committee reported as follows, and we would
call special attention to their remarks on the
comparison of foreign and home grown
lemons:
Your committee on lemons would beg leave
to report that they examined a large number
of lemons placed before them, but the time
for work was tooshort to do the subject justice.
They first examined the fruit for size, taking
for standard lemon that would weigh
from four to five ounces, marking 1t 10 II
the lemon was either smaller or larger than
this standard the mark was reduced one for
every half ounce above five or below
four. The fruit was then cut, and thick
ness of rind, texture of pulp, and num-
Der of seeds were marked, ten being con-
sidered perfect, and fruit inferior on any
of these points was marked accordingly.
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used for a lemonade, which, after standing a
few hours was tested for bitterness. About
one-third of the fruit was rejected, as having
a bitter rind. This report is not made
as complete as it was intended to
make it, as the fruit was not in
condition for making thorough tests. Most
of it was picked from the tree just before
being sent to the exhibition, while few sam
pies had been picked for from four to six
weeks, and were thoroughly sweated. These
few samples had a thinner rind, more juice,
and a larger percentage of citric acid, while
the fruit Just taken from the tree had q
thicker rind, less juice and a smaller percent
age of citric acid. A lemon will increase in
value for four weeks after being picked from
the tree, and should therefore never be sent
to market until it has passed through the
sweat. Imported lemons do not reach a
market for several weeks after being picked,
and this one cause alone is enough to give
them good standing when placed beside
fruit freshly picked. An imported lemon was
examined by the committee in connection
with the California fruit. While it stood
better than some of the fruit, it was
inferior to half of the samples tested
as regards texture of pulp, thickness
of rind number of seeds and flavor. In fact,
there were no lemons that had passed through
sweat that stood so poorly as the imported
fruit. There was not time to make acid
tests of all the lemons on exhibition, but
taking three samples which were very fine,
and which were nearly perfect as regards the
five points mentioned, they were subjected to
the acid test with the following result, as
regards the two best: Lisbon lemon, grown
by J. W. Wolfskill of Los Angeles, con-
tanned juice Of which $50 per cent. was
citric acid, and Eureka lemon, also grown
| by Mr.. Wolfskill, contained juice of which
7.75 per cent. was citric acid. These lemons
| being the best examined, and being consid-
| cred equal. except as regards strength of acid,
the Lisbon lemon is awarded the first premi-
UNI and the Eureka lemon the second. Both
| lemons were budded on an orange root.