Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-12
r. NJ. LelOng'S Paper on the
Joppa Orange.
The Advantages of Lemon Culture as
an Investment.
The Profits From Lemon Orchards
Very Lar ge-Some Cold Facts About
the Matter-News Notes of
Interest.

very green color, but the pulp quite
yellow and sweet. l then stated that it
was remarkable orange, and possess
ing all the characteristics of an orange
that comes nearer meeting the wants of
all sections than any other, as it can be
marketed early, or remain on the trees
till June and July without deterioration
in quality. The specimens exhibited
here today fully prove and establish
that fact.
Right after the December meeting l
shipped some of the fruit, in that green
color, to New York and Boston. 1t
arrived in splendid condition and highly
colored.
In recent bulletin which l issued
this orange was described, and many
papers throughout the state in COM
menting upon it, confounded it with
the Jaffa orange grown in Florida, and
which bears no resemblance to it what
ever. In order to correct these mislead-
ing statements l now make known for
the first time, it's correct history and
origin.
In 1877, Mr.. A. B. Chapman of San
Gabriel, was connected with the law
Los Angeles, who were then the attor-
company, and in conversation with the
late Charles Crocker and other officers
of the road on their return from the
Mediterranean, they praised an orange
they had seen at Joppa, Palestine, above
all others which came under their ob-
servation. Mr.. Chapman then sent for
some seeds from the American consulate
at that point. The consul sent him
some of the seeds of that orange, which
were planted that same year. Several
plants were thus Obtained, and when
large enough the best of them were set
in his orchard.
When the trees came into bearing ev-
cry one produced different fruit, and one
in particular, this fine and handsome
orange, which l have named "Joppa,"
after the famous old seaport of Pales-
tine, and which was really distinguished
from the rest by its deep red color and
other marked characteristics, and, un-
like its parent, seedless, and the tree
without thprns.
Colonel J. R. Dobbins, of San Gabriel,
who possesses the original trees, large
orange grower OF considerable expert
ence, says: 81 am highly pleased with
the growth and fruit of the few trees l
have in my orchard. 1t is thin rind,
firm, practically seedless, pulp
very fine, sweet and juicy. 1t
ripens reasonably early, but its
remarkable characteristic is that
it can be left on the trees as late as July
and yet retain all the features of sound
first-class shipper. The tree being
thornless, an upright grower and vigor-
GUS, look for Its coming into popular
favor at an early date and expect to see
many planted. 1 regard it as one of the
very best varieties of recent introduce
tion, and as money-maker it will be
hard to beat"
Mr.. A. Scott Chapman told me he
considered the Joppa the best of all the
varieties he and his father had grown,
and they have tried nearly every vari-
ETY. that has been introduced from
abroad and all the ones of home origin.
LEMON CULTURE.
"rhe culture OF the lemon will pro-
vide means for the investment of
portion of the surplus wealth of some OF
our city capitalists" says M. F. Gordon.
Eve are beginning to find out that
there is twice as much profit in lemons
as in oranges, and the market is much
more certain one. When you look into
the subject you will find that the i'm
ports of lemons into the United States
run up to the millions upon millions an
nually.
From the town of Catania, in Sicily,
there are exported to this country $780,
600 boxes annually. Each box carries
250 to $50 lemons. The trees there av-
erage 1000 each, and the prices range at
about twice as much as for oranges.
The average product of an orange tree
tree here is 900. There are dozen
cities in the south of Europe from
which as many as 250,000 boxes of
lemons are shipped every year to Amer
ica.
''If California were now producing
10000 carloads of lemons the United
States would furnish market for them
all. Lemon juice, too, is imported in
the United States in thousands of gal
lemon culture in California are fabulous,
expert. 1t is said that an orchcadist
who was pressed for some statement as
to the profits resulting from lemon cul-
ture in the state, said: l make $500 an
acre off my lemon orchard
'There is no doubt that he told the
truth. With seventy-fve trees to the
acre and 1000 lemons to tree, at 200 to
the box, one gets 375 boxes. Well cured
lemons in Sicily are worth cent each,
and in New York two cents each. At 81
box the crop taken from an acre is worth
$500. 1t is we'll known that California
lemons often bring Sc abox. We can
produce as good lemons and as many to
the tree as they can in Sicily. At 1000
lemons to the tree, if they net the
grower only IL cents each, they are
worth So tree. At seventy-fve trees
to the acre, this is 1915 an acre. At
that net income lemon orchard will
pay 10 per cent per annum net on $3.50
an acre valuation.
Gland thoroughly suitable for lemons,
with water, can be had here for 5000 to
$500 acre. 1t will cost $100 an acre to.
plant. A living can be made between
the rows until they bear, and then
man who has five acres is worth net
$1S75 a year income. With ten-acre
orchard he will have net income OF
$3.50 year.-[San Francisco Post.
NOTES.
The potato crop is now being har-
vested on the big tract owned by Clark
Minor and E. P. Fowler at Anaheim. 1t
is asserted that the potatoes will net the
price paid for the whole tract. Six car
loads day are being shipped.
Our old friend Telegraph Stewart, who