Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-11
A Perfect Shipping Lemon.

suit from the fire.-lCultivator.
A Perfect Shipping Lemon.
We were recently shown some speci-
mems of Lisbon lemon, which were in
such exceedingly fine condition after
seven months keeping that we feel that
growers and packers should be informed
of the method which has secured such
results.
They were grown and cured by D. III.
Burnham, of this city, whose marked
success has long been known to his fel-
low-citizens, though his extreme mod
esty has prevented such publicity being
given to his methods as their merit de-
serves.
Mr.. Burnham was the importer and
original propagator OF the variety OF
lemons known in Riverside as the Lis
bon. He early appreciated it's superior
qualities, and has reason to be proud OF
the standing it has acquired among hor-
ticulturists. He says, however, chat all
that bear the name are not true, and
many are decidedly inferior to the va
riety he introduced.
The specimens he shows are beyond
question in the finest condition Of any
| we have ever seen after seven monthH'
keeping. They are not only of fine coll
or, but are apparently as firm as lemons
are week after picking. They have
been kept 80 nicely that the stems still
| look like those of fresh picked lemons.
| We are certain that in one important
respect they are superior to most of the
| late shipped lemons, and this is in their
ability to keep we'll after exposure in
market.
He has recently shipped quantity to
| Eveleth & Nash, who pronounce them
i "gilt edge" and without doubt the
| finest lot of California productions that
have ever been sent to this Market"
and add that eve would certainly ad-
wise all who contemplate raising the
lemon to adopt this variety and follow
your method Of handling" The prices
obtained are the highest paid, and war
rant the belief that lemons OF this va
j 4rsnted 90 Mr.. Burnham treats
them, will always command the first
position in any market.
But the growers will desire to know
the process which secures such results.
Its simplicity will surprise those who
labor under the belief that there is some
mysterious and expensive treatment
necessary. The lemons were picked
from the trees in November and later.
as soon as they were large enough, and
while still unchanged in color. MANY
at that time were still entirely green.
Without waiting for the sweating OF
shrinking as many do, Mr.. Burn
ham Immediately wrapped them. He
lined his picking boxes with MANILA
paper, and after putting in layer of
wrapped lemons, laid a sheet of ma
nilla paper over them, and so con-
tinued until the box was filled. The
ends and top were also covered with
paper of the same kind. These boxes
were then stacked fourteen high in q
large shed, one side of which is
entirely open, the building being
shaded Dy large trees. There these
have stood untouched all through the
winter, until opened for packing at
the end OF seven months. Strange to
say, there was not loss of per cent of
the fruit OF the earlier picking, and not
over 5 per cent of the later. The lemons.
when opened, were all changed to beau
tiful lemon color, and, as we have said.
were the frmest of any long. cured
lemons we have ever examined. The
only ones not up to the general standard
OF excellence were those in the top
boxes, which were in some cases slightly
shriveled. The specimens we saw were
beyond question in the finest condition
OF any we have ever handled, and we
claim to have shipped good many fine
lemons ourself.
1t IS unnecessary to add that the fruit
was clipped and handled with the great
est care, for no lemon will keep such
length of time where it has been sub
lected to any great amount of frost.-
[Riverside Press.