. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . and irrigation water provided. Citrus Fruits Frank A. Kimball planted orange and lemon trees atNational City in San Diego County about 1870. A large proportion of the trees planted at this time werepurchased from the nursery of T. A. Garey in Los Angeles(Fig. 1). Garey imported a large number of varieties from various placesduring the years 1868to 1875. He is saidto have receivedshipments of treesfrom Australia,southern Europe, andFlorida, as well a
. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions . and irrigation water provided. Citrus Fruits Frank A. Kimball planted orange and lemon trees atNational City in San Diego County about 1870. A large proportion of the trees planted at this time werepurchased from the nursery of T. A. Garey in Los Angeles(Fig. 1). Garey imported a large number of varieties from various placesduring the years 1868to 1875. He is saidto have receivedshipments of treesfrom Australia,southern Europe, andFlorida, as well asfrom the nurseries ofEllwanger and Barryof Rochester, N, Y.,and Sir ThomasRivers of Sawbridge-worth, England. The fruit fromthese primitive or-chards was eitherconsumed in theneighborhood of itsproduction or hauledto Los Angeles and there shipped to northern ports bywater. Southern California still lacked railroad connec-tion with the Eastern markets and there was no incentiveto grow more oranges than sufficed for local trees were first planted in the central andnorthern part of California in the early sixties. The first. 1. — Thomas A. Garey,citrus nurseryman. History and Development of the Citrus Industry 5 planting of which we have record was at Bidwell in ButteCounty in 1859. In a great many cases these earlyplantings proved successful, and it w^as soon apparentthat areas of greater or less extent, suitable for thegrowth of citrus fruits, existed in many scattered locationsall the way from San Diego in the south to Shasta Countyin the north. The commercial development of citrus culture may besaid to have begun with the completion of the SouthernPacific Railroads connections w^ith the East. The Valleyline w^as completed in 1876 and the Southern line to NewOrleans in 1881. The exhibition of the first fruits of theWashington Navel orange at Riverside gave anotherimpetus to citrus planting, but the greatest developmentcame with the completion of the Santa
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