Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1886 — Lemon Trees. [ARTICLE]

Lemon Trees.

When raised from the seed the lemon tree matures very slowly, even in a favorable climate, being about eight or ten years usually in coming to the time of bearing. r lhe time can be shortened but little by grafting. The usual method, in countries where the tree is indigenous, is to take up young wild trees and set them in prepared ground, and then bud them with an improved variety of the fruit. The lemon tree is often grown in conservatories, and, with any sort of careful treatment, will flourish The tree should have a good open soil, and when not in a growing state during the winter needs but little water; new growth begins very early in the spring, when the plant should be watered freely, kept in a warm place, and when the young wood has hardened it should be set out of doors, and kept in a sunny place and sheltered from violent winds during the summer. The plant blossoms in the spring, and the fruit should be allowed to bang upon the tree during all of the following winter to attain its full maturity.— Inter Ocean.