Lemons budded: On grapefruit or sweet orange rootstocks superior to self-rooted Eurekas
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F. F. HalmaAuthor Affiliations
F. F. Halma is Professor of Subtropical Horticulture, and Subtropical Horticulturist in the Experiment Station, Los Angeles.Publication Information
Hilgardia 2(1):3-4. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n01p3. January 1948.
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Abstract
The fifth plot, located near Oxnard, Ventura County, California, was planted in 1936. The cuttings and budlings are progenies of one parent, and the root-stock is sweet orange. The soil is a Yolo fine sandy loam.
Halma F. 1948. Lemons budded: On grapefruit or sweet orange rootstocks superior to self-rooted Eurekas. Hilgardia 2(1):3-4. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n01p3
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