TY - JOUR AU - Burns, R. M. AU - Boswell, S. B. AU - Keillor, B. TI - Lemon picking with a grape harvester JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1976/01/01 VL - 30 IS - 1 SP - 10 EP - 12 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v030n01p10 AB - From 40 to 90 percent of the mature lemon fruit on young close-set or trellis-grown trees have been removed mechanically by a grape harvester in 3 years of field trials in Ventura County. Abscission chemicals to loosen the fruit and growth inhibitors to retard the tree foliage proved helpful.