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Kodiak Diary
(continued from page 8)
raise vegetable gardens and col
lect dozens and dozens of differ
ent kinds of wildflowers and pick
berries and get sunburned just
like oeople do further south.
We can go swirnmiag m warm
lakes and take hikes through the
tall grass on our beautiful green
hills and fish in tranquil lakes
all summer long. Of course we
have winter, too, but lots of
times we don’t even have a
white Christmas, and some peo
ple who don’t know any better
just won’t believe it.
People write in and want to|
know if boats can come here to
our island in the winter or is it
all frozen up and does the snow
go over our buildings and silly
questions like that. That’s why
it was such a welcome surprise to
get your letter and find out that
you think it possible that citrus
fruits could grow at Kodiak.
And we’ll tell you a secret,
Beverly. There is some citrus
fruits growing in Kodiak! We'
have some friends, a Mr and j
Mrs. James Martz, who live in a I
house up on a hill overlooking
the town and its blue bay with
its tiny islands and sandy beach
es and in their house is a lemon
tree. Maybe I should say lemon j
bu-h, because it is only a few
inches high, but they have raised
it from a seed that came out of a J
lemon that was shipped to Kod
liaktoeat, I
But we must confess, Beverly,
that, there aren't any lemons on
it yet although we have a feel
ing it is doing the best it can.;
Kodiak, you see, is in a line with ,
Honolulu, as we’re almost, direct
ly north of the Hawaiian islands,1
but we’ll have to admit that we
are probably a little too far north
to be in the natural zones where
citrus fiuits would g ow by them
selves outdoors, and produce
children citrus fruits
But we did want you to know
about this lemon tree that is
growing at Kodiak, and if some
little lemons should make their
appearance we promise you that
you shall be the very first to
know about it For you Beverly,
are tbe first one to have suspect
ed that Kodiak was something
j more than an icy, cold, barren
j place, and we love you for it.
I We hope this answers your
question, and we hope everyone
else who wants to know about us,
and the rest of Alaska, does just
as you did and goes af er the
real facts and doesn’t rely on all
the wild misinformation that
seems to exist.
T ianks again for your letter
winch we shall always remember
with pleasure.
Yours until lemons grow
at Kodiak,
Editor, Kodiak Diary
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