A Guide to Practical Breeding Philippine Lemons, 2012 | Page 15

effectively. ―The lemon can do it, can do it in style,‖ he said.
Also the lemons are not bill holders. They strike with their feet not with their beaks.
They have this staccato type of blows that seem to always beat the opponent to the draw. In
breeding, too, the lemon blends well with almost any other bloodline.

The future
The Philippine lemons have a colorful past, and a solid present. What about the future
stored for them?
The lemons should still be around for the years to come. Efforts by our best breeders to
preserve the line, improve on them, and correct the weaknesses will guarantee that the lemons
are here to stay for several decades more.
The lemon’s main drawbacks are the lack of station and power. Its gameness, according
to some is also a suspect. But this has been disputed by others who swore that there are dead
game lemons as well.
With the infusion of other bloodlines, and the respective breeders ability to perceive and
foresee, these problems have been corrected.
The lemon guapo of mayor Juancho is an example of a new generation lemons. Lance’s
lemons are comparable to, if not better than, most of the modern day sweaters, kelsos, and
roundheads.
Also, there abound all over the country, new breeders that are out to continue breeding,
improving and propagating the lemons.
Morover, the lemons have continued to prove their blending worth. A look at the winning crosses in the big fights nowadays will show the high percentage of fowl with lemon
blood. The JVL dink-lemon crosses are example of these winning fowl, as well, as those of
Dicky Lim’s and the Julao Bros.
Yes, the great Duke Hulsey brought his lemons to the Philippines, but the Filipino breeders, were the ones who created the lemons of today – The Philippine Lemons.