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King Orange — Four- Year-Old Tree. 



The "King" Orange. 



An orange of superior quality, known as 

 the "King" variety, the first plants of which 

 were imported directly from Cochin, China, 

 some twenty-eight years ago. 



The year book of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture has this to say 

 about this promising fruit : 



This orange is also known as the "King of 

 Siam." It was first classed with the man- 

 darins and tangerines, but it is so very dis- 

 tinct from these in many respects as to ap- 

 pear worthy of being classed in a distinct 

 horticultural group. It is described as being 

 medium to large in size, dark reddish-orange 

 in color, the rind moderately thick, rather 

 soft, and possessing a distinctive and agree- 

 able aroma and flavor, flesh loose and soft 

 in te-xture, juice abundant, and with a pecu- 

 liarly rich, sweet flavor. The general qual- 

 i'-y of the fruit ranks it with the very finest 

 kinds, for it is more sensitive to climatic 

 changes than most varieties of oranges. 



Great Auction of Cuban Pines. 



The largest quantity of Havana pines ever 

 disposed of at auction in one week in April 

 was handled in the New York market in 

 the week of April 30. A total of about 

 70.000 crates was disposed of. 



Large sizes were hard to move and in 

 most cases the trade gave a preference to 

 the medium sizes. The proportion of small 

 sizes was light, and sizes 42 and 48 would, 

 as a rule, bring relatively higher figures than 

 the larger sizes. The proportion of large 

 sizes, 16 to 24, was figured as alwut 80 per 

 cent, of the total in the Cuban stock. 



The prices in consequence of the cool 

 weather, and in spite of the fact that the 

 Cuban pines were of very fine quality, al- 

 though green, were the lowest in the history 

 of the trade for sound fruit. 



With better weather the cheap prices 

 should be a thing of the past, both on ac- 

 count of the increased improvement in the 

 ripeness of the pines and lessened receipts. 



