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The tree presents a very attractive appearance and holds 

 its leaves later than most varieties of the Japanese type. 

 Its growth even in the nursery row is very characteristic, 

 and it is one of the few varieties that can readily be distin- 

 guished from the trees of other sorts. This is by reason of 

 its peculiar bark and the pink color of the petioles when the 

 leaves are young. 1 Some of the trees on the Kennedy home- 

 stead at 4 years of age were estimated to bear 1,500 fruits. 2 

 Heavy bearing has continuously characterized the variety. 

 It is a variety highly prized, especially for home use. 

 Almost every landowner in the vicinity of Eustis has from 

 one to a dozen trees of it. 3 The skin is so thin and tender 

 that it may be less desirable for shipping, except when 

 marketed in a rather immature state. 



The specimen illustrated in Plate XII was grown in 1913 

 by the Glen St. Mary Nurseries Co., Glen St. Mary, Baker 



County, Fla. 



LUE ORANGE. 



. Synonym: Lue Gim Gong. 



[PLATE Xm.J 



EARLY HISTORY. 



The history of the Lue orange as published by the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society 4 is substantially as follows: 



In 1888, Mr. Lue Gim Gong, of De Land, Fla., pollinated the Hart (Hart's 

 Late) with pollen of what was believed to be a Mediterranean ( Mediterranean 

 Sweet) orange. A single fruit containing 15 to 18 seeds resulted from this 

 effort. From these seeds about 12 trees were grown, no two of which proved 

 to be alike. One tree, when it came into bearing, produced fruit which 

 appeared to be so superior to the Hart, which is the standard late orange 

 in Florida, that Mr. Lue budded one side of each of 45 trees to it. Buds of 

 the Hart (Hart's Late) orange were put into the other side of 15 of these 

 trees, while several different sorts were budded into the other side of the 

 remaining trees. 



This variety was introduced to the trade in 1912 by the 

 Glen St. Mary Nurseries Co., under the name "Lue Gim 

 Gong" in honor to the originator. This name is reduced 

 to Lue in conformity with the code of nomenclature of the 

 American Pomological Society. 



1 Letter from H. Harold Hume, November, 1913. 

 Letter from G. H. Norton, October, 1887. 



3 Letter from Frank W. Savage, December, 1913. 



4 Proceedings, American Pomological Society, 1911, p. 172. 



