100 ORANGE CULTURE IN FLORIDA. 



where the classification of the citrus family has been 

 principally discussed, and where the multiplication 

 of varieties has been somewhat held in check by 

 their method of propagating the orange, mainly by 

 graft or bud, what must be " the number of differ- 

 ent races" which are to be found in Florida, where 

 the general method of propagating the orange is 

 from seed ? * 



At the late meeting of our State Fruit Growers' 

 Association a committee was charged with the work 

 of naming our best marked varieties. They made 

 a short report on the few varieties which came under 

 their observation. But their work is not com- 

 plete, nor likely to be for the next year or two. 

 They are competent men, but their task is endless 

 as well as important. Almost every community 

 where the orange has been long grown from seed 

 has some excellent and well-marked variety. Some 

 of these varieties differ greatly. Some ripen early 

 and others late. Some have thick tough skins with 

 finely flavored fruit, and are well adapted to shipping 

 a long distance, while others are of such a delicate 

 skin and pulp that they will have to be eaten nearer 

 "home. Some are large and light 'bearers, while 

 others are small and heavy bearers. 



Many varieties differ greatly in color, from the 

 pale orange to a reddish orange, and even to blood 

 color. It would be well for those who intend 

 planting budded trees, or propose to bud trees 

 now growing, to select the most excellent kinds. 



