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as its exterior is unattractive. The Kuby Blood is most 

 luscious and is especially interesting because its flesh 

 is first yellow, then streaked with red and finally becomes 

 blood red when fully ripe. The Washington Navel is 

 also a novelty because of the secondary orange in the 

 blossom end, giving it the navel-like appearance, and 

 is delicious to the taste. Many other varieties have some 

 specially good points but are in some way not desirable 

 as commercial propositions. 



Stock The sour orange stock has proved itself best 

 adapted to all kinds of soil and most resistant to dis- 

 eases. It is almost immune to foot rot so prevalent on 

 sweet orange or rough lemon stock. Grapefruit stock 

 promises well and is highly favored by many, but it has 

 not been so thoroughly tested as the sour orange. It 

 roots extremely deep and is best suited to our ^higher 

 lands. So far there has not been shown to be any differ- 

 ence between grapefruit and sour orange stock as to 

 vigor of trees or quality of fruit. 



Size There is a difference in opinion as to the best 

 age of trees set. To the investor who has plenty of 

 capital it is a great temptation to pay a higher price 

 and get a nice, big tree with a two-year-old bud, but it 

 has been the experience of the greater number that a two- 

 or three-year-old stock with a one-year-old bud stands 

 transplanting better than the older trees, and when put 

 side by side will be larger and thriftier two years after 

 setting. 



Nursery stock should be neither forced nor stunted 



