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being to make the test as accurate as possible in every particu- 

 lar. For instance, in the pineapple variety we* could have planted 

 larger trees on sour, but instead of doing so we planted the same 

 size that we were able to obtain of the same variety upon Citrus 

 trifoliata. In another part of the orchard entirely independent 

 of the test part we planted larger trees of Pineapple and several 

 other varieties upon sour stock which are now fruiting. The 

 comparisons above given are made only between the trees that 

 were planted side by side for test purposes, all of which have 

 been given the same treatment in every particular. In another 

 part of the grove we have both Washington Navel and Tangerine 

 upon Citrus trifoliata that show up much better than the test 

 trees; but, as above stated, for comparative purposes we have 

 confined the test strictly to the test trees. 



A SATSUMA ORCHARD. 



In this particular test orchard the Satsuma is not included 

 from the fact that we had several orchards of this variety 

 already planted upon both sweet and Citrus trifoliata stocks. 

 A comparison of two of these orchards, planted in the winter 

 of 97-98, and which were, of course, frozen to the ground in the 

 i'reeze of '99, shows the following averages: The Satsuma on 

 sweet, height six feet, breadth eight feet, number of oranges, 

 twenty; Satsuma on trifoliata, height five and two-thirds feet, 

 breadth six and two-thirds feet; number of oranges, one hundred. 



We have also some twenty other varieties of oranges and 

 pomelos on Citrus trifoliate in orchards that were planted in 

 '97-'98, but with no trees on sour, side by side, for test pur- 

 poses. Of these older trees, Washington Navel, Tangerine, Par- 

 son Brown, Homosassa, Nonpareil, Du Roi and Madam Vinous 

 oranges and Duncan pomelo now average about eight feet in 

 height and the same in breadth, and all are bearing well. The 

 Washington Navel tree is carrying seventy-nine oranges. 



EARLY BEARING OP TRIFOLIATA STOCKS. 



One thing has been fully determined and that is that all 

 varieties come into bearing at a very early age when budded 

 upon Citrus trifoliate. Another thing that is fully determined 

 is that the fruit from trees on Citrus trifoliata roots is fully 



