divided chai 

 while in liaii 

 very large. 

 Platwoods 

 small-coned 



fcp over the pine luiuls annually, burnmg 

 pine straw, there is a good deal of tinely 

 i-.oal in these soils but very little humus, 

 mock soil the percentage of humus is often 



(low pine land) is characterized by several 

 species of pine, which otherwise very much 



1557. Florida Orange grove. 



resemble the long-leaved pines. This land is often un- 

 derlaid with hardpan a foot or two below the surface. 

 Much of it is subject to overflow in the rainy months, 

 and -when overgrown with gallberry bushes it is useless 

 for Orange culture. 



A prairie is a tract in the flatwoods overgrown with 

 grass only and covered by standing water during a 

 part of each year. 



A scrub is a tract of white sand— often like clean 



granulated sugar— over 

 and other bushes, most 

 ally only a few feet Iti 

 trees, the open spat-rs 

 moss and allii'il Iirliiii> 

 Oran^T .ulti::.' tli-,„.l, 



varfed live-oaks 

 I';imily and usu- 

 rr<l spruce-pine 

 I with reindeer 

 \y worthless for 

 L-apples if richly 



ORANGE 



named, but tlu-y ■.n->- uiu'-li :i'i' '■, .T:'(Trt nn-l '\Irii(»rca 

 are typical I'l' till- li'--t til. iinl— ~ i.r. ■, - .,i.. -, ii,,. 

 Washingt,.Ti is Ih- .mly ll:,^. " .: . . , r... 



the navel OiMiigrs an- us [.Lihii,- ;, , ,.i h. i -.ii-. dC ilu- 

 kid glove Orange, the Taiigerim- has (juite displac.d 

 the Mandarin in Florida, the brighter color of the for 

 mer always ensuring a higher market price. Satsunui 

 has Uh' merit of being earlier tlian the Tangerine and 

 |Hi.-iM\ I, fing hardier, heni-i i- i,ir;'l\ i>l:iii1(<l, though 



A li:i- I ' a deep accumulation of humus — 



muck .11. I , V, ,11 II drained, such lands make the 



best VI';;. lal.lr ^....liUS. 



The shell -mounds are, as their name implies, accumu- 

 lations of the shells of marine or fresh-water moUusks, 

 intermixed with a little sand and humus. They are apt 

 to be thirsty, tliough fertile when plenty of water is 

 supplied, and altli..ui;li tin- ( iraiiKi- will trr.iw u].ou them 

 and produce Hm-, silkv skinn.il liuil.tln- ti-.-.-s are not 

 long-lived, as a i-iii.-, an.i s.-.m siil.J,-.-t t.. .liM-asi-. The 

 finest silky-skinni-.l fruit is ranly, it i-vc-r. lu-mluced by 

 trees in vigorous health and rugged growth. 



The tendency of Orange trees on pine land, especially 

 bottomless pine lands— those not underlaid with clay — 

 is to wood growth, and tlio postponement of abundant 

 fruiting' till :, .-r.-it »■_'<■ Iims Iih,.,, i-caflied; this is es- 



peciall- Hi llii.- i'..~ The coarser the 



pino kill i "I I ■ I ■ ii. I ■ i I a rule, will the 



Oraii^' I .. • ■. I ,1.- :iixe, sometimes 



requiriiiij, i\-,.iii) .n- il.n . - . n with abundant 



fertilizing. i>ii llic; c.iar i . n tlie hammocks, 



seedlings fruit atamu. i. m in.l budded trees 



often dwarf themselves i i . iing. 



South ..f Ihc! l!7th .1.-;: • • 111. re are some 



rich, r.-.l, ^.:.lll^ -..il-, ■/ !■: ■ ■ ' : ■ ■ . i-i - kir-ely of 



giolis (I,. ...:.,,• ,,,,,,:,.,,, ,i|„,„ the 



the otllt-r^^]s.- i,.-i, an. I Uriltlu r,-.l ,s„ils. 



When not injured by frost, the Florida Orange tree is 

 immensely productive of thin-skinned delicious fruits. 

 A good Florida orchard or grove is shown in Fig. 

 1557. A new tree arising from the stump of a frozen 

 tree is shown in Fig. 1558. Many groves have been re- 

 newed in this way. 



Varieties. — Of the leading varieties, Homosassa 

 may be taken as the type of the finest seedlings origi- 

 nating in Florida; other Florida seedlings have been 



in appearance oi 

 If the two vari. 

 lie "oblong" is 



Cherry 



Theodoke L. Mead. 

 Culture in Flokida.- 

 the tree was a scpdlini; 



lit frraft or bud on more 

 .1 lit best quality which 

 t.) raise the sweet seed- 

 II foot-rot. As long as 

 produce fruit in abun- 

 end that the fruit pro- 

 -in or pomelo, on sweet 

 ,\-'y ..f iiii,-,.. has less 



1558. Sprout-grown Orange tree, 

 fruit with a lemon's acidity, but with the appearance 

 a coarse sour Orange. 



For quickness of growth and prolific fruiting, 

 citrous tree compares with the "rough lemon " as a stc 

 for Oranges, lemons, etc., and growers are more si 

 ce?sful with it than with any other stock on dive 

 soils so far tried. 



