THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



Majorca Oranges. 

 NAU.ANJAS. CLASE MAYORC.\. La mayor parte de las variedades prooeden de la parte meridioual 

 de Europa. aunque hay alguiias (iiie ban originado en America. Los naranjos crecen compactos y casl 

 sin espinas y la fruta es muy jugosa y de inmejorable calidad, con pocas semillas. 



For successional ripening I'rcm very early ;o very late, we can select from the 

 following list of varieties : Boone's Early, Parson Brcwn, Nonpariel, Pineapple, Ruby, 

 Jaffa, Old Vini, Mad. Vinous, Homosassa, Maltese Oval, Hart's Late, and Valencia Late. 



Between such varieties as Homosassa. Old Vini. ^ladam Vinous and Magnum 

 Bonuni. there is little to choose. They belong to the Spanish group, closely resemble 

 one another, and all are good, large-sized midseascn oranges. All of them are seedlings 

 derived from famous Florida groves and they are prolific and regular bearers. 



Of all the varieties which have originated in Florida, none is superior to Pineapple, 

 A late midseason orange. This variety originated near Citra, Florida, and has justly 

 attained the prominence its merits warrant. Late in the season, when full ripe, it becomes 

 golden red in color and its handsome exterior appearance and high quality combine 

 to make it a very desirable fruit. In point of quality, as already stated, no varieties 

 surpass those of the Mediterranean and Blood groups. Of the former, Jaffa and 

 Majorca are excellent, while Ruby is to-day the most prominent variety of the latter 

 class. Jaffa is quite generally conceded to be srmewhat more prolific than Majorca, 

 though both are good bearers. 



Of the very late oranges. Hart's Late and Valencia Late are the best we have, and 

 leave little to be desired in prolificness and quality. Some maintain that there is a 

 dift'erence between the two, while others say that there is not. Wi.hout entering into 

 a discussion of this question, it may safely be said that the difference, if any exists, 

 is so slight as to be not worth considering. It is not improbable that these so-called 

 distinct varieties are identical — in one case introduced into California as Valencia Late 

 and in the other into Florida as Tardiff. subsequently called Hart's Late, after Mr. 

 E. H. Hart, who introduced it. Many nurserymen both in Florida and California 

 having derived their original stock from the two different sources, continue propagation 

 of the two as distinct strains. 



Xavel oranges have never attained the prominence in Florida that they have in 

 California. The difficulty has been that in the East they are inclined to be shy bearers. 

 They refuse to carry the crops that they do in California. The Washington Navel 

 has been more extensively grown and tested than any of the others. When buddeo 

 on rough lemon and citrus trifoliata stock, thereby rendering it mere prolific, it has proven 

 quite satisfactory for quite a number of Florida orange growers. To Cuban planters 

 the best advice that can be given is use only rough lemon and citrus trifoliata stocks 

 for this variety, and even then to plant only in comparatively limited numbers. It may 

 be they will prove entirely satisfactory in Cuba (we have not enough evidence yet to 

 say that they will), but if they do. the Washington Navel as a variety for shipment 



