SOUTHERN ORCHARD PLANTINGS 
A few years ago Persimmon 
trees showed a tendency to drop 
the half-grown fruit. This fault 
has been overcome and Per- 
simmon-growing made profitable 
by the introduction of the 
Gailey variety. This sort is not 
recommended for its fruit, but 
for its poUeiiizing powers. A tree 
of the Gailey should be planted 
with everj- six or eight trees of 
other varieties to secure proper 
poUenation. Ask us for further 
information about planting or 
spraying Persimmon trees. 
Satsuma Oranges 
Satsuma is the hardiest edible 
Cirange and in northern Florida 
and all the Gulf Coast region it 
should be extensively grown. The 
people living a hundred miles or 
more inland should turn their 
attention to other fruits, for 
Orange-growing is not advisable 
a greater distance from the Gulf. 
A point in favor of the Satsuma for marketing purposes is its early ripening 
period. It is salable in Septemlier. and continues to ripen until November. 
At this time the big markets are very short on Oranges, for other varieties have 
not yet begun to ripen. On account of this condition, shipment of "Sats" in- 
variably bring high prices. 
In buying Satsuma Orange trees, be sure that you get them from a nursery 
with a clean bill of health from the inspectors, a certificate showing the trees 
absolutely free from citrus canker, a deadly enemy to all Orange trees. 
Persimmons should be planted in the South 
Cherries 
In the South, where nearly every growing thing does better than in colder 
dimates, it is strange to find such choice fruit as Cherries among the trees that 
do not come up to their best. In the North. Cherries are at home, but the people 
of the South have come to consider them as partial failures and neglect to plant 
the trees. To a large extent this is due, not to the Cherry trees, but to the 
planters themselves. Cherries will grow in the South if the proper varieties 
are planted. 
Unfortunately no variety has been found that will give entire satisfaction 
9°?^'' ""^ Piedmont and mountain sections the sweet Cherries 
will do fairly well. The most satisfactory varieties of this class are Tartarian. 
Wood, and Napoleon. 
The sour Cherries will succeed in the Piedmont and mountain sections, and 
grow fairly well in the lowlands. There are four varieties, however, that stand 
way above all others for general planting. These are Richmond. May Duke, 
Morello, and Large Montmorency. Dyehouse is a fairlv good sort. If planted 
in dry gravelly soil, these sorts should do well. Cherry trees will not live in 
wet ground. The earth does not have to be rich, and ordinarily almost any 
garden soil will be satisfactory to Cherry trees. 
