FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
131 
TRIFOLIATE, SOUR AND SWEET. 
In March, 1898, Mr. Taber planted 
trees on these three stocks, same age and 
size as near as possible, and June 20, 
1901, he took the following careful 
measurements of height and breadth of 
trees and number of fruits on each: 
ORANGES. 
No. of 
Variety Stock, Hgh’t, Brd th, Fr’t 
Bessie. 
6% 
7% 
0 
Bessie. 
. .C. T. 
4 
5% 
58 
Gentennial. 
6 
7% 
1 
Centennial. 
. .C. T. 
4 % 
4 % 
87 
Du Roi. 
6% 
8% 
0 
Du Roi. 
. .C. T. 
«% 
7 
61 
Early Oblong. 
6% 
7 
0 
Early Oblong. 
. .C. T. 
5% 
95 
Hart’s Late. 
6% 
8 
3 
Hart s Lftto. ••••••••• »» 
..C. T. 
4 
5 
44 
Homosassa. 
6 
7V 2 
4 
Homosassa. 
. .C. T. 
6% 
5% 
26 
Jaffa. 
6 % 
6% 
0 
ft •••• ••••••••••#• • 
. C. T. 
5 % 
6 
34 
King. 
8% 
5 
81 
King. 
. .0. T. 
8 
5 
281 
Mad. Vinous. 
7 
8 
4 
Mad. Vinous. 
..0. T. 
6% 
8 
36 
Magnum Bonum. 
. Sweet 
7 
7 
0 
Magnum Bonum. 
..C. T. 
5 
6 
9 
Majorca. 
6 
5 
0 
Majorca. 
. .C. T. 
5 
4 
4 
Maltese Blood. 
5 
5 
0 
Maltese Blood. 
.. C. T. 
3% 
3% 
35 
Maltese Oval. 
5 y 2 
96 
Maltese Oval. 
. .C. T. 
3% 
4% 
62 
Nonpariel. 
6% 
7% 
0 
Nonpariel. 
..C. T. 
6 
50 
Old Vini. 
6 % 
4 
Old Vini. 
..C. T. 
4 
5 
44 
Pineapple. 
5% 
6 
0 
Pineapple. 
..C. T. 
5% 
5 
41 
Ruby. 
..Sour 
6 
4 % 
0 
Ruby. 
. .C. T. 
4 % 
3 % 
38 
St. Michael’s Blood. 
5 
4 
0 
St. Micheal’s Blood.... 
..C. T. 
3% 
5 y. 
75 
Tangerine. 
6 
5 
43 
Tangerine. 
. .C. T. 
4 y 2 
5 
78 
Washington Navel.. .. 
..Sour 
5 % 
6% 
0 
Washington Navel. 
. .C. T. 
3 % 
4 % 
32 
POMELOS. 
Duncan.Sour 5 7 $0 
Duncan.O. T. 6 7 27 
Marsh Seedless.Sour 7 7% 10 
Marsh Seedless. G. T. 3 4y 2 33 
Triumph.Sweet 7y 2 6y 2 .0 
Triumph.C. T. 6 6 75 
OTAHEITE VS. TRIFOLIATE STOCKS. 
« 
The trifoliate is a very hardy stock, 
and imparts some of its hardiness to the 
tree grown upon it. The Otaheite is 
tender. Mr. E. V. Reasoner, of Oneco, 
the well-known nurseryman, says of it: 
“We do not think much of the Ota¬ 
heite as a stock, judging from the Ota¬ 
heite tree itself; it looks just like a rough 
lemon, and grows to a good-sized tree; 
and so far as we can see, it is no better 
than the rough lemon in any particular 
and is even more tender.’’ 
On the contrary, Mr. A. J. Pettigrew, 
of Manatee, wrote me as follows: 
“My oldest trees on Otaheite are only 
sixteen years old. They have been 
perfectly healthy in every way and I 
think the Otaheite is exempt from foot- 
rot, because its fruit is a small, insipid 
orange, entirely seedless, and it has to 
be propagated from cuttings. I have 
stuck the cuttings into all sorts of 
ground at all times of the year, and a 
large portion of them grow and have no 
foot-rot; but the very young growths 
as cuttings cannot stand the July and 
August sunshine. My Otaheite stocks 
flourish on all sorts of soil, from the 
poorest white sand to the richest ham¬ 
mock. 
“I have not yet had sufficient exper¬ 
ience and proof to speak positively on 
