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tunity will permit. Ten years ago Cali¬ 
fornia was marketing Buffalo east, but she 
went to the Pacific. You can go to the 
Mississippi Valley. You have California 
handicapped as she cannot produce juicy 
fruit. Their orange has only one-third 
as much juice as the Florida orange, but 
people have the habit of California or¬ 
anges because of the beauty of the orange 
and they are not going to change that hab¬ 
it until we have an orange that appeals to 
the eye. 
Hume: Any further discussion of 
this? 
Mr. Sadler: I have a question I have 
been trying to get answered for several 
years. I would like to find out what is the 
best root for tangerines? 
Mr. Sampson. I have my tangerines all 
on sour stock. 
-: Mine are on lemon stock, and 
sour stock and those on sour stock hang 
on until April. They are always good, 
and you get that extra 50 cents and some¬ 
times $1.00, $2.00 and $3.00. I think 
that is a very important feature; I think 
the sour stock is the stock. I think the 
quality of the soil and the moisture from 
that soil is what makes your tangerines. 
McCabe: I think the soil has more to 
do with the color and size than the stock.- 
Skinner: If anybody here has budded 
grapefruit on bitter-sweet orange I would 
like to know it. 
Sadler: I have some grapefruit on both 
bitter-sweet and sour stock and so far as 
I am able to observe, I cannot distinguish 
any difference in the quality of the fruit 
and comparatively little in the quantity. 
However, there is a difference in the char¬ 
acter of the trees as to work and ferti¬ 
lizer, particularly on the same soil. The 
oil cells are not quite as well distinguished 
on bitter-sweet as on lemon and the quan¬ 
tity of production is very closely allied. 
Hart: I have tangerines on both rough 
lemon and sour orange stock in the same 
grove and I have to pack the tangerines 
on the rough lemon as soon as they color, 
otherwise they get puffy and very soon 
get dry. Those on sour orange stock in 
the same grove will remain and hold 
shape. I also find a marked difference in 
the quality of fruit in that same grove. I 
made the mistake of budding a Washing¬ 
ton navel on lemon stock, and a friend of 
mine has a story of bringing a friend of 
hers to Jacksonville whom she wanted to 
give a real treat. She bought a 15-cent 
orange which was a fine big Washington 
navel. It happened to be one of my or¬ 
anges, and it was very sour. I certainly 
think the stock has a very marked influ¬ 
ence on the quality of the fruit, especially 
in soil like mine, which is high clay ham¬ 
mock and there is no coquina rock under 
it until you get down about 12 feet. I 
don’t think that affects the fruit. 
-: I am glad I am not the only 
one that feels that way. I don’t think lem¬ 
on is the thing for tangerines. 
Hume: I wonder why Polk county 
people are so quiet. 
Krome: There is considerable reason 
for this difference in the matter of tanger¬ 
ines. It is due to looking at the wrong 
end of the trees. I have tangerines bud- 
