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ded on rough lemon stock which can be 
marketed in October. They took prize at 
the fair. I never ship any of my tanger¬ 
ines until November. The color is about 
the same. I have another planting I reg¬ 
ularly ship in February, budded on rough 
lemon. I have another budded on rough 
lemon and up until two weeks ago they 
were perfectly juicy. There are many 
kinds of Dancy tangerines in the State. I 
believe the difference is due more to dif¬ 
ference in strains rather than difference in 
root stock. 
Carson : When they talk about tanger¬ 
ines I know a little myself. I have three 
varieties, viz., Dancy, Willow and India. 
They are each one distinct. The Willow 
and India are very much alike. We have 
some on sour stock and also have them on 
sweet seedling stock. They keep very well 
but the Dancy keeps best. They all get 
puffy. As far as we are able to see, those 
on rough lemon are practically alike. We 
have not been able to observe much differ¬ 
ence. That does not answer the question, 
but that is only from my experience. The 
older the trees get the better they get. 
I have some trees budded on lemon stock 
that have made a very splendid develop¬ 
ment for the age, and the fruit ripens in 
standard time. I think that tangerines in 
our country would be profitable budded on 
rough lemon stock. I don’t think them 
profitable budded on bitter sweet stock. 
Mr. O’Byrne: I understand the tan¬ 
gerine is being used on a stock. I think 
I am correct in my statement, although I 
am unable to confirm it. 
Krome: I do not know of any nurser¬ 
ies that are budding on tangerine stock, 
but I do know that there are experiments 
of that kind being carried on by the Bu¬ 
reau of Plant Industry. They have been 
growing the Cleopatra seedling for stock 
for this purpose for the tangerine. Have 
seen one or two instances where the tan¬ 
gerine was budded on that stock and they 
looked to have very promising results. If 
Mr. Robinson is here he could give some 
information on that. 
Robinson: We have made tests along 
that line but not of any actual value. To 
the best of my knowledge there is just one 
grove in the State in which there is a large 
number of trees budded on that stock, and 
we cannot reach any final conclusion from 
that, but in that one grove the results are 
very satisfactory. But of course we can¬ 
not recommend the stock until more ex¬ 
periments have been made. I certainly 
hope that no enthusiast will make a gen¬ 
eral recommendation on the opinion of 
one grove. 
Hume: Along with the quality of the 
fruit there is another phase that can be 
vastly improved upon, and that is the out¬ 
side appearance. This afternoon we will 
get at that subject. California sells on 
looks and gets away with it, and Florida 
could do a great deal more in the improve¬ 
ment of appearance. 
