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drained. The chief disadvantage seems to 
be the smallness of the tree, and in some 
cases I have noticed that the fruit is small, 
and does not seem to hold on as well. I 
have in no case noticed a bad case of foot- 
rot.” 
SUMMARY 
Sour orange stock leads the list, if we 
take into consideration the hardiness of 
the tree and the quality of the fruit pro¬ 
duced. 
Grapefruit stock comes second, espe¬ 
cially in some localities. 
On high pine ridge soils too deficient 
in humus to produce trees on the other 
stocks, the rough lemon must be used. 
The lemon is most profitable to grow 
from the nurseryman’s standpoint, but 
what will be the result when these 3^2 
million lemon stocks are budded and come; 
into bearing? 
Everyone admits they will produce poor¬ 
er quality fruit. The sour orange and 
grapefruit seedling stock groves will sure¬ 
ly be in a better position to get that extra 
“50 cents” we have been hearing so much 
about. 
Take as a little illustration the display 
of fruit in the lobby of the hotel. Com¬ 
pare the Blue Goose Brands on exhibition, 
all produced on sour stock, with the other 
fruit, produced on rough lemon—which 
would get that extra “50 cents?” 
Adaptability of Various Stocks Modified from Table of Josiah Varn, of Braden- 
town, Fla. 
Lemon Grapefruit Sour Trifoliata 
Rapidity of growth 
I 
2 
3 
4 
Texture and quality of fruit _ _ _ 
4 
3 
1 
2 
Prolificness _ __ ___ 
1 
2 
3 
4 
Retention of fruit and juice 
3 
2 
1 
— 
Resistance of cold 
4 
3 
2 
1 
Resistance of foot-rot __ 
4 
3 
2 
Bitter-Sweet 
first 
I 
Resistance of fungus diseases _ 
3 
2 
1 
— 
Adaptability to thirsty light soils 
1 
2 
3 
— 
Adaptability to heavy hammock and reclaimed 
land with clay sub-soil 
3 
2 
1 
__ M 
