Glen Saint Mary J\[urseries Co. 
V/inter Haven, Florida 
ORANGES 
Our list covers the market season of Florida fruit. The list of standard varieties of Oranges which 
we are propagating for our customers cannot be improved upon, and when a planter has decided upon 
the season at which he desires to market his crop, the question of varieties to plant is easily settled. 
With the establishment of our nurseries in 1882, the propagation of the Orange was undertaken. 
We have seen many varieties come and go. For over fifty years we have been growing citrus nursery 
stock. Naturally, during these years we have learned much, and our work today is backed by a knowl¬ 
edge of how to grow good Orange trees that is of the utmost value to our customers. 
Hamlin Orange 
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Hamlin Orange 
Throughout the history of commercial citrus culture in Florida there has been a constant effort to find 
a high-quality, early, round Orange—one having early maturity combined with good flavor and attractive 
appearance, without the shortcomings of so many early Oranges. An Orange combining all of these good 
qualities has been in existence for more than fifty years. 
In 1879 an 8-acre grove was planted by Isaac Stone near Glenwood, Volusia County, Fla., for Mrs. 
Mary H. Payne, the mother of Mrs. A. G. Hamlin. In 1883 Mr. Hamlin, now a resident of Tavares, Fla., 
was attracted to the fruit on one of the trees which was entirely different from that borne by others in 
early ripening, thinness of skin, and height of color. Using budwood from this tree, he top-worked other trees 
in the grove and by 1895 was selling several hundred boxes annually under the name of “Hamlin’s Favorite.” 
The freeze of 1895 destroyed all of these trees with the exception of three. From these trees Mr. Hamlin 
again started to propagate the variety. Eventually he budded about 15,000 trees and sold them under the 
name of Hamlin’s Improved Pineapple. 
The variety was first brought to our attention by H. A. Wright, of Glenwood, and later, in December, 
1913, by F. W. Bredow, of Glenwood, a resident there for over forty years. From one of the original trees 
we secured budwood and began propagation of the Orange under the name of Norris Early Seedless. A 
considerable acreage of the variety was also planted in our own commercial grove. Later we changed the 
name to Hamlin, and under that name it has attained its enormous popularity and become known as the 
ideal early Orange. It matures in late September and early October, somewhat earlier in the northern 
citrus belt than in the southern. In Polk County it will pass the legal acid test of eight to one the first week in 
October, and it can be shipped at that time. It shows very good color as soon as it is mature enough to ship. 
In color it is a clear, golden yellow, tinged with deep orange-red, which becomes more pronounced if 
the fruit is allowed to hang on the trees until full maturity. The texture of the skin is wonderful. It has 
the smoothest rind of any round Orange known to us and it is a distinctly fancy fruit. 
Its flesh is melting, very juicy, with real delicious Orange flavor at its earliest maturity. It is practically 
seedless—most fruits have no seeds at all, but some contain from one to three seeds. The sizes are those 
for which the market pays the highest prices. Several hundred boxes from our own trees, and shipments 
made by others which have come under our observation, have practically all run 176’s and 216’s, with, of 
course, a very few 150’s and 250’s. It is a medium-sized Orange, and over a period of years it has proved to 
be an excellent shipper. Its normal season is October 1 to 10, but it can be held sixty days later without 
deterioration. It should not be carried on the trees later 
than January 1 in most seasons. 
