Glen Saint Mary-Nurseries 
Citrus Fruits 
The Lue Gim Gong Orange 
This season we are introducing to our customers a new Orange, known as Lue Gim Gong, a 
late round Orange of unusual merit. During the past quarter of a century or more, a number of new 
varieties of fruits have been introduced by the Glen St. Mary Nurseries. As a rule, these varieties 
of fruits of different kinds have made good, and some of them are today the leading varieties in the 
regions to which they are adapted. We are confident that the Lue Gim Gong Orange will become 
the most noted late Orange in the country. It will far surpass in value and in reputation any other 
variety of any kind of fruit we have ever introduced. 
ORIGIN. In 1886 Mr. Lue Gim Gong, De Land, Fla., pollinated Harts Late with pollen from 
what was believed to be a Mediter¬ 
ranean Sweet Orange tree. One Orange 
containing fifteen to eighteen seeds 
resulted from the crossing. From these 
seeds about twelve trees were raised, 
no two of which proved to be alike. 
The variety now called Lue Gim 
Gong, when it came into fruit, seemed 
to be such an improvement on Harts 
Late that Mr. Lue budded fifteen trees 
with this variety on one side, and Harts 
Late (TardifF) on the other. About 
thirty other trees were budded with this 
variety on one side, and other varieties 
on the other. Five trees are now solid. 
DESCRIPTION. Size large, packing 
126 to 176 per box; form oblong, carry¬ 
ing the size well out to the rounded 
ends; color deep orange-red; skin thin, 
smooth on current crop, becoming 
rougher on two- and three-year-old 
fruit; sections well defined, ten or 
eleven in number; flesh deep orange; 
juice sacks large; juice abundant, even 
in old specimens; seeds few, usually 
four to eight; flavor a rich blending of 
sweet and sub-acid; quality best. A 
fine shipping fruit and a good keeper, 
free and fruit both very hardy and 
resistant to cold. 
COMPARISONS. At this time, 
Harts Late is the standard late Orange 
of Florida, and it may therefore be well 
to make comparisons between this new 
variety and the standard sort. On July 
6, 1909, Mr. Lue took fifteen boxes of 
Harts Late (from one side of above 
trees) to the packing-house and, after Mr. Lue Gim Gong and One of His Trees 
testing for specific gravity by placing 
them in water, packed five boxes out of the fifteen. These were considered to have enough weight for 
shipping. The five boxes were shipped to North Adams, Mass. Upon arrival, they had to be repacked 
at a cost of 35 cents per box, and then only three boxes remained, which sold for $2.50 per box. 
At the same time, five boxes were picked of the Lue Gim Gong Orange from the other side of 
the same trees. The fruit was not tested for specific gravity, and all the fruit was shipped. On arrival 
at North Adams, they did not require repacking, and the whole five boxes brought $4.50 per box. 
The Lue Gim Gong Orange is a hardy, thrifty-growing variety. It can be marketed to advan¬ 
tage in August, September and October, when other varieties are out of season, and when the only 
fruit on the markets is Valencia Late, from California. 
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