Olen Saint Mary Nurseries 
Citrus Fruits 
The Lue Gim Gong Orange 
Last season we introduced 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 Saint 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 Hart’s Late with pollen from 
what was believed to be a Mediterranean 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 improve¬ 
ment on Hart’s Late that Mr. Lue budded fifteen trees with this variety on one side, and Hart’s 
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, carrying 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; flavor a rich blending 
of sweet and subacid; quality best. A 
fine shipping fruit and a good keeper. 
Very hardy and resistant to cold. 
COMPARISONS. At this time, 
Hart’s 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 
Hart’s Late (from one side of above 
trees) to the packing-house and, after 
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 advantage in 
August, September and October, when 
the only fruit on the markets is Valen¬ 
cia Late, from California. 
