Portion of our 25-acre Satsuma grove—all loaded with fruit like illustration 
ORANGES, continued 
St. Michael’s Blood. One of the best of the 
Blood Oranges. Fruit medium size, almost 
round, with thin but tough skin; pulp juicy, 
melting, rich and of exquisite flavor, being un¬ 
surpassed in quality. Usually the fruit becomes 
mottled or streaked with blood-red as it ripens, 
the pulp often a beautiful rich ruby-red, show¬ 
ing through the peel in a reddish blush. Is a 
regular bearer, vigorous and nearly thornless. 
Satsuma. (Synonyms, Oonshiu , Kii Seed¬ 
less.) Of medium size; flattened, loosely ad¬ 
hering rind and easily separated segments like 
all other varieties of the Mandarin ( Citrus 
nobilis ) type; the color is not red like King 
and Tangerine, but of a deeper yellow than 
Mandarin; flesh fine-grained, tender, juicy, 
sweet and delicious; entirely seedless. Ripens 
in September, October and November. On 
account of its extreme earliness, good appear¬ 
ance and excellent quality, it brings a high price 
in market. Tree of somewhat smaller growth 
than other Oranges, and is of unique habit. 
Entirely thornless. Bears when very young. 
This is undoubtedly the hardiest known variety 
of edible Orange, and this, in connection with 
its early ripening and fine quality, makes it an 
exceedingly valuable sort. We are growing it 
largely in our own Orange groves at Glen Saint 
Mary, in northern Florida, and are probably 
the largest propagators of this variety in 
America. We can furnish the Satsuma on 
rough lemon and Citrus trifoliata , but do not 
grow it* on sour stock. It succeeds much 
better on rough lemon stock than on sour, while 
on the entirely hardy Citrus trifoliata the in¬ 
herent hardiness of the Satsuma is still further 
enhanced. We nearly always have this variety 
in fruit in the nursery rows and can furnish 
trees of bearing size. Our groves, about 25 
acres, mostly on Citrus trifoliata , are loaded 
with fruit in fall of 1905. We expect to ship 
between 3,000 and 4,000 boxes. This follow¬ 
ing a winter (1904-1905) when the ther¬ 
mometer went down to 16 degrees above zero, 
and several of our groves were absolutely un¬ 
protected. Rather striking evidence of hardi¬ 
ness of Satsuma on Trifoliata. 
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