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four to five years old. d'he age ol the loot has an imporiaiu hearing on the established cliaracter 
of tlie trees, as well as on the time the trees will come into bearing. 
STOCKS FOR CITRUS TREES 
To one not familiar with the industry, about to plant Citrus trees, the (piestion of which stock 
to use must seem very j)erple.\ing. So many aj)i)arently conllicting claims for and against this or that 
root system are made. 1 lowever, it should be remembered that the knowledge of an individual grower, 
unless he be a very extensive one, possibly may not extend beyond his own grove or his own im¬ 
mediate locality. Our exi)erience and observations of many years embrace the entire citrus area. 
Citrus trees can be grown on roots of any member of the whole citrus family. W’e have tried a 
great many of them. Most of them, for one cause or another, are not adapted for citrus fruit culture 
under general conditions. We have found that practically all reejuirements for success under different 
climatic and soil conditions can be met with Sour Orange, Rough Lemon, or Citrus trifoliata stocks. 
Instead of being difficult to arrive at, wc believe the choice of stocks almost imperatively settles 
Itself. ICach ot the three stocks on which we grow ('itrus trees possesses distinctive marked character¬ 
istics as well as a(iaptai)ility to the location in which it should be used. Successful, heavy-bearing, 
l>eautifui groves are produced from trees on ail of these stocks. But no one of them will meet all 
conditions. It is largely a matter of soil, location and {‘limatic conditions. 
Some varieties of citrus grow ecpially well on all stocks, under proper conditions. Others are 
failures. Our extensive experience has taught us which varieties do not fully succeecl on certaiti roots 
and our customers may rest fully assured that the varieties we olTer are well ada[>ted to the different 
stocks on which they are grown. 
ROUGH LKMON. This stock has a decided infl uence on the variety top worked upon it, espe¬ 
cially as affecting its growth and degree of hardiness. Rough Lemon is the thriftiest growing of 
all stock aiul iiuluces a vigorous growth of top. On account of its wide-s])reading root system and very 
thrifty growing characteristics, it is the best stock for light sandy soils. Trees worked on it do well on 
soils so lacking in fertility that other stocks would be complete failures. On account of its raj)id, 
vigorous growth, trees on Rough I.emon stock are more tender than when propagated on other stocks 
and should be planted where there is little or no danger from cold. As a rule, light sandy soils such 
as arc found on the lower East C'oast and in the high rolling regions of Polk, Orange and Lake Counties 
are (luite immune from frosts, and to this type of soil the Rough Lemon stock is best suited. 
SOUK ORANGE. No stock on which citrus fruits are produced is more widely used than 
Sour Orange: no stock is better adaj)ted for the jiroduction of healthy, vigorous trees and fine finality 
fruit under a wide range ol soil and climatic conditions. 'I'he first buddetl groves in Florida were grown 
on Sour Orange roots and this stock is i)eing used almost entirely in all of the other citrus-producing 
sections of the world. It is a fleep-rooted stock, healthy, free from disease and hardy. It is atiaptefl 
to the heavier soils such as good Hat woods land, hammock and muck, and on these lamls produces 
fine, vigorous trees, kor the i)roduction of high-fiuality, late-keeping fruit it is unsurpassed. 
CITRUS PRIFOLLATA. This is the hardiest species of citrus known in this country. It has 
become of great imi>ortance as a stock for C'itrus trees of all kinds. X’arieties budded on it are made 
Siardier because of its dormant and hardy character, and the fruit is of exceedingly fine finality, 
ripening two or three weeks earlier than if buflfletl on other stocks. It has been claimefl that it fiwarfs 
the trees buddefl upf)n it, but the tests of years in our test groves have not proved this to be so, except 
in the case of a few varieties. For the Salsuma Orange, it is the only stock to use, because of its in- 
Huence on the (piality of t he Iruit and the fruitfulness anti hartliness of the tree. It is atiaptefl to plant¬ 
ing f>n alluvial laiuls. clay laiuls, soils untlerlaifi with clay, and those which naturally contain plenty 
of moisture or to which water can be applied by irrigation. It shouUl not be planted on high, dry, 
saufiy lands lacking moisture. On such soils it is a failure. It is the stock which should be used for 
Citrus trees in most parts of northern aiuI western Florltla, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and 
in I exas as far south as Beeville. In some parts of this territory' Sour C)range stock is recommended. 
VARIETIES PROPAGATED ON DIFFERENT STOCKS 
Some varieties arc more successfully grown on certain stocks than on others. Having this 
in miiifi, as well as certain other features, wc flo not attempt to grow or to offer to our customers 
citrus nursery trees of e\'ery kintl bufUlefl upon each of the three stocks. It sometimes happens of 
course that a variety on one ol the stocks is solfl out, in which case it cannot be supplied until the 
next season For this season s trafle we have propagated the fliliferent varieties as follows: 
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