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Citrus Fruits 
Homosassa Orange 
This is a real Florida Orange, a direct descendant of the early varieties 
introduced by the Spaniards. It is no hothouse variety, but a sturdy, depend¬ 
able sort. Candidly we do not believe there is a variety of Orange in 
Florida that will outbear it, and it is the best we know of 
for its season—late November to early January. For market¬ 
ing at this season, no mistake can be made in planting 
it. The fruit is of large size—remarkably so, considering 
how heavily it yields—orange-yellow in color, with 
thin, smooth, tough skin. Its flavor is sprightly, 
rich, and vinous; the j uice is abundant; the quality 
excellent. It is a good shipper and it was with 
Oranges such as this that Florida’s reputation as 
an Orange-producing state was established. 
King Orange 
The King Orange is the latest-maturing of 
the Mandarin (sometimes called the Kid-glove) 
group. It is ready for marketing in March and 
.‘Xpril. The fruit is of large size, flattened, deep 
orange in color, roughened and pitted on the sur¬ 
face, with a rather thick rind. The flesh is deep 
orange in color, quality excellent, with a sprightly 
agreeable flavor in which sweet and subacid are 
well blended. The tree is an upright grower, with 
very dark green, shiny foliage. It is a very prolific 
sort and this, together with its late-ripening season and high cpiality of fruit, have combined to make it 
a very profitable variety. It always commands a high price in the markets. In any mixed orchard it 
is well worth planting, and it has a place in every home grove. This side of citrus fruit culture is 
very often lost sight of. Our whole attention is so often given solely to our commercial work that we 
lose sight of fruits to be grown for home use, and which add so much to the comfort and joy of living. 
King 
Orange 
Lue Gim Gong Orange pigfs 
In 1886, Mr. Lue Gim Gong, a Chinaman, in his grove near DeLand, Fla., pollinated Hart’s Late 
flowers with pollen from what was believed to be a Mediterranean Sweet Orange. An Orange resulting 
from this cross contained fifteen to eighteen seeds, and from these seeds twelve trees were raised, no 
two of which proved to be the same. One tree, the variety now known as Lue Gim Gong, when it came 
into fruiting, proved to be a decided improvement over Hart’s Late, in fact, was a fruit quite out of 
the ordinary. From observations extending over a period of several years, it was found that in addition 
to being an Orange of fine appearance, of exceptionally good flavor and quality, it did not ripen until 
extremely late in the season; in fact, it was not fully ripe until several months after Hart's Late. 
Also, it was found that the fruit hung on the tree throughout the summer months with very little 
dropping. So convinced were we of its merits, that we entered into a contract with Mr. Lue Gim Gong 
for the e.xclusive right to undertake the propagation of the new Orange. Convinced that the Lue 
Gim Gong possessed merit in many particulars which placed it in a class by itself, we offered it to our 
customers for the first time in August, 1911. Several of our largest customers planted heavily of it 
and now report to us that it has proven out fully the splendid ciualities we knew it possessed. In our 
own commercial groves we now have many acres of bearing trees of the Lue Gim Gong Orange. The 
most noted horticultural organization in the country today, as it has been for the past sixty years, 
is the American Pomological Society. This Society, recognizing the merits of the Lue Gim Gong 
Orange, awarded a Wilder Silver Medal to this variety. We believe this is the first time a Wilder 
Medal has been awarded for a new variety of Orange since the Society was organized, and gives a 
fair idea of the estimation in which this fruit is held by experts. 
The Lue Gim Gong Orange is an established commercial success. Based on reports from our 
customers, and upon the behavior of bearing trees in our own groves, we give the following information: 
In size, the fruit is large, packing 126 to 176 per box; in form oblong, carrying its full diameter well 
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