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Citrus Fruits 
Lue Girn Gong Orange, continued 
The fruit is edible in March and Ajiril, but is then too acid for most tastes. It begins to ripen in 
June, and from then on is delicious. It will hang on the trees for months, but for all practical purposes 
v.'ould be marketed as a remarkably late Orange for one year, say in June or July, or as an exceptionally 
early one for the next season, in September or October. Certainly there is no risk of violating the 
green-fruit law when shipjx'd at the later dates, l-'rom our own groves, Lue (urn ('.ong has brought 
us splendid prices and now, with our complete knowledge of the variety, we unqualifiedly recommend 
it for commercial planting as a remarkable money-making Orange. 
Ozvari Satsuma Orange 
For many years it was believed that there was but one Satsuma Orange. The investigations of 
Dr. T. Tanaka, however, have shown that in Japan there are at least a half dozen well-marked varieties 
of Satsuma, with still others showing minor distinctions. A careful investigation of Satsuma orchards 
has been made in America by Dr. Tanaka and Mr. Leo. H. Scott, of the Lnited States Department of 
Agriculture. I hey found that three strains of Satsuma have been unknowingly mixed together, j)rop- 
agated, sold, iind planted. I he result in the bearing orchards is most unsatisfactory, as the resulting 
crO])s are not uniform in size, (juality, or time of ripening. 
When the propagation of Satsumas was undertaken by the (*len Saint Mary Nurseries (trees 
were first offered for sale in 1888), but one single introduction was made. The proj)agating material 
of this strain came from Maj. O. I^. Rooks, hruitland Park, h'la. To this single introduction, all our 
subse(iuent propagations trace hack. Orchards planted with (den Saint Mary trees throughout the 
Gulf Coast country became noted for the fine, large, uniform, early-maturing crops of fruit they pro¬ 
duced. An investigat ion made by I,)r. 'Fanaka and .Mr. Scott has shown that our trees in orchard and nur¬ 
sery consist of a pure St rain—Owari Satsuma. This is the variety most commonly grown in Jai)an, where 
it has practically supplanted other strains. 'Flirough all these years—past thirty-three years to be exact— 
this is the variety we have furnished our customers. ^ d'his is so as the direct result of our policy 
of line propagation, beginning with a definite sped- men of known worth. The fruits of Owari 
Owari Satsuma Oranges 
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