Owari Satsuma Orange, continued 
Satsiima are large, flattened, depressed at both stem and blossom end, deep orange in color, with thin 
smooth rind, which may be stripped from the pulp with the fingers without breaking the sections into 
which the fruit is divided (see illustration), and nearly or quite seedless. No citrus fruit that we know 
of surpasses r. v/ell-grown, well-ripened fruit of Owari Satsuma from our orchards. Trees of this strain 
are thornless, prolific, vigorous, rather upright growers. For years we have marketed our crop during 
October and early November, though sometimes we have shipped in September. Owari Satsuma is an 
extremely hardy tree, having gone through 15 degrees F'ahr. without injury, and its natural hardiness 
is increased by budding on Citrus trifoliata stock. This is the only stock adapted to it, the only one on 
which we grow it. Young trees are heavy bearers, and under projjer conditions an orchard of this 
variety brings early returns on the investment. It is particularly adapted to west Florida, southern 
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Gulf Coast country of 'I'exas. In this section Owari 
Satsuma should have a place in every home orchard, and in many sections it is a high-class commercially 
profitable orchard fruit. In the fall of 1918, Owari Satsuma fruit registered a new high price level 
of $12.60 per strap. 
Ruby Orange 
A valuable variety, and, when well grown, it is not too much to say of Ruby that it is a standard 
of quality. I his Orange came from southern Furoi>e. It does not, like most Oranges, possess marked 
acidity, so can be shipped and eaten early in the season, November and December. As the fruit hangs 
on the trees longer, however, its full, rich flavor develops, the skin usually becomes streaked or mottled 
oyer with red, and toward the end of its season, about March, the entire pulp often becomes blood-red. 
The fruit is of medium size, about 176 to the box, usually somewhat flattened, skin thin, very tough; 
pulp melting, rich, juicy and of exciuisite flavor; quality unsurpassed. Ruby on Rough Lemon root is 
earlier and its season not so long as when grown on other stocks. The tree is a good grower, dense 
foliaged, thornless, and a regular, prolific bearer. 
Parson Brown Orange 
Many early Oranges have been tried out, but of all these only one remains that can at this time 
be considered. It is not all that might be desired, but Parson Brown is, so far, the best early Orange 
that has been grown on a commercial scale. And it has made money on the early market, since it is 
the earliest variety that will stand the government acid test. Our strain of Parson Brown goes straight 
back to the original source, and we have been growing it in orchard and nursery for more than twenty- 
six yea^. We have selected and reselected it from bearing trees until we know there is no better 
Parson Brown than the old Carney Parson Brown, Glen Saint Mary-selected and -grown. It was in¬ 
troduced about 1878 by C apt. J. L. Carney, of Lake W’eir, Fla., and soon attracted attention because 
of Its early ripening habit and other desirable features. The fruit is of medium to large size, of good 
quality, and is ready for market in November or sometimes in October. For early market, it is the 
best early Orange to plant. 
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