!; Orange is the native orange of Florida 
jj and its entire nature has adapted 
!: itself to the conditions of that State. 
!; Primarily this will be seen in the root 
j! system, which has the tendency of 
!; growing downward instead of spread- 
l ing out six and more feet, and as a 
I natural consequence the trees are far 
less subject to the suffering from 
long droughts which are so frequent 
in Florida. The deep-root system, 
furthermore, permits the tree to get 
the full benefit from the fertilizer ev- 
I en after the fertilizing ingredients 
I have been washed to greater depth, 
j This insures a more constant and even 
j growth of the tree, while trees with a 
; hollow and spreading root system, 
| as such Rough Lemon Stock trees 
! show, have a far more erratic growth, 
; thriving immediately after fertiliza- 
j tion but suffering as soon as the fertil- 
! izer has reached depths to which roots 
; do not go. 
TREE TWO YEARS OLD 
The Sour Orange Stock tree, we 
admit, is of slower growth during the j! 
first few years than the Rough Lemon !; 
Stock tree, but we consider this the > 
best argument in favor of the Sour j; 
Orange Stock, as the slower and j; 
steadier growth has proven to be pro- j! 
ductive of trees that are much hardier j: 
not only against frost, but also against J; 
disease. Time and again it has been \ 
observed that in groves planted in 2 
mixed stock, all trees on Rough Lemon jj 
Stock had suffered severely from frost, i 
Sour Orange Stock trees had not been j; 
touched at all. And the frequent at- j; 
tacks of die-back, lemon scab and j! 
similar diseases in comparatively j! 
young Rough Lemon Stock groves ;j 
have very rarely been found in Sour jj 
Stock groves. Foot-rot is entirely un¬ 
known in groves planted on Sour jj 
Orange Stock, This fact has of late j 
been very strongly brought be- j 
TREE ONE YEAR OLD 
