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Great care should be taken not to allow the ball of earth around the root 
to dry out before planting, and they can be kept in splendid condition by 
sprinkling with water and keeping the soil moist. 
We take every precaution to deliver trees to our customers in the best con¬ 
dition possible, and if planters will exercise the same care that we do after 
they receive their stock, their loss, if any, is very nominal. 
As a rule, all of our citrus trees are headed back to 26 inches and planters 
should protect the bodies of the trees at least the first two or three years by 
using tree protectors, which will protect the bodies from sunburn and also 
against squirrels and rabbits girdling them, causing gumming disease or 
entirely destroying the trees. Planters can well afford to give their trees 
this extra care and protection. 
Our trees are budded on sweet and sour orange seedlings. Those budded 
on the sour seedlings being best adapted to the heavier soils and such trees 
will better withstand the gum disease. 
Citrus trees, as a rule, require but very little pruning. They are naturally 
of a weeping habit and the first upright branches should be selected to form 
the head of the tree. The pruning required from then on is only to cut back 
any growth of a rampant nature and remove interfering or overlapping 
branches. The purpose is to secure a well-rounded, symmetrical head. As 
the tree develops, all dead branches should be removed, and those failing to 
bear fruits should be cut off, also all water sprouts and suckers should be 
cut away as they appear. 
Citrus fruits, as a rule, come into bearing the third or fourth year after 
planting. When an orchard is eight years old it will begin bearing profitable 
crops. ^ There are exceptions to this, however, and some orchards in favored 
localities have borne large crops of fruit the fifth and sixth years after planting. 
Citrus trees not only produce bountiful crops of luscious fruits, but they 
are being planted for ornamentation in landscape effects, their beautiful, dark 
green foliage contrasting with many of the fine ornamental trees and shrubs. 
ORANGES 
Price of Orange Trees—On Sweet and Sour Roots 
Each 10 
100 
1000 
1 
inch 
and 
up. 
$1.50 
$14.00 
$125.00 
$ 1 , 100.00 
H 
to 1 
inch 
Caliper. 
. 1.35 
12.50 
110.00 
1 , 000.00 
% 
to Vi, 
inch 
Caliper. 
. 1.25 
11.00 
100.00 
900.00 
V 2 
to y s 
inch 
Caliper. 
. 1.10 
J 0.00 
90.00 
800.00 
Washington Navel 
Mediterranean Sweet ^ or man y years this variety has been planted 
throughout the different orange sections. 
The fruit is medium to large having a skin of fine texture. The pulp is very 
good and has but few seeds. The tree is inclined to be of a dwarfish habit, 
but is a very heavy bearer. Ripens fruit as late as May or June. 
