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CITRUS FRUITS 
(CONTINUED) 
Satsuma Orange 
MEYER LEMON 
This hardy Lemon was found in the 
Orient many years ago by Dr. Meyer, 
explorer of the U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture, and has been named for him. It is 
not quite so hardy as the Duncan Grape¬ 
fruit and yet we have matured this fruit in 
the open ground and unprotected for the 
last several years. It has all the good quali¬ 
ties of the ordinary lemon and by many 
who have tried it, is considered superior to 
other lemons. We have this to offer only 
in limited quantities. 
60c. each 
ICHIANG LEMON 
Very similar to Meyer Lemon, but per¬ 
haps a little more hardy. 
60c. each 
KUMOUAT 
This is the smallest of the edible citrus 
fruits grown in the northern part of the 
citrus-growing region. The kumquat is a 
sweet-skinned orange which is very deli¬ 
cious and makes a very choice fruit for 
desserts, jellies, jams, preserves, pickles 
and marmalades. Aside from this, the 
golden yellow fruit on the small evergreen 
tree makes a beautiful sight, and the tree 
is therefore valuable as an ornament. 
These trees are very hardy, bear enormous 
yields and never miss a crop; in fact, they 
Dear the first season after setting. T he fruit 
is readily marketable. 
Kumquats, 2 yr., $1.50 each 
V'e can supply kumquats in 3 varieties: 
NEGAMI. Fruit oblong. 
MEIWA. Fruit large, round. 
MARUMI. Fruit small, round. 
“The Tung Oil trees I purchased from 
Wight Nursery Co. several years ago 
have done well here. They bear heavy 
and have had no trouble from cold. My 
land is good gray land, clay subsoil . ,. . 
They require very little fertilizer on my 
type of land.”— Dr. J. R. J., Ellaville, Ga. 
TUNC OIL TREES and Profitable 
ALEURITES FORDII 
America’s Largest Tung Tree, in Bloom at 
Wight Nurseries 
The Chinese tung oil tree was 
introduced into this country from 
China by the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture about 30 years ago. 
It has shown its adaptability to the 
soil and climate of southern Geor¬ 
gia, Alabama, Mississippi and 
Louisiana and to the northern part 
of Florida. It is valuable for its oil 
which is used in paints, varnishes 
and lacquers and in a rapidly in¬ 
creasing number of commercial 
products. There is a great demand 
for the oil, millions of dollars being 
paid to China every year for it. 
The tree is a rapid and healthy 
grower. It is easily transplanted 
and begins to bear the second or 
third year after transplanting. It 
comes into profitable bearing in 4 to 
5 years. It is adapted to any soil that will 
produce cotton or corn successfully where 
the temperature does not go below 10 to 
1.5 degrees F. 
Consumption of tung oil has increased 
steadily within the past few years with the 
United States using the greater part of the 
total production. Although the last few 
years have seen extensive plantings in the 
Lower South, the present acreage in the 
South will be far short of supplying the re¬ 
quirements of the United States. 
The principal tung oil territory is a 
strip of land lying mainly along the Atlan¬ 
tic Coast of South Carolina and Georgia, 
and thence along the Gulf of Mexico. This 
favorable strip is about 200 miles wide, ex¬ 
tending from a little south of the latitude of 
Macon, Ga. on the north, to middle Florida 
on the south. Experience of several years 
goes to show that south Georgia and north 
Florida are especially favorably located for 
the production of tung oil. 
Four mills for the expulsion of tung oil 
from the nuts operated in the South during 
the 1936-37 season. Approximately two 
million pounds of tung nuts were pro¬ 
cessed at the tung mill here at Cairo. 
These mills give growers in Georgia, Flor¬ 
ida, Alabama and Mississippi a ready and 
convenient market for their crop. As in¬ 
creased production warrants it, additional 
mills will be erected to process the crop. 
Trees that are well cared for will at 8 to 
10 years of age yield two tons or more of 
dry nuts per acre. These nuts are readily 
salable at from !|30.00 to .$50.00 per ton. 
When the easiness and economy wdth 
\vhich this crop may be produced is con¬ 
sidered, there is not a more promising crop 
that can be grown by our land-owners. 
During recent years very careful tests 
have been carried on here at Cairo, in co¬ 
operation with the Georgia Coastal Plain 
Experiment Station, in an effort to select 
and propagate from only those trees having 
the most desirable characteristics. This 
careful selection over a period of years as¬ 
sures you of vigorous young trees. With 
good soil and good care, they will give you 
good results. 
These prices are made exceptionally low 
so as to enable every one to secure at least 
a few of these trees. 
The following are prices for tung oil trees 
f.o.b. Cairo: 
Size Each 10 100 1000 
2 to 4 ft.$0.30 $2.00 $15.00 $100.00 
4 to 6 ft.40 2.50 20.00 120.00 
6 to 8 ft...... .50 4.00 30.00 150.00 
Prices slightly lower where delivered to 
trucks at our nursery. Ask for these prices 
if you are within trucking distance. 
Crotalaria Spectabilis 
Cluster Tung Oil Nuts 
(Photo by Maurice Getchell) 
This excellent leguminous soil builder 
will cut your fertilizer costs. We have dou¬ 
bled our production of corn following it. 
Leading orchardists and planters are using 
Crotalaria in preference to cow peas, vel¬ 
vet beans, beggar weed and other cover 
crops. 
Crotalaria requires no fertilization, no 
liming, no innoculation. Good growths may 
be obtained without cultivation. Maximum 
growth of 6 to 10 feet follows sowing in 
drills and plowing about twice. Planted 
broadcast, use 10 to 15 lbs. per acre; in 
drills 4 to 6 lbs. per acre. Plant in well pre¬ 
pared, moist soil when danger of frost is 
over. May be sown broadcast or in middles 
of corn, cotton and other crops as late as 
June with good results. 1 to 10 lbs., 40c. 
per lb., postpaid; 10 to 50 lbs., 20c. per lb. 
F.O.B. Cairo. Ask for special prices in 
larger quantities. 
