

CITRUS FRUITS 

Lue Gim Gong Orange 
This splendid late Orange has been the standard commercial variety for many years. For the muck 
soils of the Everglades it is a special favorite, due to its late maturity. 
The tree ts a thrifty, vigorous grower, producing a low, well-rounded head, spreading rather than 
high and upright. In our own groves and nurseries we have observed, during several cold snaps, that 
trees of this variety invariably suffer less injury than other varieties of round or sweet Orange. This 
has been the experience of many other growers under widely different conditions. 
The Lue Gim Gong is a regular, consistent bearer, the equal, if not the superior, of any late Orange 
m this particular. This is very unusual, for in the case of most late varieties, if the fruit ts allowed to 
hang on the trees until late in the season, the crop following will be light. 
The fruit is edible in March and April, but is then too acid for most tastes. It is ripe i May and 
from then on is delicious. While it will hang on the trees for months, for all practical purposes it 
should be marketed as a remarkably Iate Orange, say in June or July. The fruit is nearly, or quite 
seedless. 
Jaffa Orange 
Many years ago this fine Orange occupied a prominent place among the standard commercial 
varieties. ‘Then its popularity waned and for a long time very few new plantings were made. Many old 
groves in the state, however, have continued to produce excellent and profitable crops of fruit and 
during the past several years a new interest in the Jaffa has developed among prominent growers to the 
extent that the demand for young trees has warranted their propagation by us in considerable quantity. 
The Jaffa is one of the Mediterranean group. In size it is medium to large; rind smooth and well 
colored; juice quality excellent; seeds about ten; season, December to February. We recommend this 
splendid variety to all growers wishing to include a midseason Orange in their plantings. 
Parson Brown Orange 
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 thirty-five years. We have selected and re-selected it from bear- 
ing trees until we know there ts no better Parson Brown than the old Carney Parson Brown, Glen 
Samt Mary selected and grown. It was introduced about 1878 by Capt. J. L. Carney, of Lake Weir, 
Fla. The fruit is medium to large size, of fair quality, and is ready to market in early November or 
sometimes late October. 
Pineapple Orange 
The fame of this variety was established many years ago, and of all the Oranges which have 
originated in Florida it has been most largely planted. It often happens that varieties in favor at one 
time are later supplanted by others, but this has not been the case with Pineapple. No orchard plant- 
ing today is contemplated without considering this variety, and we venture to say that so long as 
Oranges are grown in Florida the Pineapple Orange will make up a generous part of the output. 
The fruit ts of good size, a deeper, richer red in color than any other round Orange we know. Of 
course, it has to become well ripened before its full color develops, and in some localities it takes on 
higher color than in others. In quality it is unsurpassed, its flavor being a rich blending of sweet and 
subacid peculiar to the variety. It resembles the pmeapple not only in taste but also in odor. Pine- 
apple Orange trees bear well. For its season, December to February, it has no superior. 
The recent development of concentrates and canned orange-juice opens a tremendous field for 
this variety, as it has been proved to be ideal for this purpose. 
Dancy Tangerine Orange 
This Orange, a “kid glove” Orange, by the way, is almost an exclusive Florida citrus monopoly, 
as It Is not grown in sizable commercial quantity in any other citrus-producing area in the world. 
Its sale has never been properly pushed, but with the correct merchandising and advertising effort put 
behind it, Tangerines should bring the growers very satisfactory returns. 
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