
CITRUS FRUITS 
No property in Florida, no matter how small or how large, is 
complete without some citrus trees to provide fruit for family use. 
Through careful selection of varieties, a fruit supply for almost 
the entire year may be had. Even the small property owner can 
satisfy his desire to have fresh fruit for the picking without 
sacrificing the attractiveness of his home grounds. Ornamental 
as well as useful, citrus trees may be used as specimens or in 
shrubbery border plantings. Being evergreen, they furnish a 
pleasing picture from blooming time until the last fruit is taken 
from the branches. 
Any well-drained garden soil in our area will grow citrus fruit, 
but it is best to avoid either a stiff clay or an excessively sandy 
soil. Clay is too difficult to cultivate and sand does not retain 
enough plant food. A medium loam is therefore to be preferred. 
Larger trees, like the orange and grapefruit, need 25 to 30 feet 
each way, while 15 to 20 feet is enough for smaller ones. 
GRAPEFRUIT 
MARSH SEEDLESS. Late. Smooth yellow skin. Seedless. 
RUBY PINK. Early. One of the best. Ruby-pink color, often 
showing through the smooth skin. Seedless and very prolific. 
Fine flavor. 
LIME 
KEY. Small, very acid, juicy fruit. 
LAKELAND. Smooth-skinned, medium-sized fruit. Acid. 
TAHITI or PERSIAN. Everbearing, with large fruit. 
LEMON 
MEYER. Dwarf, with large fruit. Everbearing. 
PONDEROSA. Giant Lemon of fine quality. Novelty. 
VILLA FRANCA. Juicy, strongly acid, seedless. 
ORANGES 
HAMLIN. Early. Medium to large fruit of fine quality. Juicy. 
me Midseason to late. Heavy skin but peels easily. Good 
avor. 
PARSON BROWN. Early. A favorite for commercial plantings. 
PINEAPPLE. Midseason. Deep red fruit with a distinctive 
pineapple fragrance and flavor. A heavy producer. 
SATSUMA. Very early. Smooth skin which parts freely from 
the pulp. Sweet and highly flavored. 
SUMMERFIELD NAVEL: Early. Fine flavor. Best quality. 
TANGERINE. A “kid glove’? Orange of medium size. Rich 
spicy flavor. Deep orange in color. 
TEMPLE. Late. Best of all Oranges. Very juicy and delicious. 
VALENCIA. Late. Medium to large; good color. Finest quality. 
KUMQUAT 
MARUMI. Round fruit 1 inch in diameter. Bright golden yel- 
low rind, sweet, with pleasantly acid pulp. 
MEIWA. Round, slightly larger than Marumi. Sweet when 
fully ripe. 
NAGAMI. Oblong, 11% to 2 inches long and 1 inch in diameter. 
Sweet golden yellow rind; acid pulp. 



SPECIMEN BEARING TREES 
We sometimes have bearing-size trees of good varieties on 
which we make special quotations. Ask us for listing on these. 


N. 4th St., Leesburg, Florida 17 
