The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-22

sweet orange trees for sale, and
adopteda most careful System ofprop-
agatinc only @kno4, n, named and
superior kinds which have stood the
test of the most critical examination
and comparison, and received the APP
proval of experienced and competent
Judges.
The great superiority of the new
oranges introduced dnrine the past
few years by the association Just nam
ed, has already effected quite reyo-
luton in the nursery BUSINESS in Flor
ida; and the prospective demand for
the choicest named and described
grated and budded varieties, promise
greatly to. out run the means OF sup
ply; while carelessly raised seed
lings,n always of more or less uncer-
tain quality, are rapidly falling into
disfavor.
Mr.. Bidwell has wisely abandoned
the use of transplanting 'sour stumpsr
and is raising, direct from the seed,
large quantities of well rooted young
sour stock for budding thus placing
the propagation of the orange on the
same basis as that Of sthe apple. pear,
peach and other fruit trees, in the
best nurseries Of Europe and the
north
Passing through the long rows OF
worked stock and glancing at the
different la0els, we notice large mum
bers of thrifty young trees of various
size and age, bearing such names as
Magnum Bonum, Homasassa, Harts
Tardiff. Sweet Seville, (Hicks') Area
dia, Old Vini, Nonpareil,, Osceola,
Tangerine, st. Michaefs. Prata, st.
Michael's Tangerine, Sustain, Bothela,
Exquisite, St. Michaels Egg, Dulcis-
sima, Maltese Blood, Navel, Berga-
mot, MyrtefoIia, Mediterranean Sweet,
Acapulco, Brown European). Ac-
hills, Quam-quat, etc
This list incIudeslsome of the very
finest European AMI native Florida
varieties, among thd last of which we
may mention as of pecial value, the
! s1 - =. Is :
Tardiff Qate ripeninG, Arcadia, Old
Vini, Nonpareil, Osceola, Dancy's
Tangerine, etc. In the absence of
any positive evidence to the contrary,
we assume that these are al, or near
ly all. Florida varieties. However
this NAV be. there can be no question
whatever OF their great superiority
and value, and from personal knowl-
edge of their quality, we can safely
recommend them to public favor
Oflemons, lines, citron, grape fruit,
etc, we also noticed = very large and
fine stock, including the newly intro
duced Lamb lemon, which is said
to be very thin skinned, juicy, and
very superior The ordinary seed
ling FLORIDA lemon $50 called,) is
of little worth; and to obtain this
fine and valuable fruit In perfection,
we must bud or graft from such sorts
as the thin skinned Sicily, the lamb
variety, etc. We notice that several
enterprising gentlemen are entering
largely into the culture of lemons
and lines in South Florida, and as
success in all proper localities is sure,
we hope to see the culture of these
Indispensable fruits largely increased.
After examining the orange and
lemon departments at Arlington, we
took a hasty run through other Sec
tions of the nursery, among the roses,
ornamental plants. evergreens, trop-
ical and semi-tropical plants, fruit
trees, vines, etc. Here we found
several varieties of the banana the
date palm, thesappodilla, mango, tam
arind, sugar apple, custard apple. CO.
coanut, guava, pomegranate, Japan
plum, jujube, fig, etc, ETC., including
nearly or quite everything of real
value either for culturein the open
air or under glass in this climate
The present collection of Mr.. Bid
well includes great many things not
mentioned in his printed catalogue,
among which we saw a number OF
European olive trees just imported
from the Mediterranean (six varieties;)
and several varieties Of the new and
promising, Japan persimmons (dsospy-
ros kaki.) This variety, which comes
to us so highly praised, can be readi-
ly grated into stocks or roots of our
common old-field persimmon-as Mr..
Ridwelrs exnerirnents thus tar CON.