Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-27
The Orange for Texas.

tensive area in Texas. The Californians
who were the first TO boom Il in th
country, call it the Cnshiu, while tht
Floridians, who were the frat to grow IT
on American soil, call 1t the Satsuma
The latter name, while possibly moi
strictly correct according TO the laws OF
priority. appears 10 be most gaining
in popularity, especially east of the
Rocky Mountains. 1t is, of the two,
the easiest TO spell and the easiest to
speak, which brings it better in harmony
with American taste, q fact likely, we
think, TO eventually carry IL into uni
versal adoption.
Writing Of the Satsuma orange to the
American Garden for October, Mr.. q.
l.. Taber, a well-known orange grower
of Glen s.. Mary, Fla, says in the
winter of 1882 he planted seeds of the
ordinary sweet varieties of the orange +,
and when the young trees from these
see Is were large enough he budded up
quite number of them with several of
the finest kinds known, and also II num-
DeI of them with the Satsuma. OF these
trees afterwards trausplanted TO his
groves, all at the same time, only the
Sntsumas are now IivjnC-al! the others
have been killed by the cold. These
Sntsumas, however, have gone through
all the freezes that hive prevailed since
they were planted without suffering any
material damage; they have been bear
ing Tor several years past, and are not
without fruit this year, although the se
we're freezes about the LIST of March froze
peach trees half way to the ground
within thirty feet of them.
ba IN E,a
reader as 10 locality we may state that
Glen st. Mary is an interior town of
Northern Florida. II is situated about on
the line of thirty degrees. north latitude,
which line in Texas passes few miles
south OF Orange, Beaumont, Hemp
stead, Bastrop and Bauro. coming 10
the Rio Grande about through the center
of Preside county. All Texas south Of
this line, as pointed out, is IN a latitude
lower thuu that of Glen St. Mary, ana
since there is in this section compare
lively little really high land an orange
hardy enough to succeed at Glen ST.
Mary ought TO succeed anywhere in il
unless we ought TO except the more ee
waited lands about san Antonio and
thence westward.
Mr.. Taber goes on to state that all of
his Shtsumas bore heavily last year, and
one of them, which now has breadth of
top of fourteen feet, had so many
oranges on it thai any buyer would
gladly nave taken them at u box and q
half-a grand showing certatlF for
seven-year-oI tree.
The method employed in budding the
tree cuts an important figure in its
huriiuess, according to MIR Tabor
Where the buds are inserted ut height
Of to F.a ha
(as is often prnctcelp and the bare trunk
OF the Tree left exposed 10 full force OF
sun and cold, it il but reasonable to sup
pose that the buhded tree "a whole can
stand no more cold than the stock upon
which it is established. Many people
who have SatsumAs waCh have been
hudded III this improper manner, COM
plain that they are not particularly
hardy; but if the buds have been in
serted close to the ground SO that only
the Sa;sumn stock is exposed, and then,
after being planted, if this stock is al
lowed TO cover itself with its own growth
80 il viii 10 i'll short order if the lower
branches are not cut oil rs they appear), |
they viii soon be in shape 10 Stuud very |
severe cold.
Another point with reference 10 the |
SnrsImn, says M. Taller, is that it does
much better when buiQel on sweet |
stock than on II sour stock. \ very |
forcible demonstration of this may be !
seen on tho grounds OF MAJ. u. p. Books.
ut Fruitlhnd Park, Fin, where orchard |
trees OF this variety, hulded on both |
sweet and soar STOCKS. are growing side
hy side: those on sweet stocks are far
ahead Of the others IN point of size, vigor
und productiveurss.
M Is
rieIv, ana is in good eating condition
long heiore the majority OF the ordinary
Flortda-grOwn varieties become palntn-
bic; uud while il mag not score Us many
points. according 10 the prescribed scale,
rs some other varieties tnat rlpen later,
Mr.. Iuher THINKS i; will compare favora-
bly, with any that ripen ut the suris
time, which is the only Just comparison
10 make. He IL confident that for the
northern border of tho orange belt, II is
the most reliable, and hence most
valuable variety that could be
put under culture. The prob
ability exists. lie suggests, that il
does better along the northern boz or
than il would do further south, beln.
strictly northern range orange, so to
speak. He does not pretend TO believe il
capable OF extending the orange growing
section To the Cvutrnl states, but he feels
quite sure that II may be made an entire
success in Northern Florida, Southern
Georgia, throughout the gulf coast re-
gions OF Alabama, Mississippi ana Louis
lana, and in all the southern portions of
Texas. Il is really what might be
termed hardy orange. The freeze of
lnstAHrch Was the most destructive of
lnv thing he had ever seen in Florida.
Peach trees in many eases lost more Khan
half their tops; Japan rersImmors were
Usually frozen 10 the ground; lenves of
The oak trees were serei as if touched by
IRE: pear trees were nipped hark cousid-
'rubly, yet the SHtsuma orange, where
30 much as three years Old, showed COM
Darauvvly little damage-much less than
v a shown by either reaches, pears, ia
aan persimmons or oaks. OF his 400
young Sntsuma trees set in February pre-
'eding the March freeze, not SO much as
PER cent. were hurt Ut ill.
II strikes US that this may be accepted
IS pretty strong Endorsement: and
when we take into consideration the
nigh authority from which IL comes we
,annnt for a moment hesitate 10 receive
Every statement made b. Mir. Taber as
meaning everything exactly Us set forth.
Treating on putting out the Satsurua