Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-23
The Orange for Texas.

hardy for successful culture over an eI-
teusive area in Texas. The Californians,
who were the frat TO boom 1t in this
country, call it the Unshin, while the
Floridians, who were the first TO grow 1t
on American sol, call 1t the Satsuma.
The latter name, while possibly not
strictly correct according to the laws of
priority, appears to be most gaining
in popularity, especially east of the
Rocky Mountains. 1t is, OF the two,
the easiest 10 spell ana the easiest TO
speak, which brings il better ir harmony
with American taste, a fact likely, we
think, 70 eventually carry it into uni
versal adoption.
Writing OF the SatsumR orange to the
American Garien for October, Mr.. q.
L. Taller, u well-known orange grower
of Glen 81. Mary, Fla, says in the
winter Of 1882 he planted seeds OF the
ori.unry 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 uds known, and also num-
Der of them with the SatSuma. OF these
irers Gfterwnrds transplanted TO his
groves, all at the same time, only the
SafSufNas are now i.Nlug-uil tue OlutTs
Duye been killed by the cold. These
Saisulna4, however, have gone through
all the freezes that have prevailed since
they were planted without suffering any
material damage; they have been bear
Ing FOR several years past, and are not
without fruit this year, although the Sc
we're freezes about the lst OF March froze
pe8rh tees half way to the ground
within thirty feet OF them.
For the general Information of the
reader rs to 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 rrXas passes IL few miles
south Of Orange, Beaumont. Hemp
stead, Bastrop and BIuGro, coming TO
the Rio GrEulr about through the center
Of Preside couGt'. All Texas south of
this line, rs pointed ou;, is IN u latitude
lower than that OF Glen st. Mary, and
since there l. in this section COMPARE
lively Little rally high land an orange
hardy enough TO succeed q. Glen st.
Mary Ought 10 succeed anywhere III it
unless We ought 10 except the more ele-
waited lands ntout san Autonlo aud
thence westward.
Mt. Taber roes on to state that ali OF
MS St.tehUlaS pore ntGNl4E iust year, uuu
one of them, which now has II breadth of
top OF fourteen feet, had SO many
oranges on it that any buyer would
gladly nave taken them ut IA box and u
hulf-a grand showing certainly for q
seven yrAr-ui tree.
The mpthGI employed in budding the
tree cuts Gu important figure in lis
hardness, according TO Mr. Tabor.
Where the buds are inserted ut height
of from one 10 two feet from the ground.
(as is often prnct. cei) and the bare trunk
OF the tree irft exposed 10 fall force of
sun and cold, il Is but reasonable TO sup
pose iaat the hudded tree u "a whole can
stand no more cold than the stock upon
which ii il established. Many people
who nave SatsuiuEs which have been
budded in thi, improper manner COM
plain tina: they ara not particularly
hGrit; hut If the buds have been in
serted close to the ground, so that only
the SaIsumn siGck is exposed, and then,
after being planted, if this stock is al
lowed TO cover Itself with its own growth
a. II viii 10 III slurt order If the lower
b:rncl"s are not cut on a. they appear,
they viii soon be III shape 10 stand very
severe cold.
Another point with reference TO the
Sat-utNn, says Nj. Tnter, is that il does
much better WHEN buidrd on sweet
E 'uck than ~ Il sour stock. \ very
forrihla decentralization cf this NAV be
SEGA on the grounds az Mai. -. T.. Rocks,
nj Fruitiuuh rack, Fla. where orchard
trees OF this variety. huaded u" both
sweet and sour stocks. are growing side
Ivy side: those on sweet stocks are far
ahead If tnr others IN point OF size, vigor
ami pruduCtiveurss.
The ~nt>uma is al early ripering va
rjety. ana Is Ill good eating condition
long before the mnjority Of the ordinary
Florida grown varieties become paluta-
bic; ami while IL mGv not score as many
points, according TO the prescribed scale,
III .ome oIhpr varieties that rlpen later,
Mr.. 1hher thinks it will compare favora-
blv with unv that ripen at the same
tine, which is the only just comparison
10 make. He is confident that FOR the
northern border of the orange belt, IL is
the most reliable, and hence most
valuable variety that could be
put under culture. The prob
ability exists. he suggests, that it
does better along the northern border
than il would do further south, being
strictly a northern ruuge ornnCe, so to
speak. lie does not pretend to believe il
Capuhle of extending the orange growing
section Ia the Central states, but lie feels
quit sure that it may be made nm entire
success in Northern Florida. Southern
Georgia, throughout the gulf coast re-
Eiuns of Alabama. Mississippi ami Louis
lana, and in all the southern portions OF
Texas. II is really what might be
termed hardy orange. The freeze of
la,tdarch WAS the most destructive of
ans thing he had ever seen in Florida.
Peach trees in many cases lost more than
half their tops; Japan persmmous were
usually frozen TO the ground; leaves of
the oak trees were sered as If touched by
fire: pear trees were uipped back consid-
erably, yet the Satsuma orange, where
so much as three years Old, showed COM
parauvtly little dAmage-much less than
va shown by either peaches, pears, ia
pan perSmmons or oaks OF his 400
young Sntsuma trees set in February pre-
Criing the March freeze, not SO much Us
per cent. were hurt ut oil.
1t strikes us that this may be accepted
Gs pretty strong Endorsement; and
when We take into consideration the
high authority from which II comes We
cannot for a moment hesitate 10 receive |
every statement made by MIR. TaOer as
gaming pyppfIy "a forth