Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-29
FARM AND FIELD.
s.v orange for Te1as-The Lone
ST. star State Nay Become a Great
Orange Producer
!. r,tsrmolOp spgar-Japan cIOvsr-An
ID'' Friend Not Well Understood.
iH''' s,,.ntiac Farming Explained
New Orange for Texas.

". .hov consider hardy. enough to sue
tHA' IN. withstand all the changes IN
''''. .,.tnre peculiar to this section of
pD s,.,s As yet they have not clearly
luz I'D the limit of its nOathward range,
u few are claiming that it may
..t.lv depended upon at any point
-, line drawn east and west
%- austin, and some seem to feel
rvI DO well considerably above
We, line particularly near the coast. OF
"s -, me probability exists that too
e9l.s q, being claimed in this direction,
uuII .bere can be no doubt of the
,Sst tbe new orange is unusually
,r to- citrus fruit. Then, there
nS.I! thing associated with it that does
ten appear in such cases; it ls
~. rood orange. host fruits hardy
,u .,rb n succeed beyond the natural
sIO- -s NJ the botanical family to which
.- beIong. generally considered, are
rsry ant TO be of inferior quality, but
s,reT orange referred to appears to
al over THIS common rule in marked
S.r-ss While It may never be regarded
ma ~ the very best oranges grown,
- va are not sure of this, after
g"i-binp the evidence now before us, ) it
!, Certainly promises to always rank
mucb above medium in point of quality;
i1svord. TO be an orange good enough
for anybody
q, piveu as Citrus trIpOliata. In Texas it
/, most generally known as the unshiu
nv Donshiu) orange, but in Florida,
: gbsrs # ia already good deal cultivated
tbsy have affixed to it the popular name
NJ satsuma. Mr.. q. II. Berger of Cali
fornis appears 10 0e getting pretty gen.
ersl credit for being its original importer,
though the Floridians claim that this is a
mistake They say it was grown in
Florida as Satsuma a goodly number of
wears before anybody had so much as
heard Of il on the Pacific slope. All of |
which makes no particular difference |
with US OF course. If we have the orange |
and it is as good thing for us as our
usople claim, how, when and by whom |
We get it need no: worry US to any extent |
worth splitting ink over.
Not long ago some one wrote to Mr..
Berger for particulars relative to how
much cold the Unshiu orange would
stand In his reply, which has been |
published in the Southern Horticultural
Journal, benson, he says no claim is
put up for it as being entirely "frost-,i
proof, - though it is certainly unusually
hardy, as shown by where It is grown in
it, native country, for, says Mr.. Berger,
"ths Unshiu orange is propagated eX-
cluSively in the Southern provinces of
japan, where the lowest average tenn
peraturs is recorded at twenty-six
through winter, although the thermom-
sier may st very rare intervals for
short space Of time drop to twenty, or
even fifteen - In later issue of the
same paper the editor says:
We have been reading about oonshiu
oranges good deal, but can now report
the pleasure of eating one of them. 1t
ssure enough, an elegant orange.
The orange is seedless, the rind
pees of easily, the sections come apart
The same way, so that there is no danger
Of getting theIjuice all over the hands
and clothing. 1t is sweeteF than ordin-
sry oranges; is indeed Il pleasure to eat
1t. II, as claimed. this orange can be
grown several degrees further north than
other oranges, it is e wonderful acquisi-
ton in horticulture. .r.-.
Mr.. Il. NJ. Sringfellow,Q Of Hitchcock,
Tex, writing to Texas Farm and Ranch,
states that in his localityky (which is on
Toe Gulf, Colorado audSSanta Fe rail-
foa1 few miles out from Galveston
uashlu orange trees were not injured iht,
Tue least by the late freeze, last of Feb
fls[y and first of March He adds: :
gave trimmed my trees to "a single
,emsfeout two and one half teet hFghi
Vl' Eam satisfied that this WASH mis- /
'AAe 'aHu intend to allow them to branch {
Ul' aLlaloRg the body from the ground {
up Idis Is the plan adopted by the s
'apaneSe, who have found by ages of I
experience that this mode is the best. L
This tree is not n strong
S !, ana needs clean cultivation ana L
p.ea'y OF manure, but with patiencs q
.ul gsre i viii make q fair sized tree L
WI : = WV y years and reward the grower a
, .en toF his pains. My trees were u
~ set back by continual rubbing 8
- -. VI ue side shoots which they persist Il
. y 'uto%InG out, and yet would have b
~ luis spring but for the freeze b
..'-. As they were Several other il
,i.s OF oriental oranges have been t
I I.'iCt to, but this is by far the most il
!, qua laGie' 1t Is known under the name | b
,. oa'ssfna IN Florida, though the jap a
!, ,.' .s consul at san Francisco states that o
,,s uue name is oonshiu, and we have no 81
'sht 10 change il. ~
,. 4L. ; Trnehlood Of Archer. FLAG. /,
lug 10 lhe Florida Farmer, and Fruit 81
aVSer concerning Row his orange trees b
I affected by the late freeze. saws OF s,
~ satsuma. as he calls il. al still ii
ave- II TIE hardest orange tree we Is
IAN II stood this severe test better it
= l aIy otler. Japan persimmon trees Il
m n we unshiu can really stand a lower Ii
nc,.l than the Japan persimmons,
,onnb Ge very hardy orange, sure n
!. Under ordinary circumstances Il
stbes p .n perslmmou trees will 90 I'M "
n SeI- trough temperature of only tr
= n uegrees above zero. n,
~ ,I 'a'e freeze put trees to a very se- Y
5iot I !, on account of the condition in
lbs ,t. .Ouuu them. The weather, up
nm ,S a.e OF the freeze, had been so
M uA' me trees were well advanced
a ,oas spring grOwth-they were sappv IN
IN It was like a freeze coming m
ALI, a p'I OF an ordinary season. In ali ia
-ouob ,. "nere the unshiu got safely is
nomsn, ua' freeze we d not hesitate for az
rietv WI 10 risk regular grove of that III
Ne bs, ia
"a. ~ strong faith in the Cnshiu for m
Nm ,h 'uough we'd somewhat narrow ia
. Tro -S territory for its probable sue in
tss 'he lines that have been sug- La