Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-03-04
Yield Of Orange
Groves
Owned by Akron Peo-
pie In Florida.
DR.. Inman Has Five
Year-OId Trees
Which Garry Ten Boxes
of Luscious Fruit.
Interesting Description by a
Florida Newspaper.

Seeing the dwarf orange trees men,
toned in these columns week before
last, we had curiosity to learn
whether this new departure was
likely to increase, and wrote to DR..
Il. w. Inman of Winter Haven, ask
ing him for further particulars. In
his reply, among other things, he
said: "If you will come down, l will
show you five-year-old trees carrying
ten boxes of fruit" This statement
decidedly staggered our credulity, but
we determined to go anyhow, says
the Florida Times Union.
DOCTOR INMAN'S GROVES.
OF his own groves, there are about
175 atres, with these he has enough
more in charge for Northern residents
to bring his count up to about 300
acres. The management of them is
left largely to his discretion, and
the various groves bear general re-
semblance. The thirty-acre grove
directly north of the residence is the
Doctors pet, it receives his best care
and study, and the results obtained
here are an indication of the best
that can be accomplished in Polk
County.
Probably most of the Florida readers
of the Farmer and Fruit Grower are
aware of the nature of Polk County
soil; to others it may be well to state
that the greater part of it is of II very
thin and light description. At Winter
Haven, except in narrow margin
around the numerous lakes, it would
be classed as high pine, though there
is evidently n bottom to it, holding
the water of the lakes as tight as Il
barrel. Red clay occurs about five
or six feet below the surface in places
and is extensively quarried as n
material for making tuInpikes.
LOOKING FOR FRUIT.
Striking out north from the house,
with Dr. Inman and Mr.. A. Il. Har-
rington, we drove slowly along among
the tangerines. These trees have all
grown up since 1895, and are about
eight feet high, with an equal spread
and beautifully picked out with the
bright red fruit. Then tangerine is
icial-growing fruit, largely on
the periphery of the tree; and its bril-
liant color and comparatively small
size renders it dcceiylng. 1t shows ON
the tree for all it is worth, and gen
orally about ten or twenty-five per
cent more. A tree seldom comes up
to expectations; when picked ana
measured, the fruit is not there. We
guessed at the load on this tree and
that tree, and the Doctors views
We're more moderate than our own.
We had requested him to bring along
tape-line to do some measuring and
estimating, but the trees so far, at
the utmost we could reckon, We're
manifestly so far below ten boxes
that we said nothing about 1t.
1t developed later that he meant
pomelos, not oranges.
The Doctor frankly said he did not
believe he had tangerine with over
three boxes on it, the average being
about two or little over.
THE POMELOS.
We drove out into the road, then
down few hundred yards and into
pomelo grove. The trees are rather
irregular in size, but we noted that
the tallest ones only reached a little
above the buggy even the topmost
tips. The fruit was all contained on
boughs not above the buggy, and very