Lower coast gazette., 1914-01-17

~~O L Ar-EAH ~" IML liz
all the early part Of the season,
and a week or two ago ne con-
to harvest all the oranges
on that tree, perhaps fearing Sc
we're frosts with the advancing
season. In making this hnal
harvest the oranges were count
ed and the report reaches us that
1.478 oranges were harvested
over and above all the previous
consumption Of the family from
the same tree. This particular
tree is said to be q years2o old and
Of the Louisiana sweet variety,
we getting cur data from the
Rayne Tribune. {.
There has BEEN a disposition
among some Grange growers to
think that a tree should last for
ever, whereas it is said that in
Deleware and New Jersey, in the
great peach orchards, they only
count on getting three crops
from any one tree, having the
trees planted at such distances
that other and younger trees are
coming along between the bear
ing trees and the older trees are
cut out just as rapidly as the
Younger ores progress. In this
way they have young and vlgor-
Gus bearers Of peaches all the
ume. This would be rather a
suggestive lesson to us in orange
culture, not that we should plant
so frequently, but that by keep
ing our orchards all trimmed up
in fine shape it is manifest thai
the results would be considerably
better than now. Further thar
that, there would be an actua
diminuition Of risks if such cul
ture were thoroughly established
} and such lines Of action lived u
) to.
/ We have a very highly deve'
! oped orange culture in Plaque
: mines Parish and a number 9
!. the gentlemen engaged in tn
, culture have made it the stud
I Of their lives and have earne
? very considerable success ther'
G in, which they certainly deserv
n We don't desire to draw any c!o'
parallel between the Delewa'
peach tree and the Loulslal
y orange tree. The general unde
y standing is that the grange ire
y will bear to extreme old ag
though perhaps rot as long
Peter Stuyvesant's pear tree
e Second Avenue, New Yor
IN around which the city had plac
n iron guards, the tree being me-
IN " two hundred years old.
be Our leading orange grove
It. have doubtless arrived at
G. conclusion as to how long orar
m trees should be permitted
or grow, or how long they can
nd expected to give the best resu
8, and from them they can certa
~ aeu mary more crops than
or Delaware p,;ach tree gives,
OF fore the orange tree should
condemned to death.
'er When we think of the diff
ence in our orange culture 7
no as co,,,uared with what it wa!
ore Plaquemines Parish a general
we ago it would seem almost ST
lsh ling. At that time oranges "
uld gathered from the trees witt
ore particular care; we're hauled
carried and dumped into lugl
ave and were brought to New
ave leans, not even IN sacks as
the tiers now are, nor in barrels,
{ in in bulk and then sold to the h
the est bidders, frequently reall:
ion very little money. As betN
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is such shipping as that and
yes shipping at the present time
e OF must note a vast improvem
be Oranges are now separated
no size and are separated INFO
IN various kinds. They are pa
OF in regular orange boxes,
WITH similar sizes in each box
; IS these oranges are sonnet
ana wrapped in paper, equallln.
Try tins respect tie test STYLE:
tier oranges that come TO US
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