Lower coast gazette., 1914-11-14
Orange Grower in Texas.

l will tell how to start and develop a Sat-
sunla orange orchard.
A man with limited means should not set
more than one or two acres to oranges the first
year. If the land is new it should be sod.brokeu
not more than two inches deep in. aspiring or sum-
mer and by October or November it will pulver-
ize like old land. Then II should be gone over
with disc and harrow till in good condition.
To facilitate setting throw fpur. burrows to.
gether with q turn plow, the center of these
ridges to be 10 feet apart, straight and parallel
with each other across the platof land to be set,
then, with a shovel plow cross these ridges with
one furrow. 10 feet apart, parallel with each
other and straight. Any time between Deem.
Der and April the sooner the better-trans-
plant the trees from the nursery ground into the
crosses. This makes the trees stand 10 feet
apart each way about 40 trees to the acre. /
consider this the best distance. as the trees soon
get large enough to shade themselves from the
hot sun in summer, and early maturity or dor.
NANCY in the fall is secured by the same shad.
ing and cooling off Of the ground under them.
To prepare trees for transplanting prune off
the roots to three to six inches long and cut of
about half the top. When setting fill the holes,
in which you set the trees. about half full of
pulverized surface soil. pack firmly with the
feet. then fill and pack to an oval surface around
the tree. Newly set trees should stand the same
depth in the ground they stood in the nursery
row.
Shallow culture should begin soon after set
ting, using a short single tree to prevent knock
ms the tree loose. No deep plowing should be
allowed nothing but frequent shallow cultiva-
ton. Should protracted rains hinder till veg.
citation is large roll 1t under with turn plow Just
as shallow as possible. If dry weather. is on
cultivate the entire surface shallow once every
week or 10 days. keeping this up till about
September l. Cessation Of planting allows the
weed to mature and become dormant. The
second and succeeding years cultivation should
begin in February and kept up a. in the first
year. No variety Of crop should be planted in
the orchard that would hinder FREE and constant
cultivation between February and September.
nor that would require any kind of planting
between September and the following February.
After the first year cultivation should alter.
nate in each direction and well I'D under trees
to prevent hardening Of soil.
When the first little orchard il about ready
to yield an income enlargement may be indul.
ged in. have exercised this privilege and
now have so acres set.
The Satsurna orange 10 Z wonder when it
comes to standing extremes in weather condit.
ions. It seems to thrive best IN the wettest.
glpomiest and ugliest weather. and with dust
mulching It thrives in the drysst, hottest sum.
ner. no winds will blow hard enough to strip
OF the fruit, no irrigation. no fertilization.
but 4 little hoeing around the trees and
cultivation.
The fruit being 70 delicious and its success.
lul production limited to % small On area Of
country. that the market demands are large.
hsnee it, prp6tablenesA
have = Sat1uma orange orchard Get Of one
veAr trees eight years aeo. Four yeass ago
ltuit then being gathered yielded me an aver
10 u a per tree. One OF the trees IN this or
'hard powshas about 30 worth of fruit on It
A. 1T MiMed ! efop since Il ~ three
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