The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-09-12
Another Contribution
On Orange Culture

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1t is also the best shipping orange l
know of, and loss from rot in transit
is less than in most other varieties.
will admit it has good many seed
/ and rather large core | would
plant about One-third of nay acreage
to this variety. The pineapple orange
would be my chief shipping crop dur
ing December, January, February,
March and April. / would then put
about One-fOurth Of my acreage in a
good variety of grapefruit that
would ship during the time / was
shipping the pineapple variety. The
balance Of my land | would divide up
among these varieties: First, the
PEARSON Brown orange which is a very
excellent variety, and a very early RI
pening orange, which you can begin
to ship in October, and continue to-
ship until all that variety is market
ed Second, ! would put out the tan
gerine, which is a kid-glOye variety
of a very deep red color; this ] would
ship the same time as the pineapple
orange The mandarin is another
kid-glove orange, but of pale yellow
color, and therefore not as saleable
as the tangerine. The King orange
is another variety Of the kid-glOve;
the flavor and color is all right, but
has Il very knOtty, rough peel and
| always found it. to be a shy bearer,
and is also u late ripening orange.
Third, / would plant the Valencia
late orange for my late shipments,
say in May and June. There is the
HATS Tarditf, but I always found
this to be shy bearer. Fourth, II
would plant some of the Temple or
ange. ! have never seen this variety,
and until ] know more about it II
would go light on it. I understand
this is kid-glove orange, but round
in shape, and in many ways resem-
ble8 the tangerine, only the latter is
a fiat orange. The Temple is being
propagated and introduced by the
Buckeye Nursery Of Tampa, which is.
owned by the Gillettes. ] formerly
knew Mr.. Myron Gillette; he-eWas al
very fine, square man, and I don't
think he would recommend any va
riety of fruit that was not what he
said it was; therefore, on the faith
[ have in Myron Gillette I would put
out some of the Temple oranges. The
fruit Of the pineapple orange will
stand lower degree Of cold than
most other varieties This is on &C.
count Of it's smooth, close grain,
tough peel which also is the cause of
it's good carrying qualities.
In selecting your location for a cit
rus fruit grove, which is commonly
called an orange grove, where you
will be reasonably immune from in
curious frOsts, if you can get suitable
soil on the southeast or east of a.
l"i 81, uC0p UOuJ VI CIcttI WdCSI, you
will make no mistake in your loca-
ton. / say on the east and southeast
of the water, because the cold winds
come from the west and northwest,
and the water being warmer than
land, as it coOls much slower than
land, the cold wind passing over the
water becomes warmer, and will Gre
ate Vapor, commonly called fog,
which will be blown over your grove
and will envelop it, and thus raise the
temperature in your grove.
Water is not the only location you
can get as protection against inju.
riOus frost, for l consider high alti-
tude, especially high altitude above
the surrounding country, is equally
as good and in many instances bet
ter protection against cold. If you
get location on the top of a high
hill in the orange belt of the state
you will find your grove and fruit to
be immune from injurious cold
weather, while if your grove is To-