The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-12
ORANGES COME INTO
POPULARITY IN WEST FLORIDA
Many Thousands of Dollars Are Now
Being Realized from this, Fruit
In Baldwin County.

More and more is the Satsun1a
orange coming into popularity in West
Florida In Baldwin county, Ala, the
Satsu1na is already worth many thou
| sands OF dollars TO those who have
been far sighted enough to plant in
large quantities for shipment to mar
ket.
A prominent West Florida man. in
terested in the culture of citrus fruits,
, and wishing to see the Satsuna orange
better known In this county, wrote to
the Glen st. Mary Nurseries company
for information as to this particular
kind OF fruit, receiving the following
reply. which The Journal Is glad to
publish on request:
Satsumas are well suited to both
clay and loaGny soil and viii do well
on either hammock or pine lands. The
main requirement il plenty OF mois-
ture and that the land should be well
drained. They do well on practically
all the lands In northern and western
Florida, but will not succeed on the
high, dry and sandy soils in southern
Florida, especially in the hilly sections
of the lake regions.
They transplant easily any time be-
tween Nov. i and March /. We pre-
fer December and January settings,
though it is possible to plant during
the rainy season OF the summer with
good results.
We do not believe II necessary to
dynamite the holes unless the ground
is very compact or undertake by hard
pan. Ordinary spade work is sufficient
for most soils.
Oh,
apart each way.
II no other crops are grown between
the rows, practically all Of the cultiva-
ton can be done with disc harrow.
Commence about March and harrow
over every two or three weeks to keep
the weeds and grass down and to pre-
serve dust mulch. Cease cultivation
about the middle of June and seed the
ground down to beggarweed. Turn the
beggarweed crop about November or
December with a bottom pillow. We do
not recommend planting sugar cane,
sweet potatoes or watermelons with
Satsumas. 1t would be all right to
grow peanuts, corn and most other
crops between the rows. Leave a
space to feet wide on each side
and keep this space cultivated clean.
1t would be well to spray the trees
at least once each winter with
Schnarr's insecticide or whale oil soap
to keep them clean from the white fly.
Other sprayings will not be necessary
unless the tree should be attacked by
insect pests or disease.
Pr-une but little If some OF the
branches grow out too far and spoil
the shape OF the trees, these branches
should be pipched or cut back.
A fertilizer analyzing or s per cent
phosphoric acid, 4 per cent ammonia
and per cent potash will be found
very desirable for young trees. AS
they grow older and commence to bear
the amount Of fertilizer can be in
creased.
The first year the trees should have
about three pounds of fertilizer to
each tree. It is best to divide these
into three equal applications giving
them one pound each the first OF
March, one pound the middle of May,
and one pound the middle OF July or
the first OF August. The next year
they should have two pounds at each
application and so on as the trees grow
older. This should be scattered
around the tree, beginning about to-
10 inches from the trunk and extend
ing out for distance OF about 2 feet
for young trees. As the trees grow
older It should be spread out toward
the ends of the branches.
The cultivation OF grapefruit does
not differ materially from Satsun1as.
Duncan is the hardest variety, but it
will not stand as much cold as will
the Satsuma and ixImquat.
We have fruited the Satsuna here
at Glen st. Mary for over 20 years
and in our opinion It Is probbaly the
most profitable fruit that can be
grown In northern and western
Florida sks