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Title: Native and exotic plants, trees & shrubs
Identifier: CAT31285742 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Royal Palm Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Oneco, Fla. : Royal Palm Nurseries, Reasoner Bros.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Finest Citnis rmits and "Yellow Jessamine" Flowers, as grown in South Florida. CITRUS aurantium dulcis. continued. Centennial. One of the best. Native. Rather earlv, and yet holds its jnice in perfection lon?er than other sorts. Good grower and bearer. Thorny. On rough lemon only. Early Oblong. Fruit of medium size, round to oblong in shape. Is really sweet in September, and can be eaten before any other variety is fit. On trifoliata only. Foster. A selected native sort, most nearly re- sembling "Pineapple" Oranse in flavor. Rather early,, and a heavy bearer; vigorous. On trifoliata only. Homosassa. Type of the best Florida Orange. Medium size, moderately early, delicious flavor, and tender pulp. Heavy bearer. Not very thorny. On rough lemon and trifoliata. Jaffa. Imported from Syria. Medium to late ripening. Thornless. Very heavy and rich, almost totally seedless. A ^and sort, and heavy cropper. On rough lemon and sour orange. Majorca. The best and most prolific imported Orange we offer; tree thornless. fair grower, and fruit seedless, of a distinct aromatic odor. On rough lemon and sour orange. Parson Brown. Early sort, rarely of best qual- ity, but on proper soil, with proper fertilizer, a good- flavored fruit. Size medium. On rough lemon and trifoliata. Ruby. A blood Orange of fine quality. Almost thornless. A good grower and heavy bearer. The favorite Blood Orange. On rough lemon and tri- foliata roots. Tardlff (Hart's Late). Medium size, very heavy Orange, keeping until October, with but slight loss. We have had a continuous supply of fresh Oranges from our Tardifif trees all summer and into the autumn when early sorts commenced to sweeten. Truly a wonderful variety. The standard late va- riety. Is but moderately thorny, and a good grower: a good bearer. This and Bessie are of special value for South Florida and West India Islands. Grown on rousrh lemon, sour orange and trifoliata. Washington Navel. But slightly thorny. Im- ported from Brazil. Fruit exceedingly larsre. with characteristic navel mark at blossom end. Seedless, and of tender, melting quality. A shy bearer usu- ally, except when grown on rough lemon roots. This is claimed to cause it to bear abundantly; if it fails to set fruit, the tree should be girdled almost around its trunk i say nine-tenths of its circumference i by a saw. merely cutting throueh the bark, the middle of December. Trees on rough lemon and trifoliata. ^:?=BUD-WOOD of all sorts of Citrus trees, stand- ard Oranges, Lemons, Limes, Pomelos, etc., 10 cts. per doz., 75 cts. per 100, S5 per 1,000, postpaid. Hew or rare sorts, I5c. and 20c. per doz., SI to SI.50 per 100. CITRUS aurantium nobilis.** E. MAXT>ARrs. or MAyr'ARix OraX'tE. Nor so large a tree as the Sweet Orange, bearing smaller fruit, usually flat- tened, and with fruit segments, as well as the skin, loosely adherent, thus being easily peeled. They are very dainty and delicious, and yet are as easily produced as other Citrus fruits. They are especially adapted for growth under glass, and are easily dwarfed by working on the trifoliata stock. Prices (except Oneco , same as for sweet orange. China. Wiijlow-Lea%t:d Mandarix. Small, yel- low-skinned, very sweet and good. The oldest known sort. Prolific, and a good grower. On tri- foliata and mandarin seedling roots. Dancy Tangierine. Larger than China: orange- red skin: fruir of best quality, not very seedy. On rough lemon, trifoliata and sour orange. Cleopatra. Smallest-sized fruit and most seedy variety, but yet of excellent flavor, having the aroma of ripe raspberries. It is very late in ripening, and should not be eaten till spring. Most profuse bearer, and especially fine for a house plant, doing well in a pot or tub. On trifoliata only. King. A very large and late mandarin of excep- tional value. It may be shipped as lat:» as May 1. The fruit is reddish orange in color, rough-skinned, delicious flavored pulp. Grown on rough lemon and sour orange. OnCCO. Our new hybrid novelty. The growth 1 and foliage somewhat resembles the Dancy Tangierine. Has proved exceptionally hardy here, and we consider it the most hardy of all our Citrus fruits. The fruit is somewhat Ixrger and not so flat as China, but is almost identical in flavor, and

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