. Annual catalogue 1899 native and exotic plants, trees, shrubs. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. SEMI-TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE FRUIT TREES AND PLANTS. ii. Homosassa Orange. CITRUS, continued. Centennial [Harfs Pet). One of the best. Native. Rather early, and yet holds its juice in perfection longer than other sorts. Good grower and bearer. Thorny. Homosassa. Type of the best Florida Orange. Medium size, m
. Annual catalogue 1899 native and exotic plants, trees, shrubs. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. SEMI-TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE FRUIT TREES AND PLANTS. ii. Homosassa Orange. CITRUS, continued. Centennial [Harfs Pet). One of the best. Native. Rather early, and yet holds its juice in perfection longer than other sorts. Good grower and bearer. Thorny. Homosassa. Type of the best Florida Orange. Medium size, moderately early, delicious flavor, and tender pulp. Heavy bearer. Not very thorny. (See cut, above.) Jaffa. Imported from Syria. Medium to late ripening. Thornless. Very heavy and rich, almost totally seedless. A grand sort, and heavy cropper. Majorca. The best and most prolific imported Orange we offer; tree thornless, fair grower, and fruit seedless, of a distinct aromatic odor. Ruby. A blood Orange of fine quality. Almost thornless. A good grower and heavy bearer. The favorite Blood Orange. Tardiff (Hart's Late). Medium size, very heavy Orange, keeping until July, or even later. The standard late variety. Is but moderately thorny, and a good grower ; a good bearer. Washington Navel. But slightly thorny. Im- ported from Brazil. Fruit exceedingly large, with characteristic navel mark at blossom end. Seed- less, and of tender, melting quality. A shy bearer usually, 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 (say nine-tenths of its circumfer- ence) by a saw, merely cutting through the bark, the middle of December. Homosassa, Ruby and Tardiff can be furnished on trifoliata roots, strong i-year bushy tops on 2-vear roots, 30 cts. each, S3 per doz. fl^BUD-WOOD of all sorts of Citrus trees, standard Oranges, Lemons, Limes, Pomelos, etc., 10c. per doz., 75 cts. p
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