. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 132 THE AGRICl'LTUKAL NEWS. April 28, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. BUDDED ORANGES. The following, in regard to the treatment of budded oranges, appeared in the Trini(1ad Balldln / Miscellaneous Information for April 190G:— A few coiiiplaints have been recei\'ed that oranj^e trees .sent out or sold by the Department budded stock of the best Florida kind.«, have proved, on growing, to be nothing more than the common sour orange. An instance of this was personally investigated, and it was found that the planter had a
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 132 THE AGRICl'LTUKAL NEWS. April 28, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. BUDDED ORANGES. The following, in regard to the treatment of budded oranges, appeared in the Trini(1ad Balldln / Miscellaneous Information for April 190G:— A few coiiiplaints have been recei\'ed that oranj^e trees .sent out or sold by the Department budded stock of the best Florida kind.«, have proved, on growing, to be nothing more than the common sour orange. An instance of this was personally investigated, and it was found that the planter had allowed buds from the stock to grow up, which had taken away the strength of the budded portion, and, had they not been been attended to, would have eventually destroyed it. It is, therefore, not the fault of the Botanical Department, but the misfortune of the planter in not being fully conversant with the treatment required. In future of the kind, the Department would be glad if jilanters would seek the advice of the Agricultural Instructors when in the irdistrict, or apply at the Experiment Station, St. Clair, when all necessary instruction will be given. In short--this is, heep all growths cut away itkicli a)ise hcloii' the point where the hud is i?isertecl. If allowed to remain, these growths will take all the strength awaj- from the budded area, and the tree must develop into nothing more than the sour orange. All our buds are placed upon stocks and roots of the sour orange, because this stock withstands the rot caused by Mal<h-yununa, which kills so many of the sweet oranges raised from seed. AWARDS FOR JAMAICA FRUIT. Writing on the Colonial Fruit Show, the llc*^ India Committee Circular for April 4 states:— The West Indian exhibits, though excellent in cpiality, were small in quantity, .Jamaica being the only culony which sent any fruit direct. The fruit was set out on a show stand from last year's colonial exhibition, and came in for much attention from th
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