Archive image from page 20 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries . descriptiveillus1893roya Year: 1892 TANGIERINE (MANDARIN) ORANGE. CITRUS, continued. which we have propagated this orange is grow- ing in the Whittaker grove, on Sara Sota Bay, all of which was planted over forty years ago, from Havana seed, by Colonel Snell, now of Gainesville. There is not an orange tree in the grove that does not produce delicious fruit, but this is the best of all. The fruit is at its best in January and February. The fourteen
Archive image from page 20 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries . descriptiveillus1893roya Year: 1892 TANGIERINE (MANDARIN) ORANGE. CITRUS, continued. which we have propagated this orange is grow- ing in the Whittaker grove, on Sara Sota Bay, all of which was planted over forty years ago, from Havana seed, by Colonel Snell, now of Gainesville. There is not an orange tree in the grove that does not produce delicious fruit, but this is the best of all. The fruit is at its best in January and February. The fourteen foregoing varieties we con- sider the best out of our large collection of over a hundred sorts. Standard trees, two to three feet. 30 cents each, S3 per dozen, $25 per 100. Bod-wood of the foregoing, and also ewery other variety grown (with perhaps excep- tion of some new local candidate), for sale. Mailed free. 10 cents per dozen, 80 cents per 100, $6 per 1,000 of all standard sorts. Of new and rare varieties, 20 cents per dozen, $ per 100. These prices for buds apply also to lemons, limes, pomelos, and citrons. CITRUS anrantium Bigaradia. The Sour Orange. Bouquet des Fleur8. A handsome-leaved orange, bearing beautiful waxy flowers, which can be forced under glass, and will supply flowers at almost any season. One of our customers has a tree of 'this variety in New England, the flowers of which sold last year for over $10; and the tree was only three years old. 30 cts. each, S3 per dozen, $25 per 100. Phillips' Bitter Sweet. A variety which has excellent fruit late in the season. The bitter flavor is said to be healthy. 30 cents each, $3 per dozen. Golden Variegated Sour, as its name indicates. Fruit valueless, except for making sour orange marmalnde. Six fruits make ten half-pint glasses of marmalade, which re- tails at 25 cents to 50 cents per glass. Total expense of manufacture, including sugar and glasses, about 13 cents per glass. The ordinary Sour Orange is just as
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