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Planting Orange Trees

The common or sweet orange (C. sinen-sis) has many popular varieties of commersis) has many popular varieties of commercial importance. The sour or Seville °I-a...nit(C. Aurantium) is used mainly as a roots...Although the orange can be grown com-r-cially only in warmer parts of Florida. Caii-fornia, the Mississippi Delta and the lower Rio Grande Valley, many varieties are suitumfor greenhouse growing in the North. Citrus fruits, including the orange, will grow in any well-drained soil, but prefer a medium loam.

Culture: Orange trees, like all edamcitrus trees, are evergreen and can be planuti.any time of the year except in the co-inarmonths of December, January and FebrtazstrFor the best results, plant in March, Apr: urMay when weather conditions are most favourable.

When you are ready to plant your orrb.tree, dig a hole about three feet deep and nutfeet wide. Place your tree upright in the ci,talof the hole. Then fill in with soil, packing tvtightly but gently around the ball, filling tuhole to about one inch below the bud union=, or the place the tree was grafted to the roots....Water well, putting in enough water toright down to the roots.

Pruning: Pruning causes new grc.s-rwhich produces better fruit. All old grow&that has died back should be cut off. Ar,branches that cross each other and cause drir-age by rubbing should be thinned out to elm,nate that condition.

Types: Mandarins as well as tangerines .are members of the species C. reticulata. Tarbergamot orange (C. Aurantium subsp.gamia) is more closely related to the len.There are early- and late-ripening varieties. a.well as midseason ones. For example, a:ougsouthern California coasts, Valencia, whichlate-maturing type requiring high heat, ripen the second summer following bloom.ngton Navel ripens in fall or winter ofsame year it blooms. It's grown in areashot summers

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