TEMPA BEV CHAPTER, RFCITAMPA BAY CHAPTER, RARE FRUIT COUNCIL INTERNATIONAI , INC.

NEXI I{EETING......SUNDAYT JANUART 4r 1981 @ 2t0O F}'.l

MEEIING PLIISE... .......NOBTH TAI\TPA COUN'IBI HOME OFJOE & JANE CON8TAIVTINE

ON LAI(E LECIABE NOAD

GUEST SPEAKEB.... o.........Dr. Robert J. KnISht, Jr.Basearch Hortlculturl st$ubtroplcal Hort. BesearchU.S.D.A. Statlon, irilamland Past .Presldent (t965t,lllanl RFC

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PLANT H(CHANGE & AUCfION FOLLOWING I{EETING -- Please BrlngIou.r Plants and NOfIFY Bob Heath before 2100

EDITOB'S I{ESEAG-E

Seasonrc Greetlngs to all, eapeclally to our nany new meub€r!.Our nenberghlp growth hae been phenouenal thls second year of ourexlstance as a ohapter. Ttrls ls 1ar6e1y d.ue to the Yary cuccesefulbooth at the FLorlda State FaIr (whloh ls comlng up agaln very coon)and. to the fantastlc 'Flrat Annual, Pl,ant SaLe'r ln Octob€r, I am aurethat we are far etceedlng the rete of growth erperlenced by Dllanland Palm Beach before us. Now that we are paeelng the 100 uark lnmomberehlp, a reguLar nercletter becomeg a nocesalty. It helps tohold preaent membere and to attraot new membera.

totuatty thls le not Yolume Ir No.l, clnco betneen l)ec. L978and. A.prl} t979 our flrst secretary, Nancy Lester, publlehed, a nonthlyreport on eaoh meeting and. announced. the upconlng program.

Qur nereletter should serve as a pennanent record of lnformatlongathercd. fron all avallab1e aourcea! our nonthly programa, oontrl-butlons by you the member, and. nsterlal from other publlcatlona.All pertlnent chapter ners and announcements should. be dlrected. tothe edltor at the return ad.d.reee shorn on the newaletter. If nenbergwant reolpes prlnted, pLeaee volce your oplnlon. Other chapter riofls-letterc seem to have drlftcd away from lnclud!.ng them, howeverr Ifyou have frult plants you want to buy, se}lr of, trader W€ may haVerpace for lncluston of such trad.!'r. lnywayrdonrt bc baehful..

Becaure of the htgh lntercet ln plant propagatlon and especlallyln graftlng and. buddlng, I chall lnoLudc toue matcrlal on the subJectnett nonth. We need, aomeone to replace Jlm Meroor aa our resldentexpert on the subJeot, unLess he oan be prevalled. upon to vlslt usfrom north Plorlda and. gLve another cLass soorlr

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BePort of December 7r 1980 Heetlng

Prosldent Joe Congtantlna opencd' the ueetlng at 2r00 Pltt' Ec

announced. that "i "oq"l"red.- 23 ni,- meubershlps rn November foLlowlng

the Flant SaIe. In addltlot-6" weloomed the-4 norc rnembers who algncd'

"p-prior to tfii ,"*ii"g pfut sevcral gueats and potentlal memberg'}Ie rere ad.vlced that Cfrrfstfne Pr6danaa vral iertorrl, lll' and' In

thc hotpliaL i"-e"i"ievf[.e aualtlng turgelry. Eer--addreao' loT thosewlehlng to *"rra fr.r " card lst e3 Sitfsbury PI.r.Hollday ))599'

The treaeury rcport on the Flret Annua1 Plant Salc ls stllltnoonplete and. i'ofdl-up sales oontlnue. Unofflcl'al reeults aretDay-of-trre-sale O"r""-l *iSOO, Follow-up Saloa-Grogs - $?5qg! f9r

"-[oiir-;; $1i;o6o-i"ppr6iii"irJ.-our nlt ehall be near $fSgo. l{elearned. " gieei aeai tlrat can Ui applled to the next eale. fhe cred'ltfor the success of the sale goes nifnly to Joe Constantlne for flrsttimagfnfne that we could brlnE 9ff Euch-a Large scale,Y:1tlfr-1nd thenorglnlrlig and d.Ircotlng fi.-llro tfre fantastlc Job done by Paul and'

Irene Bubensteln ln arranglng the elte and rnany d.etalls lnvolved' Inrunntng tfre eaie pfo" the-unieal feat of obtalnlng 1l TV lntervlersana irEe publlclti, In every malgr oentral Florlda newspaper.--- progr"rn i[afriran, Bay hfroriafXe, lntroduced the guest,speakerfron Lake1and, ir"f"isor- fhouaE B. Mack, Director of thc FlorldaBouthern colrisl-citrue Inetltute. Among hls gt!"T credlts Prof. Ilackauthors a weekiy gard.en column In the Litreland Ledger. He YGry k1ndlygaye us rome erLeltent publlclty In thls colurn Just before the sale.

"Unusual Cltrue Frultsilby Ihouae B. Mack

prlor to the meetlng, Prof. Maclf Lald out a beautlful dfsplay ofoltrua on the counter represcntlng most of the rnaJor groups of frults.Followlng the program, members wero lnvlted to sanple them.

profl lviack triccd. the htetory of cltrus culture from SoutheastAsla to the Medlterranean basln and thence to the southern U.S'4.Thls history oor.t" *o", than 25OO yeara. The cltron (9f9fg? plalpa)Is the earllest nentloned cltrue ln Greek wrltlngsr ertolled' as anornauental. Ihe sour or Sevllle orange (C. aurantlum) was apparentlythe second cltrus specles to arrlye ln tEE-ffilfEerranean arear broughtthere by the Arabs brobably soon after 1000 A.D.

Cultlvated. ln the Amertcas slnce Columbust second voyage in tl+9),the flret ottrus--tn Florlda waa planted. about L565 when St. Auguetlne$aa founded. parfi large plantln}s ln Florld.a were much farther norththan today. Succelslve-seiere freese years have resulted In a progres-slvi marclr to tfre south by the cltrus- Industry. EYon nog, much new

acreage ls bel.ng planted, near Lalre okeechobee.fhe "o*r"""i*i-t*portanci

of the cltrus tndustry to the state ofFlorlda "*r, Ui-ira"pra Uf the flgure of one bllllon dollars belng theamount or uuiin;;;-i"-ri?4. Pollt-county alone Srows more cltrus thenthe whole state of Callfornla.

Japan ls the second largest grower.of oltrus In the worl{t afterthe U.S. BrazlL ls comtng oil str6ng and. promlees to exceed Florldasometlme ln the future.

Crosses are posslble between moet epecles ln the 33 genera 9f theRutaceae fanlly irown ln FIorId,a. One could say that there are toomeny dlfferent- Flpee and klnds of cltrus grown ln Flortda: at least250 varletles. There are more than 200 on the Flortda $outhern campua

In Lakeland, There are 35 to 40 varletles of orange Srown conmerclally.

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and" dlsplayed for usSome of bhe bypes ancl varL etl es dl seussedwere as follows s

Ponclrus trlfollata : A thorny, declduous (t)' hedge plant (ercellent--?ffi-A-fE'fr85-fiffif used. nalnly as a rootstook. The frults are not

useful.Fortunella ggp.r Kumquatl A cold hard^y (compared to cltrus) cltrus-=;IffiTi6 frEfch tol-erates even more cold when on Ponolrus rootg.

g. Japonlca - the rouad varletlee, I{elwa and UlarumlE. maisPfltS - the oval varlety, Nagaml.

Ct[rus mealca, the Cltron I l[entloned ear]ler as the flrst oltrus ln--TEE-old-fr6iia, tt ls rarely found. In Florlda ercept as a speclrrentree. lt 1s stl1I grown commerolally ln lta1y and to a suraller extentln Callfornla. the pulp and Jutce are uselessr but the thlck rlnd lsfermented ln brlne and then candled for use ln frultcal(es, oto.

Q. parad.lsl, Orapefruit : Apparently a mubant of the huge pummelo or- sE6?lt[668-(9. siandls), occurLng ln the Carlbbean ov6r 200 years a8o.

the oldest-vailEEJ-Flanted coumerclally 1s the Duncan, orlglnatlngln Safety ilarborr- not far from our meetlng slte. It is the standardof quallty ln gripefrult and probably the hardlest varlety to cold.Hovrever lt may-have 50 seed.e. It ls white fleshed. The l{arsh or MarshSeedless Is a smaller frult and normally later than Duncan.NOIE: dseedlessi ls deflned as havlng 6 or fewer seeds.

fh;-frildarln group, or iltlpper-sklni frults : Conposed of the SateumastKlng oorange'r, ancl tho tangerlnes.g. unshlu, The Satsuna I A mutatlon orlglnattng ln Japan' lt is grown- af6ilil'd'-the Gulf Coast from Florlda to Teras because of lts cold

reelstance. Ponclrus rootsbock lmparts even more cold hardlness.Prof. trlack mentloned an uncle of hls grorlng thls comblnatton lnh1s yard ln Rldgelandrsouth Carollna (about 20 nlles fron Savannah).

g. nobllts, the King "orange'f 3 A cross between a tangerlne and a- sweet orange (9. retlculatp r C. slnensle) although not an attract-

lve frult, nevertheless lrsed to be the favorlte of most Srowersfor dooryard use only. The flavor ls superb'

q. f,qllcqlqlg, the tangertne : The true tangerlnes are the Dancyt- P6;fiffi=ffiC1eopatra. The Bobtnson Is actually a hybrld of the

Clementlne tangerlne anr.t the Orlando tangelo. The 'Eoney Uturcott"formerly called trSmlth tangerlne'r was undoubtedly a tangor (crossbetween tangerlne and sweet orange) as the parent tree came frornthe USDA,ln Mlaml and was sent to Safety Harbor ln Lgt).

g. naslure.nsls, the Calamondlno(also C. h[tl| and C. mlcrocarpa) :- Avery acla; small attractlve frult, perhaps a hybrld between a

tangerlne and a kumquat. It ls grouped wtth the llmes and ls some-what useful for Jams and. Jelllee. Baslcally lt Is sold as an orne-mental tree.

Hybrrde; A nunber of hybrtds wc,re dlscussed and,/or exhlblted' namelyiOrangequat: A cross tetween a sweet orange and a kumquat and sort

of-pear-shaped. The rlnd ls edlble and the pulp Julcy and veryagrleable ln flavor, A prlnre candldate as a dooryard frult'

UglI and. Homll; Grapefrutt fryUrtds that Ilve up to thelr names andand are llttle nore than curlosltles.

Cltrange: A cross between Ponclruq trllqUqls and C. slnensls- ("*.Et o"""s.i-*";d ;;--"-fficf-Tangelo: A cross between tangerlne and grapefrult. lhe Orlando

tangelo ls from a cross of Dancy tangerlne pollen on Bowen Srape-frult plstl1, made by W.T.Swlngle ln 1911. Orlginally called Lake'lt ls grown on a large commerclal sca1e. Prof. llack declared. lthls'rfavorlte frult'r.'Ihe lilnneola Tangelo ls also a htghly recom-mended frult for lts Julce, but does not peel readlly.The most popular rootstock today ls Camlso, a cltrange. In "the

future some hybrld of the cltran6e w111 most llltely be used.

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