Armstrong Nurseries, Inc

(yfRMSTRONG NURSERIES ONTARIO CALIFORNIA 1944 Copyright 1943 by Armstrong Nurseries, Inc. Armstrong There is a Difference Not all citrus trees are the same. You have seen some orange trees loaded down with high quality fruit and others that were scrubby things with little or no fruit on them and that possibly of an inferior type. Care after planting has a lot to do with it (that is up to you), but in most cases the kind of mature tree you get is determined by the kind of young tree you plant (that is up to us). Five, ten, twenty years after you plant, that's when you really appreciate an Armstrong The New Robertson Navel Orange Citrus Tree, because that's when you'll be en- Produces heavier crops and star s to joying the big crops, the superior for ripen several weeks earlier in the win- quality ter season. which Armstrong strains are famous. Planting Calendar for Citrus Dependable for 54 Years Are You Up-to-Date? The black squares under every month in the planting For 54 years, always under the same Do you know just how good citrus fruit calendar below indicate that you can plant citrus trees management, Armstrong Nurseries has can be or what new improved kinds (balled, bare root or in tins) during any month in the year been furnishing superior citrus trees to have been developed over the past ten (spring months are slightly preferable). the orchardists and home planters of the years? Most planters are not aware of Southwest. Many of the finest and largest the progress made in citrus fruits re- producing orchards in this State are cently. Month JFMAMJ JASOND planted with Armstrong grown trees, and no matter in what town you live, you're We are constantly testing new citrus va- sure to find in nearby home gardens rieties and offering them for your profit Armstrong citrus trees providing large and pleasure when we are convinced quantities of wonderful fruit for their that they are worthy of recommending owners. to you. New improved citrus kinds which Shipping Weights and Costs we definitely recommend include: The Painstaking atteniion to the details of heavy bearing, early ripening Robertson seed selection, rigid grading of seedlings, Citrus trees are usually supplied with a burlap-wrapped Navel for winter oranges; the Armstrong modern bud selection methods and care- ball of earth on the roots, but bare root trees may be Seedless Valencia for seedless summer ful growing and digging practices pro- supplied if specially requested. We recommend and orange juice: the Armstrong Seedless duce an Armstrong citrus tree which is often ship bare root trees to distant points to save trans- Lemon for seedless lemonade the year vigorous productive. portation expense. Balled, 1-year trees weigh 40 lbs., inherently and around; the Summernavel, a delicious 2-year trees, 60 lbs. Bare root trees, 1-year, weigh 2 lbs. juicy orange which reverses the Navel for the first tree and 1 lb. for each added tree. See page Top- Your Trees season by ripening in the summer. 41 for shipping costs. Work Old Unauthorized reproduction of patented Then there are those richly flavored, citrus varieties, including Armstrong juicy Tangelos; the heavy bearing, orna- Seedless Valencia, Robertson Navel, mental, cold-resistant Calarnondin; and Summernavel or Armstrong Seedless the juiciest and finest of all Tangerines, Lemon either as nursery grown trees or the Kara and Kinnow. as top-worked orchard trees is prohibited You might as well have the finest in under the terms of the U. S. Plant Patent citrus fruits while you are planting. Laws. Licenses for top-working orchard Many of these kinds are available only trees to these varieties may be secured at Armstrongs because only Armstrongs from the Armstrong Nurseries for a very have taken the trouble to search them small charge. Write for information if out, test them and grow them for you. interested in top-working. For Arizona Planters Be Sure It's Genuine Trees of the Robertson Navel Orange, Every tree sold of the Armstrong Seed- Armstrong Seedless Valencia Orange and less Valencia (Plant Pat. No. 124), the Summernavel Orange are available for Robertson Navel (Plant Pat. No. 126), the planting in Arizona from Mr. H. H. Summernavel Orange (Plant Pat. No. Wasser, Nurseryman, Route 2, Box 217 347), and the Armstrong Seedless Lemon (7220 North 12th Street), Phoenix. Mr. (Plant Pat. No. 342), carries a tag bear- Wasser also is authorized to issue li- ing its patent number, and unless it censes for top-working orchard trees to does carry such a tag, it is not a genu- the above varieties in Arizona. ine tree of the varieties named. Armstrong Seedless Valencia Orange Armstrong Seedless Valencia. FC20. Throughout the world wherever oranges are grown the Valencia has long been considered the finest summer juice orange, but until the introduction of the Armstrong Seedless Valencia two years ago, there had never been a Valen- cia without seeds. The ordinary kind contains from 4 to 8 seeds and usually 6 or 8 which must be strained out each time that juice is squeezed. Housewives throughout Armstrong the country will welcome this new seedless orange. Seedless Valencia In appearance the Armstrong Seedless Valencia is simi- When cut in half, lar to the ordinary Valencia, but possibly finer textured, the fruits of the with much less rag and a little better quality. The vig- Armstrong Seedless orous trees bear heavy crops of beautiful seedless fruit. Valencia Orange Although an occasional seed may be found, you will show only clear, have to hunt through hundreds of fruits to find one. juicy flesh, with no You can throw away your orange juice strainers when seeds in evidence, you have this new Seedless Valencia in bearing. as shown in this 2-year trees, piclure. Price on Armstrong Seedless Valencia, $4.50 each, $42.50 per 10. — 1 — — — California Citrus Robertson Washington Navel Navel Orange Washington Navel. FC28. This famous seedless, winter ripening Orange is Robertson Navel. FC23. The finest largely responsible for California's world- wide citrus fame. The fruit is large, winter ripening orange for California with the characteristic navel at the blos- —that is what we claim for this new, som end, and in flavor, juiciness and general high quality, it is not excelled improved, early ripening, heavier pro- by any other Orange. The skin peels off ducing orange. Young trees two and readily, while the sections are easily separated without breaking. While eas- three years old are loaded down with ily grown anywhere in Southern Califor- fruit, bearing two or three times as nia, it is at its best in the foothills and the valleys a few miles removed from the much as trees of the Washington coast. December to April. 2-year trees, Navel of the same age, and it con- $4.00 each, $37.50 per 10. tinues to far outbear that variety after the trees are mature. You will not Valencia Orange have to wait for fruit on the Robert- Valencia. FC27. The best summer orange son because it starts producing almost the world over is the Valencia. Valen- Both Paulette and the Robertson Navel Orange tree plant the trees. begin to ripen in May and are as soon as you cias shown above are three years old. Robertson bears young throughout the summer and available and it bears heavily. The Robertson Navel is the best winter fall months. The medium-sized fruit is orange and the one you will find most juicy and sweet, with few seeds, and profitable because the tree is the largest of all citrus varieties. Most of the summer orange juice 1. In appearance, color, tenderness, fla- consumed in the United States comes vor and juiciness the Robertson is equal from the Valencia. If you want your to the finest Washington Navel, making orange juice absolutely seedless, you it the best eating orange in the world. wiil want the new Armstrong Seedless 2. The Robertson is by far the heaviest Valencias on opposite page. April to Oc- bearing Navel Orange, far more produc- tober. 1-year trees, $3.50 each, $32.50 tive than the Washington Navel. It con- sistently bears more boxes per tree and per 10; 2-year trees, $4.00 each, $37.50 per acre, even though the tree is slight- per 10. ly smaller than Washington. St. Michael. FC25. Sometimes called 3. The Robertson tree usually starts to "Paper-Rind" because of the thinness of bear as soon as it is planted. the skin on the medium sized, richly flavored fruits which are exceedingly sweet 4. The fruit is smooth, uniform, and and juicy. Ripens between the Navel nearly all of it in the desirable medium and the Valencia, and is a fine home sizes. fruit. Feb. to April. 2-year trees, $4.00. 5. You can pick the fruit two to three weeks ahead of the Washington Navel, well before Christmas, before the heavy The Best Blood Orange winter frosts. This is an exceedingly im- portant characteristic in the early ripen- Ruby Blood. FC24. This is the best Blood ing citrus areas such as the San Joaquin Orange. Of medium size, very sweet and Why the Robertson Navel Sets Heavy Crops Valley. In that section Robertsons are juicy. The flesh is streaked with red and The photograph above shows why the Robertson Navel sweet, colored and ready to pick early when fully ripe is blood-red, the color always sets a heavy crop. The larger cluster of fruits in November. extending through the peel to on the right are Robertson Navels, while the smaller Each Per 10 show a red blush on the outside.

Load more