Armstrong Nurseries Have Been Furnishing Superior Citrus Trees to the Orchardists and Home Planters

Nurserie CALIFORNIA Copyright 1941 by Armstronq Nurseries, Inc. Armstrong Citrus Trees 1 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 The New fruit on them that possibly of in- Robertson and an Navel Orange ferior 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). w We Claim No Magic Formula For 52 years (under the same management) Armstrong Nurseries have been furnishing superior citrus trees to the orchardists and home planters. Many of the finest and largest producing orchards in this state are planted with Armstrong-grown trees. No magical secret methods are involved in the production of this When to Plant superior type of citrus tree by the Armstrong Nurseries but pains- taking attention to the details of seed selection, rigid grading of seed- Citrus trees can be planted at almost any time during the year in lings, modem bud selection methods and careful growing and digging California, although the spring months are preferable. Trees are sup- practices produce an Armstrong tree which is inherently vigorous and plied with a burlap wrapped ball of earth on the roots, such trees productive. Every tree will establish quickly for you for it is taken up weighing from 40 to 60 pounds each. Bare root trees may be supplied with a big ball of light soil around the well-developed roots, insur- if specially requested and we make shipments to distant points with ing adequate moisture penetration after planting. Armstrong citrus bare root trees to save transportation expense. trees have won first prize at the Los Angeles County Fair (the biggest m the United States) for the last eight years, so plant Armstrong prize-winning citrus and five, ten or twenty years from now you will Shipments Abroad still be well pleased with the results. With our careful methods of packing, we ship citrus trees safely to any part of the world, and Armstrong trees may be found growing New Varieties of Citrus and producing in all of the citrus-producing countries in the world, New varieties of citrus are continually being introduced and im- including Palestine, U. S. S. R., Morocco, South Africa, India, Aus- provements in existing varieties being made. We are constantly test- tralia, Spain and the countries of Central and South America. For ing, growing and offering for sale trees of these new kinds when we such shicments the earth is removed from the roots and the tops cut feel that they are worth while. Only from the Armstrong Nurseries back to reduce weight. can many of these little known but delicious citrus fruits be obtained. Armstrong Seedless Valencia Orange Armstrong Seedless Valencia. 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 Valencia 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 the country will welcome this new seedless orange. In appearance the Armstrong Seedless Valencia is similar to the ordinary Valencia, but possibly finer textured, with much less rag and a little better quality. The original tree has been observed over a period of nine years, never failing to bear a heavy crop of beautiful seedless fruit, and the variety has been reproduced and tested in other locations with the same results. Although an occasional seed may be found, you will have to hunt through hundreds of fruits to find one. California's winter ripening Navel Oranges have long been popular and famous because of their seedlessness, and now seedless Oranges may be had throughout the year. You can throw away your orange juice strainers when you have this new Seedless Valencia in bearing. Prices on Seedless Valencia Orange Each Per 10 1- year trees $2.50 $20.00 2-year trees 2.85 23.50 Large specimens, l'/4-l% inch caliper - 4.50 Be Sure It's Genuine Every tree sold of the Armstrong Seedless Valencia (Plant Patent No. 124), the Robert- son Navel (Plant Patent No. 126) and the Summernavel Orange (Plant Patent No. 347) carries a tag bearing its patent number, and unless it does carry such a tag, it is not a genuine tree of the varieties named. Top-Work Your Old Trees Unauthorized reproduction of the Armstrong Seedless Valencia Seedless Valencia, Robertson Navel, Summer- navel or Armstrong Seedless Lemon either as When cut in hali, the fruits of nursery grown trees or as top-worked orchard the Armstrong Seedless Valencia trees is prohibited under the terms of the U. S. Orange show only clear, juicy Plant Patent Laws. Licenses for top-working flesh, with no seeds in evidence, orchard trees to these varieties may be se- as shown in this picture. Why cured from the Armstrong Nurseries for a not grow your summer orange very small charge. Write for information il juice seedless right on the trees? interested in top-working. 2.252.00 1.90 Why the Robertson Navel Outbears Other Oranges The photograph above shows why the Robertson Navel always sets a heavy crop. The larger cluster of fruits on the right are Robertson Navels, while the smaller fruits are ordinary Washington Navels. Both are aver- age specimens of each variety picked in the same orchard on luly 10th. The fruit of the Robertson is so large in June and July that hot weather affects it but little, while it causes the smaller fruits of the Washington Navel to drop. Both of Them Three Years Old Both Paulette and the Robertson Navel Orange tree shown The New Robertson Navel Orange above are three years old. The finest winter ripening orange for3.50California—that is what we claim for this new, improved, early ripening, heavier produc- Standard Orange Varieties ing orange. Young trees two and three years old are loaded Each Per 10 1-year, -5/ in. caliper $1.75 $15.00 down with fruit, bearing two or three times as much as trees y2 8 1- year, 5/8 -3/4 in. caliper 16.50 of the Washington Navel of the same age, and it continues to 2- year, 3/4- 1 in. caliper 17.50 far outbeor that variety after the trees are mature. You will not 2-year, 1 in. up caliper 20.00 3 have to wait for fruit on the Robertson because it starts pro- Large specimens, lV4-l /4 in. caliper 4.50 ducing almost as soon as you plant the trees. Write for special low prices on 25 or more trees. Ten assorted citrus at the 10-rate. See also "Home Citrus Trio" Offer on page 3. The Robertson Navel is the best 5. You can pick the fruit two to Washington Navel. This famous seedless, winter ripening winter orange and the one you will three weeks ahead of the Washing- Orange is largely responsible for California's world-wide citrus find most profitable because— ton Navel, well before Christmas. fruit is large, with the characteristic navel at the *>eiore the heavy winter frosts. This fame. The 1. color, tender- In appearance, blossom end, and in flavor, juiciness and general high quality, it 13 exceedingly important char- ness, flavor and juiciness the Rob- ™ excelled other skin peels off readily, acterisuc in the early ripening is not by any Orange. The ertson is equal to the finest Wash- while the sections are easily separated without breaking. While citrus areas such as the San Joa- Navel, it the best ington making easily grown anywhere in Southern California, it is at its best in 1 um Valley. In that section Robert- eating orange in the world. the foothills and the valleys a few miles removed from the coast. _ _ , . , sons are sweet, colored and ready 2. is far the to April. 1-year trees only. The Robertson by to ick during the iirst week in December bearing Navel Orange, far heaviest November. Valencia. The best summer orange the world over is the Va- more productive than the Washing- _ . _ Pnces on Robertson, „Navel Trees lencia. Valencias begin to ripen in May and are available ton Navel. It consistently bears throughout the summer and fall months. The medium-sized fruit more boxes per tree and per acre. Each Per 10 is juicy and sweet, with few seeds, and the tree is the largest of even though the tree is slightly 1-year trees $2.50 $20.00 all citrus varieties. Most of the summer orange juice consumed smaller than Washington. 2-year trees 2.85 23.50 in the United States comes from the Valencia. If you want your Specimens, iy to 13/ 3. The Robertson tree usually 4 4 orange juice absolutely seedless, you will want the new Arm- in caliper 4.50 starts to bear as soon as it is strong Seedless Valencia on opposite page. April to October. planted. Write for special low prices on 25 St. Michael. Sometimes called "Paper-Rind" because of the 4. The fruit is smooth, uniform, or more trees. Ten assorted citrus thinness of the skin on the medium sized, richly flavored fruits and nearly all of it in the desirable at the 10-rate.

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