Show Oranges in Utah conditions being equal It Jt is not I OTHER impractical to attempt growing citrus j fruits In Sn tho the Dixie country of or Utah Some Somo Sometime Sometime time may bo be required to develop hardy varieties adapted to climatic conditions but this would seem to be quite et ta nc possible as asin asin asin in other parts of ot tho the country where oranges and lemons have been made to flourish Let It be understood that oranges are area a I I a not native to our tropics semi but have been I made t Indigenous through cul cultivation Orange trees were found growing wild In Florida when that state was Bottled but it is as assumed as- as that these propagated from species i brought to that peninsula by the early Span Span- lards The first t California oranges came from the same tamo source Now upward of ot a at hundred varieties are arc cultivated In the t 1 United States r 1 Generically tho the orange Is 18 a native of Asia Afa 1 and of China Thence It migrated Into In India In- In dla dia Nearly four centuries ago ago It was vas transplanted transplanted trans trans- planted in Portugal then by the Spaniards Spaniard carried to both continents of this hernia hemle- c. c Tho rho navel naval orange now most popular I of or all lL varieties S Is a transplant from Brazil 4 m which thrived best in California and has been hybridized Into numerous descendants Although tho citrus Industry la is paramount paramount paramount para para- mount In Florida and California oranges orans-cs are aro grown in parts of 0 Texas Arizona and New Mexico edco Frost being boing tho most obdurate enemy of or In Florida gave gao tho the Pacific field a no considerable advantage in tho the past but changing climatic condItions conditions conditions condi condI- in southern California aro are adding to tho the cares of ot citrus growers there Florida FlorMa has haq one ono largo large orange orchard that is kept under cover and wherever where grown It Is found prudent to protect orange orans-o trees with storm shields either cither of ot trees or high board fences These conditions conditions' noted to suggest the tho need o of evolving evolving- hard hardier lor trees for regions la largely eQ devoted de to the tho industry and if It this 1 Is accomplished there is no reason why hY the orange ma may not be bo adapted to the tho salubrious climate of southwest Utah Orange growIng has an extensive bibliography graphy man many books having been written to combat diseases and pests to which citrus fruit trees trees aro are subject besides those dealIng dealing deal deal- ing tug with horticultural and comm commercial con con- Tho Tim orange has been beon called king of ot tho the international fruit trado trade of or tho the world orld Utah might as well produce oranges If It po possible as ns to bu buy them and cat eat them The Tho peace ace propagandists continue their efforts probably on tho theory theor that the thc longer longcr the war the nearer peace must be I |