| Show Scot First Brought Navel Orange North The United States owes the successful success success- ful Introduction of ot the naval orange to the late William Saunders It is not certain however howe that the he trees which were Introduced by Mr Saunders were the first which had been brought to the tIle United States though they were the first to come Into successful bearing Time The late Thomas Hogg of ot New York in an account pub In 1888 1858 stated that about 1838 1313 8 u 11 wealthy Scotch planter In Brazil de determined to manumit his slaves sla und and remove remO with them to the United States Slates lie He settled on an 1 Island land in ml middle or en southern Florida and aad then returned to Brazil and ond secured a collection of 01 plants for Introduction which be he con consigned con consigned sl signed n d to Mr Hogg ling who at ut that time conducted a 11 nursery at the corner of Broadway und and Twenty Twenty third third street New York fork city Among these plants plant were ere several se naval nu orange trees After the plants had been held In a green greenhouse greenhouse I house for fur a year In order to allow alln them to recover from the effects of ot the thelong thelong long sea voyage which they had un under undergone de deGn gone one the they were forwarded to the own owner owner owner er in to Florida During the Seminole war the owner was charged with glIng glIng gl Ing lag aid old and nd comfort to the enem enemy and the entire collection of plants was de dl destroyed strayed by the thc United States troops The owner then moved to 10 Haiti |
