Florida Agricultural Experiment Stations

TABLE 4.-THE DISTRIBUTION OF VALENCIA ORANGE GROVES
 BASED ON PLANTING DISTANCES.


Trees/
Acre


45 .............

47 ........

48 ........

50 ............

52 ...........

54 .... .....


Planting
Distance
 Feet

 30x32

 30x31

 30x30

 27x32

 29x29

 27x30

 28x28

 25x30

 27x27

 26x27

 26x26

 25x26


Groves
No.

 2

 1

 13

 2

 2

 3

 14

 30

 6

 3

 14


The more commonly used spacings are in bold tye.


TABLE 5.-A SUMMARY OF VALENCIA ORANGE PRODUCTION BASED ON
 THE AVERAGE OF THREE YEARS (1953-1955).


Production

Boxes/
Tree

2.45- 3.50

3.51- 4.50

4.51- 5.50

5.51- 6.50

6.51- 7.50

7.51- 8.50

8.51-10.48


Groves


No.

 6

 11

 28

 35

 30

 21

 6


A average ...............

R ange ...............


Distribution


 %
 4.4

 8.0

 20.4

 25.6

 21.9

 15.3

 4.4

 Boxes/Tree

 6.14

 2.45-10.48


Standard deviation ....


Production


Boxes/Acre

 166-250

 251-320

 321-390

 391-460

 461-530

 531-600

 601-734


Grove Distribution


No. %

 7 5.1

 26 19.0

 27 19.7

 39 28.5

 29 21.2

 4 2.9

 5 3.6

 Boxes/Acre

 400

 166-734


Trees/ Planting
Acre Distance
 Feet

 70 25x25

 73 20x30

 76 23x25

 81 18x30

 82 23x24

 90 22x22

 91 20x24

 97 15x30

 99 21x21

 100 15x29

 116 15x25

TOTAL


Groves
 No.

 40

 13

 4

 2

 1

 1

 1

 6

 1

 5

 2

 168


1.52