TABLE 23.-THE INFLUENCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION ON FRUIT PRODUCTION OF VALENCIA ORANGE, 1955-1956. (Cont.)


Area


Annual
Rainfall
Inches


Mt. Dora-Leesburg ..
(Eustis) .........


Montverde-Groveland
(Clermont) .. ......


Dade City-Brooksville
(St. Leo) ...... .....


Lutz-Clearwater ......
(Tarpon Springs) ....


44.50
- 3.07)


42.26
- 6.29)


45.02
-10.48)


40.52
-10.68)


 Treatment



No Irrigation
Light Irrigation
Heavy Irrigation

No Irrigation
Light Irrigation
Heavy Irrigation

No Irrigation
Light Irrigation
Heavy Irrigation

No Irrigation
Light Irrigation
Heavy Irrigation


Number
Groves


 9


Boxes/tree

 6.31
 7.73


8 6.43
6 5.89


11 6.45
4 5.30


4 4.14

6 5.34


* Location of the U. S. Weather Bureau rain gauge.
** Groves irrigated with 1-2 inches were arbitrarily classified as light irrigation.
f The range in heavy irrigation varied from 3 to 15 inches.
. Annual rainfall deficit.


Production


Boxes/Acre

 420
 459


 3(369
 385


 475
 457


 253

 386