Mobile Climate Suits Satsuma Growth as Natural Asset
A climatologist argues Mobile's climate supports citrus like Satsumas, noting mild winters enable year round labor and that the Gulf coast moderates extremes. He cites Florida freezes, 1894 95 and 1899, and highlights Mobile's long freezing record, rainfall of about 62 inches, and the hardiness of trifoliate stock trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Mobile
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mobile’s Cold Weather Record For Forty Years
The article notes Mobile records over five feet of rainfall yearly, highlighting benefits for crops and water supply while acknowledging the inconvenience of rain. It compares Mobile’s 134 rainy days per year to other regions, noting Asheville has slightly fewer rainy days and Buffalo 170 days.
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Mobile
United States Weather Bureau
United States
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Gulf
Rocky Mountains
Gulf of Mexico
North Pacific Coast
Allegheny Mountains
Mississippi River
Buffalo
N. Y
Ohio Valley
Gulf and South Atlantic States
Asheville
N. C
Satsuma Industry Growth in Dawes Neighborhood
In the Dawes section of Mobile County, Miss Beth Newman organized a Satsuma Day at Dawes Public School. Sixth graders under Miss Lilian Martin wrote original compositions about the juicy fruit, reflecting industry growth and local nurseries such as Dawes, Griffing’s Grand Bay Kroner’s and other Alabama nurseries.
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Dawes
Satsuma
Mobile County
Beth Newman
Dawes Public School
Lilian Martin
Newman
Martin
Griffing’s
Grand Bay
Kroner’s
Alabama
The Satsuma Orange in Dawes and Beyond
By Clyde Smith and Constance Gertrude Dyar the Satsuma orange is traced from its Japanese origin to its spread in Mobile and Baldwin counties. The article covers tree growth habits yields incidence of unusually productive trees, and the Dawes county industry with early orchards, and notes on cultivation practices including planting times soil preparation and pest control.
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Mobile
United States Weather Bureau
Clyde Smith
Satsuma
Japan
China
Gulf Coast
Baldwin Counties
Caves
S. Imura
Dawes
Constance Gertrude Dyar
Gaston
Mr. Gaston
J. M. Kroner
Farm Land Company
Mobile County
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Satsumas
Leonard Coates
Napa
California
U. S
Mobila
Albert Ashenberger
City of
Alabama River
C. F. Burke
Bell Phone
Varley Produce Co
Commerce ST
Home Phone Mobile
Mamita
Oc Ee
DR. F. L. Tapia
Dauphin
Phoebe IS. Akenhe
Caruso
William Faversham
Harry Lauder
American Tobacco Company
Westinghouse
G. E. Irons
Mobile Electric Co
Mobile Electrical Supply Co
Schenker-Alidor Electric Co
van Antwerp’s Drug Co
D’olive Electric Co
Compos Electric Supplies
Cox Electric Co
Shaw-Cain Electric Co
B. & B. Electric Co
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