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Hodgson's 1967 account, citing Ziegler and Wolfe (1961), reports that N. H. Moragne acquired Major Atway's Palatka property in 1843; the mandarin tree was reportedly planted there earlier and later grew in the Moragne orchard.
Hodgson’s 1967 account, citing Ziegler and Wolfe (1961), says N. H. Moragne acquired Major Atway’s Palatka property in 1843. It does not say he maintained or developed the tree.
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According to Hodgson's 1967 account, citing Ziegler and Wolfe (1961), a mandarin tree was reportedly introduced from Tangier and planted at Palatka, Florida, by Major Atway. The account does not establish the tree's date of arrival or the cultivar's original geographic origin.
Reportedly brought the mandarin from Tangier, Morocco, and established it at Palatka, Florida.
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Hodgson's 1967 account says the parent tree was known as the Moragne tangierine. It associates that tree with the property later acquired by N. H. Moragne, but does not identify who assigned the name or when.
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