臍橙栽培管理技術

臍橙性喜地中海型氣候，主要產區在美國加州、澳洲、西班牙、南非及中國等國家；台灣在1910年日據時代引進栽培，引進初期由「日本杉原產業株式會社」選定在台東縣成功鎮設立農場進行試作，但因臍橙樹勢較弱、開花量雖多但不耐逆境，生理落果嚴重，故品質雖然優異，但產量低使果農栽培意願降低，因此並未大量推廣。台灣目前臍橙栽培面積僅百餘公頃，以台東縣成功鎮栽培最多，約60公頃，每年會辦理臍橙節活動，其他如南投水里鄉、台中東勢鎮亦有部份栽培。在市場供不應求下，價格高，台灣目前品種除華盛頓臍橙，日本系之「白柳臍橙」及「吉田臍橙」均有不錯之表現。 

英文內容大要：
Navel orange happy Mediterranean Sea climate, main production area in country and so on American California, Australia, Spain, South Africa and China; Taiwan in 1910 the date according to the time introduction cultivation, the introduction initial period by the Japanese cedar original industry joint-stock company designated sets up the farm in the Taidong County success town to carry on the test, but because the navel orange tree condition weaker, blossoms the quantity although much but not to bear the adverse circumstance, the physiological prematurely dropped fruit seriously, therefore quality although is outstanding, but the output lowly causes the fruit farmer to cultivate the wish to reduce, therefore massively promotes by no means. Taiwan at present the navel orange cultivation area only hundred hectares, are most by the Taidong County success town cultivation, approximately 60 hectares, each annual meeting handles the navel orange festival activity in, other like south jump into deep water east the township, Taichung the potential town also has the partial cultivation. Falls short of demand under the market, the price is high, Taiwan at present the variety eliminates the Washington navel orange, Japan is it "the white willow navel orange" and "lucky Tian Ch'ich'eng" has the good performance.

盧柏松、李惠鈴