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Lue Gim Gong was born
Lue Gim was born in 1860 (notice how i didnt put in an exact date but this is a closest) in canton, China in a family of orange farmers. -
lue gim returns
lue returns back to his home land to see his mother, as the winters in massucsets where too much for him. -
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oranges freezes
he returns back to america, planted some citrus but it was wiped out in a winter storm. -
a new orange species
By 1888, Lue had created a new type orange which ripened in the faster and which was bright and sweet called the Lue Gim Gong orange. -
sucess
he later recived a reward for is acommplisments by the Silver Wilder Medal from the USDA w/ help from his contributors for the citrus planting. -
lue gim gong dies
.Lue Gim Gong died in 1925 and is buried in Oakdale Cemetery in the southwest corner.
