. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. FLORIDA ORANGE CROPS. 1884-85. 1885-86 . 1886-87 . 1890-91 ... 1891-Q2 ... 1893-94 ... 1896-97 ... 1898-99 ... 1899-1900 . 1900-1901 . Boxes 900,000 .3, .3,400,000 .5,055,367 .6,000,000 . 100,000 . 250,000 . 216,579 . 225,000 1,000,000 (Est.) Many trrnx
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. FLORIDA ORANGE CROPS. 1884-85. 1885-86 . 1886-87 . 1890-91 ... 1891-Q2 ... 1893-94 ... 1896-97 ... 1898-99 ... 1899-1900 . 1900-1901 . Boxes 900,000 .3, .3,400,000 .5,055,367 .6,000,000 . 100,000 . 250,000 . 216,579 . 225,000 1,000,000 (Est.) Many trrnx-,-, m lir;ili-- .,,iriiN ;iimI li-iiliM'.'inT have been liriMiL^ni m ' . : ' ! i ' , U<- trunks witli farth il II by frost, il r â ' -I. - .'I h - ..,; like those butwui-u loiuaud , tu ...icui. 111. -u groves. with others uewly planted, would guiu sutliciunt ageand size to defy the ordinary frosts and make this region again productive. Many have recently been shedded over with slats or canvas âusually removed in summer âand, thus pro- .^^gStH^mStt^ tected from the cold, are (jii I -«i« promising large returns on i .«.i\ I the heavy investment re- I I'i'.t' quired to build the sheds I y, ! -fromJGOO to__$l,OOCI_per jj, PiMMk ^ ^ the coldest nights, either with open wood fires or stoves burning coke or The most < - shedding operations are 1555. Movable shed to protect t^ose of John B. Stetson, an Orange tree from cold. uch as cottonseed-meal jiinock land, such, for ex- groves near the Manatee r to give more than 10 â a year, even to the oldest i liability to produce dis- )f potash is used, even the high pine-land at Deland, profit has been found in applications of 80 pounds to the tree, or 2 tons to the acre, but the average amount used by successful grow- ers is 'JO to ."^n pounds to the tree of special brands, costiiiL; fi-iii -:â " I" :-::7 (.or ton. So loll ' - I I not unduly depleted of humu
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