. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1154 ORANGE lows: Garey,'"Orange Culture iu California," San Fran- cisco, IWI ; Jliime, "Treatise of Orange Culture- in Florida. I,, ii; California," New York and ,, I , : Ilciard of Horticulture. For an arcuuni Uiu (i
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1154 ORANGE lows: Garey,'"Orange Culture iu California," San Fran- cisco, IWI ; Jliime, "Treatise of Orange Culture- in Florida. I,, ii; California," New York and ,, I , : Ilciard of Horticulture. For an arcuuni Uiu (iiauge from the botanical point of view, see CUnts. L H. B. Orange Culture Orange culture in Fl the acriilc n:;.] .li-I rili Indian-. IN Florida.âThe foundation of iirida was laid, it is believed, by iiion of sour Orange by the i I In- fruit from trees planted by the 8pan I liays, and which were probably grown tr.'ii, ri -.â (â lis. These ndui i.»raii!4r> were carried from camp to camp, and the seeds thus scHttered through the northern and central parts of peninsular Florida found congenial soil and conditions in the open hardwood forests and live- oak groves of that region, and in time formed wild groves of great extent, always in places where more or less protected from sun and radiation by towering live-oaks, magnolias and similar trees. Sweet Oranges were grown to some extent for family use even before the civil war, but in the absence of transportation facilities were considered of no commer- cial value. Between 1805 and 1870, however, the Orange trees along the banks of the St. John's river began to attract attention as a profitable investment, and a little later an enterprising liorticulturist bought a i)ortion of a wild grove in the interior, near Orange Lake, and budded the tops of the sour trees to sweet varieties. The prof- its were prompt and large, so much so that this pioneer, who began with an investment of only $1,000, had a crop valued
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