. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. in the open hardwood forests and live-oak groves of that region, and in time formed wild grovesof great extent, always in places where more or lessprotected from sun and radiation by towering live-oaks,magnolias and similar trees. Sweet Oranges were grown to some extent for familyus
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. in the open hardwood forests and live-oak groves of that region, and in time formed wild grovesof great extent, always in places where more or lessprotected from sun and radiation by towering live-oaks,magnolias and similar trees. Sweet Oranges were grown to some extent for familyuse even before the civil war, but in the absence oftransportation facilities were considered of no commer-cial value. Between 18G5 and 1870, however, the Orange treesalong the banks of the St. Johns river began to attractattention as a profitable investment, and a little lateran enterprising horticulturist bought a portion of a wildgrove in the interior, near Orange Lake, and buddedthe 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 cropvalued at $231,000, for the year of the great freeze,1894-5. Many of these wild groves were injured or destroyed,however, by the removal of the protecting live-oaks,. 1553. Tub-erown Orange tree. and being located on about the 30th parallel of latitude,the Oranges themselves had to be marketed early inthe season to avoid destruction by frost. By 1880 culti-vated groves spread over all parts of Florida wliererailroad or steamboat transportation was accessible; the ORANGE Indian river hammocks being justly celebrated for thequality and abundance of the fruit, while almost everykind of soil and exposure had its champions as best forOrange culture. The winters for several years prior to
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