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gives cash down $8,500 for it. Another one has 22 acres of twelve-year-old trees, now 

 well in bearing. He estimates his crop at 5,000 to 7,000 boxes, for which he is offered 

 $1.75 per box on the tree. A five-acre grove 10 years old has a crop estimated at 1,000 

 boxes; and so it goes, all over this part of the county. 



The cost of making groves has been lessened very much in the last few years, from 

 the improvements made in planting and handling young groves. It used to be said 10 

 years were required to bring a grove to a paying basis. Now there are many five-year- 

 old groves that will pay expenses with the present crop. 



New land is yet comparatively cheap but can not remain so long, especially that near 

 the railways or river. 



Yours truly, 



S. B. Mann. 



