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three or four. While in California nearly all oranges are classified 

 nnder the three names. Navel, Valencia and Seedlings, in Florida a 

 much larger number of varieties are grown and manj^ names are in 

 use, as Parson Brown, Boone's Early, Hart's Late, Valencia, Pineapple 

 Orange, Homosassa, Jaffa, Majorca, Indian River, Seedlings, etc. 

 There are. however, in Florida as in California, a few varieties that 

 are most preferred and more generally planted than others. This will 

 probably result in time in the adoption of three or four standard 



Fig. 115. — A low cabbage palmetto hammock of the east coast 

 where orange trees, are grown successfully without cultivation. 

 (Original.) 



varieties. Professor II. II. Hume, of the Glen Saint jNIar}^ Nursery 

 Company, expressed to the writer the opinion that in the case of 

 oranges, about three or four of the present varieties would survive, for 

 example, the Parson Brown for early, the Pineapple orange for medium, 

 and Hart's Late (nearly identical with the Valencia) for a late orange, 

 and the new Lue Gim Gong for an all season orange. 



The Parson Brown is a very early orange, which is often quite good 

 to eat even in October, though it may still be quite green on the 



