PREFACE. 



In laying the present revised and enlarged edition of 

 "Florida Fruits and How to Raise Them" before the 

 public, the writer gives tangible expression to the growing 

 belief that not in the citrus fruits alone will Florida find 

 the Alpha and Omega of her horticultural wealth. 



While oranges are now, and will probably continue to 

 be, the chief staple in such sections of our great State as 

 are best suited to their culture, there are numerous other 

 fruits making, year by year, rapid strides to the front. 



A few years ago the question was, " What can be grown 

 in Florida?" 



To-day the question is, "What can not be grown in 

 Florida?" 



For instance, it was said that strawberries could not be 

 raised in quantity ; already, in the last three years, they 

 have won recognition as one of the most profitable "quick 

 crops " that can be raised any where. 



"Peaches could not be grown in Florida" was the 

 assertion only four or five years ago, and now it has been 

 proven that peaches can not only be grown over nearly the 

 whole State, but grown in abundance and in perfection. 

 The peach crop is already a very important item in the 

 western and central sections, and yearly becoming more 

 extended both in quantity and area. 



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