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berries, they would have felt the loss of the orange crop 

 but lightly. 



Already this great lesson has gone home, and other 

 Florida fruits than the citrus are being largely set out all 

 over the State. Right ! diversify production and prosper. 



THE REFUSE OF THE ORANGE CROP. 



In every grove, whether large or small, there must nec- 

 essarily be hundreds or thousands of oranges not fit to ship 

 or to sell in their original shape ; some of these are blown 

 from the trees by high winds ; others are thorn -pricked or 

 punctured by birds; others drop from drought or over- 

 loaded trees. 



We have frequently seen the ground actually yellow with 

 fallen fruit, left to lie under the tree, an utter wicked waste 

 of one of the most valuable fruits we have. And what 

 we have seen, others have seen every where over the State, 

 a deliberate throwing away of thousands of dollars, for 

 every one of those dropped oranges could be utilized, and 

 a great industry developed for the good of the people at 

 home and abroad. 



We refer to the manufacture of orange wine ; we would 

 not advocate the making of any intoxicating beverage far 

 from it; but certainly pure orange wine does not come 

 under this heading. It is true that such drinks are some- 

 times disguised with so-called "orange wine," and sold un- 

 lawfully as such, but this is not an argument against the 

 manufacture of pure, honest orange wine. The manner of 

 making it is simple ; any one can do it and do it well by 

 following the recipes given in this work, and the result 

 will be just so much profit added to the crop ; there need 

 not be an orange lost. 



And this is not all ; the use of surplus oranges for wine 

 would serve to steady the price and value of the fruit. If 



