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on the trees. We remember at the State fair in Jackson- 

 ville. in 1877, the only oranges on exhibition that had been 

 frozen were grown in a county, more than one hundred 

 miles due south of Jacksonville, and the orange that 

 took the first premium for quality, was grown two miles 

 below Jacksonville. We might cite many other instances 

 to prove that there is no such thing as the "orange belt " 

 and " below the frost line," except in the brain of interested 

 parties. There will be occasional failures from frost in 

 nearly all sections of the State which are habitable, and 

 parties wishing to locate need not be alarmed by the bug- 

 bear stories of land speculators. 



VARIETIES. 



A gentleman last winter, while conversing about vari 

 eties of the orange, said : ; * There is no orange grown in 

 Florida that is not merchantable." He was a stickler for 

 seedlings, having a large grove of those " varieties." The 

 same might be said in regard to apples, pears and potatoes >' 

 but that there are some varieties of oranges better than 

 others, more palatable, better shape, better size, better ship- 

 ping qualities, etc., no one who has had much experience 

 in handling oranges will pretend to deny. 



The writer has been one of the committee on nomen- 

 clature of tli 3 Fruit Growers' Association, and one of the 

 judges on fruit at all the State fairs which have been held 

 in Florida, and has had fruit under consideration from all 

 parts of the State, and under the circumstances believes he 

 can name varieties which will give general satisfaction. 

 We would advise by all means that the young grove be 

 planted with budded varieties. While planting, the better 

 varieties may as well be obtained and set, as the ordinary 

 kinds. 



