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The above includes about all of the citrus which are 

 desirable, and all but the lemon, lime and kumquat, are 



more ornamental than useful. 



The wild orange is useful in the manufacture of mar- 

 malade, and some attempts have been made to utilize the 

 citron for a conserve, but without any satisfactory result as 

 far as we have seen, the product being flavorless and 

 insipid. 



The Florida lemon is another, fruit easily grown. It 

 is large, orange color when ripe ; rough, thick, spongy 

 rind ; sometimes bitter ; juice acid but flavorless. The 

 tree or shrub is a rampant grower, but tender like other 

 lemons. Nursery-men sometimes use the seedlings as a 

 stock for budding the sweet orange ; and if budded low, 

 the trees grow rapidly and come into bearing much earlier 

 than when budded on orange stock. 



Cost and Profits of Orange Culture. 



So much has been written on the cost of starting an 

 orange grove, and the profits to be realized from the sale 

 of the fruit when it begins to bear, that it is with a good 

 deal of reluctance we broach the subject. Those who have 

 written heretofore, usually have presented the rosy side of 

 the picture, and forget to record the failures, the disap- 

 pointments and other contingencies ; hence, many fanciful 

 stories have been told, which are calculated to mislead the 

 unwary, and bring into contempt the honest statements and 

 facts wfiich govern the case. Extreme cases are pointed 

 out, and the stranger is made to believe it is no exception 

 to the general rule. 



An orange tree will bear when it has arrived at ma- 

 turity, which is usually if all the conditions have been 

 favorable from the eighth to the fifteenth year from the 



