ORANGE CULTURE, 



CHAPTER I. 



THE PROFIT OF ORANGE-GROWING. 



HEN compared to the profit from other kinds 

 of business, that derived from orange-grow- 

 ing is so large that a statement of facts is often 

 withheld because the truth seems fabulous to those 

 who have only had experience with other kinds of 

 fruits. * Those engaged in the business consider 

 each tree, so soon as it is in healthy and vigorous 

 bearing, worth one hundred dollars. Indeed the 

 annual yield of such a tree will pay a large interest 

 on the one hundred dollars from ten to a hun- 

 dred, and in some instances one hundred and fifty 

 per cent per annum. Now if we take into consid- 

 eration that from forty to one hundred trees are 

 grown on an acre, the yield is immense. In the 

 quiet country, breathing its pure atmosphere, with 

 fresh fruits and vegetables from January to Janu- 

 ary, with milk, butter, honey, and poultry, the 

 product of his farm and accessories to his grove, 



