152 ORANGE CULTURE IN FLORIDA. 



states that they claim to be able to raise the orange 

 profitably when getting only one dollar per thou- 

 sand, their average price now being about three 

 dollars per thousand. Is there any probability of 

 the luscious Florida orange being reduced to this 

 price, even if her market be restricted to the limits 

 of America ? But the day is not far distant when 

 our oranges will be found on the tables of the rich 

 in Europe in preference to the inferior fruit they 

 now get there. 



The orange grower should not be contented with 

 his present knowledge. This is a progressive age ; 

 orange culture is in its infancy. If we would keep 

 well posted we should study our* vocation no less 

 diligently than others do theirs. The papers of the 

 State have done much good in this direction, giv- 

 ing the successes and results of experiments of dif- 

 ferent men. Every orange grower should take the 

 paper published in his own section ; these papers 

 should have a department devoted specially to fruit 

 growers, who should make it a repository for mutual 

 information. 



Finally, to be successful, the fruit grower must 

 watch and work ; but not always, for soon golden 

 harvests may be had for the gathering. 



