CHAPTER XXIV. 



OILS, PERFUMES, EXTRACTS, ETC., FROM THE CITRUS. 



fHE subjects mentioned above need to be care- 

 fully considered by the orange growers of 

 Florida. In Europe the manufacture of these 

 products of the citrus is about equal in value to the 

 exported fruit. Essential oil is distilled from the 

 tender shoots, rinds of the fruit, and leaves of the 

 trees. The most delicate perfumes and oils are 

 obtained from the flowers, especially from the flower 

 of the wild orange. Marmalade is made from the 

 sour fruit, citric acid and concentrated lemon- 

 juice from the lemon, while the citron yields that 

 most delicate conserve bearing the same name, for 

 which we pay high prices. Many of these delicate 

 and truly valuable products of the orange can be 

 prepared on the orange plantation at comparatively 

 little cost. It would be better if some enterprising 

 firm would locate at Jacksonville or some other or- 

 ange centre, and combine in one establishment all 

 these interests. There would be no difficulty in 

 obtaining ample material for a large establishment, 

 even thus early in our orange growing. These 

 materials leaves, tender shoots, flowers, young 

 fruit dropped, imperfect fruit, and sour fruit would 



