COMMERCIAL STATUS OF CITRUS CULTURE. 5 



From these it will be seen that the amount of fruit 

 shipped out of Florida and California alone amounted to 

 10,234,000 boxes for the season of 1900-1901. The greater 

 quantity of the output came from California, as in that 

 year the Florida crop was very greatly reduced. Since 

 that time the output has increased considerably. 



As the industry has added years to its life, it has 

 reached a higher stage of development along all lines. 

 The methods of combating insects and fungous diseases, 

 of tillage, of fertilizing, of irrigating, of frost protection, 

 of handling and marketing the crops, are far in advance of 

 what they were even ten or fifteen years ago. Much still 

 remains to be learned and never, so long as the fruit is 

 produced, will the last chapter be read, the book closed. 

 But the fact remains that the grower of citrus fruits has 

 now more useful knowledge at his disposal than ever be- 

 fore, and the chances for his success are better. New prob- 

 lems have arisen, but these have been solved in such a way 

 as to lead the student of the situation to believe that any 

 emergency which may arise will be met and dealt with 

 successfully. 



In growing citrus fruits as in any other industry inj 

 which a man may engage, the individual himself is the 

 most potent factor in the success of the enterprise; the 

 personal factor, the most important element in making the, 

 difference between profit and loss. The successful grower 

 must bring to his work a thorough knowledge of every 

 phase of the industry, backed by a fixed determination to 

 succeed in spite of all difficulties. 



Even with the enormous output of citrus fruits there 

 appears to be but little or no depreciation in the value of 

 the product. Constantly the cry of "over-supply" is 



