THE POMELOS. 49 



ages. Very extensive plantings have been made in Florida, 

 California and elsewhere within the past six or seven years 

 and it is highly probable that prices in the future will not 

 equal those in the past. Up to, this time the supply has 

 generally been inadequate to the demand, but with the 

 increase in the amount of fruit a state of equilibrium 

 between the supply and the demand will soon be reached. 

 It is safe to predict that with a favorable climate the 

 future price realized for pomelos will be much lower than 

 the present one. The tree is a heavy bearer; it is no 

 harder to propagate and care for than an orange tree; it 

 comes into bearing as early; heavy plantings have been 

 made, then why will it not eventually be placed on the 

 same basis w^ith the orange? 



On the other hand it may be pointed out that there 

 are many markets in which the pomelo is not known, and 

 as it becomes better known and more widely disseminated, 

 the demand will increase. This is likely to maintain the 

 present prices for some time to come, but though it is 

 believed that a balance will eventually be reached, and 

 (hat after a time the ruling price will be lower than at pres- 

 ent, to the careful, painstaking grower this need cause no 

 uneasiness. There will always be a good demand for a 

 first-class fruit, well colored, well grown, carefully 

 selected, well packed and placed upon the market in invit- 

 ing shape. 



At present it seems probable that Florida will retain 

 control of the pomelo market for some time to come, proba- 

 bly indefinitely, if the growers in that district are careful 

 in maintaining the present excellence of the product. The 

 California product has not up to this time met with the 

 same favor in the markets, though it is possible that varie- 



