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county, Rev. Lyraan Phelps, Mr. E. H. Hart and Mr. Dudley 

 "W. Adams. 



Gold " Wilder" medals were awarded Citrus county, Polk and 

 Volusia counties, Mayor O. P. Rooks and Mr. E. S. Hubbard. 



The place of the next meeting was discussed. Chicago seemed 

 to be the choice of the members present, but the matter was left 

 to the executive committee, 



Friday the 22d, at one o'clock, the Pomological Society 

 brought their meeting to a close, and by invitation of Mr. Harris 

 at two o'clock we all took the cars to visit his grove situated in 

 Citra, about twenty miles north of Ocala. This is the largest 

 grovfi in the State. It entitles the owner to the name of 

 " Orange King." It contains one hundred and ninety acres, and 

 puts upon the market this year fifty-three thousand boxes, which 

 would fill one hundred and seventy-six cars. It was a sight to 

 behold. Five acres were left unpicked, I suppose purposely, for 

 the Pomological felloios. It was said to Peter of old, "rise, kill 

 and eat ; " to us it was said, *' pick and eat," and we obeyed the 

 command without a murmur. Bishop Hoyt's grove of one hun- 

 dred and fifty acres is separated from this by a railroad. These 

 groves are about twenty years old, say twenty to thirty feet high, 

 on hommock land ; they have required no fertilizer, or very little ; 

 clean culture prevails. We found in this grove a "Scupper- 

 nong " grape vine, which measured fifteen inches in diameter. 

 It grew upon a very large tree, sixty feet before you reached a 

 limb. Some one remarked, which supports, the tree or vine? 



The next day we spent the morning at Silver Springs, which is 

 a wonderful sight ; a river formed by one opening of springs 

 welling such a wonderful quantity of water, so large and deep 

 that large vessels and steamboats could come close to the banks 

 at the head of the spring, and sail nine miles into the Ocklawaha 

 river, and so clear that at a depth of forty feet a ten cent piece 

 could be seen. This delightful tour was continued through most 

 of the orange growing belt of the State, with this conclusion, 

 that the peninsula of Florida is well adapted for growing of 

 citrus fruits. 



Another industry was brought to our notice, that of sugar. 

 This is looked upon so favorably that a company has been 



