178 ORANGE CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. 



the present day. The Florida Horticultural Society may have 

 found enough good in it to warrant their publishing it, but they 

 entirely ignored the non-budding theory of the French author. 

 Mr. Garey cut and exhibited one of his Mediterranean Sweet 

 oranges. Its size was a full average of our Los Angeles orange, 

 quality excellent., symmetrical in shape, and deep orange in 

 color. It was also firmer than our common orange at this 

 season of the year; and, to sum up, it combined all the good 

 qualities possible in any variety of fruit. 



