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States Department of Agriculture, June, 1878. Several 

 works on orange culture exist, while much valuable in- 

 formation is to be found in the agricultural newspapers of 

 Florida. 142 varieties of the orange proper (Citrus 

 aurantium dulcis) are named in the report as being culti- 

 vated in Florida. Some being imported from Japan, 

 Havana, Cochin China, Mediterranean, Sandwich Islands, 

 Himalaya, Majorca, Malta, Brazil, and other sources. In 

 California the leading varieties are Mediterranean Sweet, 

 Maltese Blood, Paper Rind, St. Michael, and Valentine 

 Late ; Mandarin and Tangerine are also profitable. 



Some of the largest yields in California are from small 

 holdings, the owners of which have attended to details 

 themselves, and have been watchful in regard to injurious 

 insects. 



The stocks on which, in Florida, the orange is grafted, 

 or rather budded, are seedling sweet and sour oranges, 

 the Florida or rough lemon, and the Pommelo or Grape 

 fruit. The best growers advocate training the tiees 

 into a low bushy head. In such cases the trunk is 

 healthier, the fruit more easily gathered, and less liable 

 to be blown off during high winds. 



Besides growing the fruit for export, the orange wine 

 industry is being largely developed, and of still more 

 importance is the perfumery industry, the fallen blos- 

 soms being collected for the purpose. 



Reference may here be made to the remarks made by 

 Dr. Paul* respecting the raw materials to be found in 

 the West Indies, which are useful in the manufacture 

 of perfumes, and to the suggestion of Mr. FiELD.f that 



* Colonial and Indian Exhibition Reports, page 250. 

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