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America. It is slightly bitter in taste, and for this reason is not so 

 popular as the orange for a breakfast or dessert fruit. 



The name comes from the fact that the fruits may be borne in 

 clusters resembling a bunch of grapes. 



The trees are beautiful and symmetrical and bear fruit for many 

 years. They are propagated by budding, the most hardy stocks 



Pig. 198. — Interior of an orange packing house, Highland, Cal. Hopper and brushes 

 are used for dirty fruit. All fruit is graded according to size, quality, maturity, etc. 

 (U.S.D.A.) 



being the trifoliate orange stocks. Their own seedlings are also 

 used as stocks for budding. 



The trees are set eighteen to twenty-five feet apart each way in 

 the orchard, depending on the kind of stocks used for budding. 

 They are cultivated, sprayed, pruned, and fertilized with much 

 skill and attention by commercial growers. 



Duncan, Hall, and Pernambuco are probably the best varieties 

 grown in Florida, Duncan being the most popular. In California 

 the most popular variety is Marsh. 



