would be sheer folly, and tliat stows how necessary it is to plant the 

 best trees of those varieties which are likely to prove acceptable. 

 What the world's economic conditions may be when the war is over 

 the writer knows not; possibly money may be more widely distributed; 

 but it is not at all likely that the taste for good oranges in the 

 Northern Hemisphere will have been lost, and South Africa is the 

 only country which counts to-day in the supply of citrus fruits in that 

 direction. Competition may come; Australia and South America can 

 both grow good oranges, but we are ahead of them, and with ordinary 

 brains and energy should remain so. 



Conclusions. 



The markets of Europe and North America are open to the South 

 African orange-grower. He can supply them with fresh citrus fruits 

 during their hottest and most trying months. If he goes about his 

 business in a business-like way he can develop and retain these markets 

 indefinitely. If he is slack and careless his competitors will probably 

 get the trade. 



