FKHFACE. 



Ijipso pajies .set fortli my ol)sorvati(>ns of tlie f'itriis l-'i iiii Tndusti y during a resi- 

 dence of eleven j-ears in Southern CalLforiiia. and my experience as a jiraelica* 

 horllenUurlsi for four years. The prinoiples oi proiva^atiou and plantin{:' I )ia\e 

 worked out witli my own liands, and know them to be more than abstract tlieo- 

 riua. Jn matters periainina,- to tlie gathering', paekinu' and sliij^pinii' of fruit, I have 

 disonssed esta])lis}ied metliods, advocating the luost advanced. T hope this trealLsf 

 ixiay i>rove a pleasant reminiscence to tliose of its i-eaders who are experienced 

 urangQ jiirower.s, ajid tliat it may aid the novice w})o lays hold of the orange tiee 

 to avoid ilie thorns, 



W. A, S. 



Eiversvfe, Ca'. 



