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ORANGE CULTURE. 



four feet, but every year afterwards the distance should be 

 increased one foot, until the cultivation of vegetables finally 

 ceases, and the orange rootlets run riot over the whole grove, 

 revelling in the rich soil that has thus been prepared for their 

 coming. 



It behooves every orange grower to keep his eyes open, to 

 read, to watch, to observe not only his neighbor's methods and 

 experiences, but also to note the results of his own work, and 

 alter his course if it seems likely to wreck his particular barque. 



