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wliicJi they are packed in such a way that they 
cannot be shaken about. 
THE ORANGE.— II. 
L In no part of the world does the orange-tree 
grow better than in the West Indies, where many 
single trees each give 3000 to 8000 oranges in a 
year. The Manchester oranges are famous for 
their size and good flavour. 
2. The trees do not grow well in sandy soil, and 
the best crops will be given only where the ground 
has plenty of lime, and is rich with the decay of 
trees and plants, or well fed with manure. 
3. An orange-tree has very long roots, by which 
it is so firmly fixed in its place that heavy winds 
are not likely to blow it down, though they may 
spoil its flowers and fruits. 
4. The tree cannot bear cold at all, and thrives 
best when it stands in the full sunshine. If other 
trees overshade it too much the stems grow thin 
and weak, and the fruit is small and sour. 
5. In the West Indies young orange-trees are 
raised from seeds. But the trees yielding the 
best fruits are grown by cutting a shoot from a 
tree that bears good and sweet fruit, and budding 
or grafting it upon a sour orange-tree. The shoot 
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