ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CITRUS-FRUIT GROWING IN FLORIDA | 3 
shipped fruit. In that yéar California produced about two-thirds 
of all the oranges and practically all the lemons, but Florida produced 
nearly all of the grapefruit. 
Attractive returns from citrus-fruit production have led to a. 
great increase in the plantings of citrus trees in Florida. (Table 3.) 
Many millions of trees which were planted during the recent period 
of good fruit prices are yet to come into bearing. 
Up to the present time (1925) a market thas been found for the 
product but the trend of prices indicates that in a normal year the 
supply of fruit, especially that of the lower grades, has been some- 
what in excess of a demand that would assure a profit to most growers. 
In Florida there have been clear indications for some time that cer- 
tain varieties and grades of oranges and grapefruit have been un- 
profitable; also that certain locations were not adapted to economical 
production. 
TaBLE 1.—Production of oranges, grapefruit, and lemons, by States, for various 
periods } 
[Thousand boxes—i. e., 000 omitted] 
ORANGES 
States 1889 2 | 18992 | 19092 | 19192 | 19203 | 19213 | 19223 | 19233 | 19243 | 19253 
Florida-_- SES Se Bee 3, 147 273 | 4,888 | 37,000 8,100 | 8,700 | 11,200 | 14,000 | 14, 100 14, 100 
California SaaS 1, 245 5, 882 | 17,440 | 316,192 | 22,030 | 18,726 | 21,091 | 23,095 | 18, 100 20, 400 
PAST ON ie aes eee | See eee 11 32 80 60 80 81 86 86 100 
MM ahama so 2= aise sae oe | 0 1 41 165 165 350 450 | ~ 0 150 
Louisiana s 22-275 23 |b<2 2-2 1 150 37 42 50 60 75 75 100 
Miississitp pis2 so a eae es 4 32 25 30 45 55 0 30 
GRAS © See se eae |e edna eee 11 Oi | eres ees | OE 4 6 12 16 
GRAPEFRUIT 
Florida-- aes Sie athe eee 10 12 1,062 | 35, 500 5,100 | 7,000 | 8,200 9, 500 | 10, 500 8, 200 
@alifortia’ 22092. a 18| 123) 32263 | 304] 360} 394] 363] 387 400 
IVEISSISS19 (01> see ee ee i be ees 1 1 1 1 0 1 
ON ae eae 1 1 30 34 35 44 44 44 44 
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LQUISIAN A= Joe So Se |ESe I SS DRE Beet As oe ek ta |e ets ees See ee Je | ae eee 
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LEMONS 
Welorida 9422) 35 253 2 12 G0 asi Sa i OP eee is ee ee 
@alifornia=. == === = 306 874 | 2,756 | 33,949 | 5,255 | 4,172} 3,492 6, 840 5, 125 6, 000 
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? Data from census reports. 
3 Compiled from records of Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates for season beginning in California 
Nov. 1, all other States Sept. 1. 
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