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"WILL ORANGE CULTURE PAY?" REVIEWED 
Editor Semi-Tropic— Dear Sir: In a 
friendly way l propose In I-riffle review 
your article in the SkmdTroi'U for July, 
on the subject, ‘-Will Orange Culture 
Day F’ In the main the ml. I* in good 
and comes at an opportune time, as a re¬ 
minder to our horticulturist to use dil¬ 
igence and care in the manner of assorting 
and packing their fruit Jr is not the size 
°} *l| e f fU ‘* sr > muoh as tlie uniformity in 
each pnekage, hi 1 1 ‘ -■ j 
-... ri ,, SD , „» , ..tflinvc the me¬ 
dium sized oranges will outsell in point of 
hulk the extraordinary nixed kpr-cimoiia. 
The reasons are that mil of « given mim- 
l-eror orangw, aho .,1 one-tent I. will ben 
Nn. 1 in point of sire, about thru- tenths 
\». i, about five-tenths No. 3, and one 
tenth mils unfit for market. Now box No. 
1 will be held by tho dealer at say N,, 
at #L* 50, and No. 1 at No. :! being 
uaiforrn m size and handsomely packed 
attract the attention nf the eve, and the 
price tho attention of the i 
Muence being that No. 3 arc exhausted 
t*S M,m N “V 1 *»'l V No. ,f .hi, 
/run wns put up indiscriniinataly large nud 
.....lion, and amall Cull. .nit all tire hitherto 
i? "r'i". a “ ,vl '- “" h ™e r.enptiona 
all .null) present an u„i|»„i,|,| e * 
*»" niaikm. A few , m .ll inferior 
monpi-s box „f nlherwi.o flui| 
•p-nla llfl look,. .ml a Inw In. j„ „ 
".. llr third-rale nranjin. spoil 
"ok. His | L m.|n lr .... eonpifeniblu 
.|-n«,os.nJ p,.,nJp,n,,.iT r ™„ 
«Htr. *»Hing tl„. 
.iJ ■" 'll. layer. 
^n g hon..i;iC K b 1 o h “i. l :: ,d ot0 “LS 
ISM tbit, XnMto, a mm, following I 
;.v ' rau * 1 keglll '"v review v„ B 1 
wj.n.TOotim'' li JJr !:,t 
7-I... al “ rc 
u™ ..r:,!::, 1 .!:,IS: 
buying when they do 
"I.sni- r*.... dv'nm. 
grown, will want our golden fruit, as soon 
as possible to ornament their tables, to 
o nament their Christmas trees with these 
beautiful apples of the Hesperides. It will 
require millions to supply this demand, 
and will relieve our orchards of a con- 
siderable percentage of their crop, thus 
I eating the future markets. Although ex¬ 
perience does teach n» that out oranges 
I improve by hanging mi the tree through 
I May, June and even July, it is no rciiNnn 
j why we should refuse t,‘, supply the de¬ 
mands of the market rarlter in the season. 
To carry your argument to its entirety, 
I we should not ship in December because 
they arc better in February, and not ship 
m February because they arc better in 
April, mid not ship in April because they 
are simply delicious in June. Keep them 
till June all of you. orchard)*!*; then your 
■ .ranges are sweet and palatable, and our 
uustoniers. who get one box will want 
another ami another ml infinitum 
But then, how about tlm state of the 
market, how about the glut with our sweet 
onjngrs? How about the demoralization 
or tho markets and the inducement to pro¬ 
fanity among our cnmnmsion merchant* ? 
No, we will ship our fruit ns fast as the 
nil f„r II; if too nn, thin them 
"" l " 11 .1™ matter i.ill rc-jiuUlr- 
II Our i.'i.r orange* have I-. . .. Ihl . 
i“ ban Prnneisco fur r.r.-iilv year*, amf they 
»'l go again nrsI, life.,ember, a„,I 
,.,|.|,.,di.„ .,11 be cl, 1.0 gl.,J We 
. tier of Southern States on the South 
And further, we have our eye on Europe. 
Then wn are on the eve of turning our 
entire crop, if prices are not satisfactory 
mb. orange wine ur.d brandy. At least 
this is the outlet for our wind falls and culls 
I»rid will enable n* to cull onr fruit for i| l0 ’ 
j markets more thoroughly. “It j fi useless u> 
disguise the real truth of the matter,'’ for 
tlm real truth if, the time is blit, just dawn¬ 
ing when the planting of orange trees ( ,f 
the right kinds in the right places will be 
prosecuted with’vigor by hundreds, und it 
J may be thousands, of our Intelligent and 
progressive people. 
Vour idea of thinning th* fruit is t.ffirfet 
importance, and lie who gives it u fair trial 
Will ever after thin hi* fruit severely. With 
the Lest wishes for the success of your 
most valuable journal and a hearty good¬ 
will for the prosperity of our brautiYul Cal¬ 
ifornia, and the continued embellishment of 
our loverly land* with orange groves l am 
vm.rs truly. Took A. U.ubv. ’ 
SOME SEASONS WHY WE SH0D1D ATTEND 
HOSTIOHLTHHAL FAIKS. 
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uutiditi,... 
lIlMldl did vim , . r , "b "flow 
■t« 2SsS? tWJr *r*- r 
® uuh i burrid fruit ? Don’t , “ k riCB f,,r 
J* 1 ';,; 1 :; 
The Brgumeul lh,l „„r „,l,. .|,ip pe J 
oranges spoil our future trad.* because they 
“ ,B 8uur > not amount to much. When 
ion hay that our December orange* are “in 
vrm «£*" K 6 ' n 'P'- v 1" 0v '■ ® 1 h«t 
inn are not an well informed n« 
'•ii J" '* **""".»> «»d i. in M 
a 11111 a m December, i* sprightly and 
ago •cable, and is even preferred t.y au„„. 
I I ho world will soon lean, that'our fruit 
yr..,,., bt(*i« hr |,n,l P urrh«„_,J b,„ 
,.,r r “ "'I 1 ' . VUU »f*n»n .1,6 |. u i„; ||... 
hi.i,rr 
know bow. wl.en „,..a i ^ hl * “K 0 * 
■ih better than W edidf W ±’ f Uw PUnt 
»bout * 
varietm. 
P«»P 
lect and supt 
^nler'^l^ l ' u 'J ll ' rl Ki thus enabling us o, 
'■ ■ 111.- m.rkH in 1 " 
,, < ai« us Hgamat eight to u„, ■ , 
l' aKl > *"d with a tuperio, fr.,., ^ ! h,! 
will ple„hi, ,l„: eyTal ieh »’ t ' UU , ,, " lt 
Wc lire I ■' V *' H!4 '**'* liulate 
be ? 1 ?' 1 ,u * 1 in the m„dus 
ml nf 
operand! f, 
•he buhiuesn. 
markets for 
f® ***? uua» Mow 
bouaicicij by , 1 m Atlantic (,1“„ 
N „ nli| .,,1“,^“.^ 
<•‘ginning to the 
“* i . Ih ' pfMeiit ti ( 
supply has been ei 
persons engaged in fruit culture in 
southern California placed a proper esti* 
mate upon thu advantage derived lioni 
Dir-i, your j.avilion would not be large 
enough to hold the crowd seeking admit- 
No waller Iww man; C,„,l XonIMwrs 
(uMiallj a ( ., K will, onr eje „r a In.r.o „,ih 
"» h«--) are eummeled will, f,i r , ,„ m , 
i.r; important larla olilainalile in .... otl,,.. 
.a; will he rnpr......i upon the wind, 
.. f fhroUgh life. Here, rial,,,rate, | |,„ 
rim ore a forces, arr, enrtli ,„J „»ih, 
eml into a enroll «pa„ f„„, a |„ J,. rr ,_ 
lorr, is |,rt.,cnt,.,l the beat frail,, l|,„ h„. t 
J.-wer,. in fact the heat of everything, a ill, 
"... I.VM eullivator. of the .,,,1 to lonk 
and discuss them. 
Combined with tile „t, and .eiencea we 
•are ll.po.it,on, a,„I MTotMVf.-ai,., w |,„„ 
, nd in ! “ i ! h “ '* “Wful, VHlllablo 
• nd beauti ful in wilder, the acnaea. •|'i.„ 
tu°Dlaco 1,1 'J 1 kas done more 
V 7, r .." hefonr thfl natinna 
world Ilian an; other one in.titution 
- Jjr itjgugurated in this country, 
tiSil ™ u «!» O - »nd palate 
miougi, which tlm fruit B , owe , |, (> r ’ 
P^hcicn, the short,-at time, can he exer 
Jlmut the variety b'i.'.'oUie"^.'?,.!," w'liilml 
m r ™ • h "r" rt h“. 
•h" he*t lie , , 1"“™"™"““ *"'«• 
lotmtu ... . - .mid acluiillv 
by year, of Imi’a” ‘.V. h "" r "™ ho could 
1 onen hS'“d« 1 , . .. 
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