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SEMI-TROPIC r.l LI FORK I A. 
IjorHeulfttrc. 
"WILL ORANGE CULTURE PAY?” REVIEWEO 
Emtob Semi-Tropic — Dear Sir: In n 
friendly way I propose to briefly review 
your article in the >*» mi-TkoHi for July, 
on tlio subject, “ Will Orange Culture 
Pay Y” In the main the wtijj is good 
and comes at an opportune time, as a re¬ 
minder to our horliculturists to use dil¬ 
igence and care in the manner of assorting 
and packing their fruit. It is not ilia size , 
of the fruit so much ax the uniformity in I 
siae in each package, as J believe the mo- 
dmm sized oranges will outsell in poitt „f 
hllllf ills nhlpunnlin u »i. 
. »m ,MILV'M II 
hulk the extraordinary itized spci. iniviia 
The reasons are that ,„',t of a given m.rn 
her of oranges, about one-tenth will be a 
No. 1 in point of size, about three-tenths 
o. ”, about five-tenths No, 3, and one 
tenth cull* unfit for market. \\,w |,„x Nn 
i will be held by the dealer at say #3 No 
' •{ ♦****?• aml No. 1 at *1.50. No. ;( being 
uniform in size and hnmkmtiolr packed 
attract the attention of the eve', and the 
price the attention of the purse the 8 * 
qui nce being that No. 3 arc exhausted 
long before No*. ] and ■!. Now if this 
fruit was, put up indiscriminately large and 
rS"* *“•" ■'“I "» tV hitherto 
... "forma .trie, mi, 
.11 would pre.riit undumhl, 
,l "' " , * 1 ' k 'W. A f„ , m .|| 
oranges in a bolt of otherwise f alr r...:, 
.,.,,'1. 'U leek., ,nd , fe„ |„p, j M , 
Li, l.,ll” fi ” llerd-r... . t . oi | 
,, ; ' , 11 oomidmMo 
.pprietmo „,d pr.otice t„ e„«|,| e , ,,, 
,r “" "Htr. <IWJI«» tin , 
.iZX'zzr-r '""- ni1 
z “ 1 v: 4 r ££l’Tt ;:I “-‘X 
veil,™ 1 . not rip,., ,„7i, „'™" *"rJ' 
1. We all L ,| in , 11 " '"'thing Hi 
;; ■ ,'p [fp‘' * e ^.. k t i™ 
'"i'»o j'ouJi" “r- i •-■,i,o.r 
''” rriJ ''“it r iirn't b„! f""j 
AX^rz" .m '•« “a 
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I tiited bt*U» iiJuirc * 
U whore oranges 4rv uo , 
grown, will want our golden fruit os soon 
as possible to ornament their tables, to 
o nament their Christman trpes 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 easing the future markets. Although rx 
I parivnce doe* teach ua that our oranges 
improve by hanging on the tree through 
May, June nr id even July, it fa no rensiin 
wily we should refuse to supply the de¬ 
mands of the market earlier in the season. I 
j To carry your argument to it* entirety, 
I wit should not ahip in Deoemtier because I 
they are better in February, and not ship 
ill February because they are hetter in 
I April, and nor ship in April because they 
.to .impl, iltlidi.ua i„ Keop tin-' 
Mil Juno all of yon, orchard isL; then voi 
oranges arc sweet und palatable, and 
customer* who 
-. , ,g« on* box will want 
another and another mlittflnHum* 
llu( then, how about the state of th 
. '"■««. I "' n about the glut with our sweet 
(oranges? How about tho demoralization 
o t ic murkrts and the inducement to pro 
fanny among our commission merchant* ? 
«o, we will ship our fruit ns fast as the 
.arketa mill for u; if too anon, then there 
"° 1,111 Bl,d t,,e fitter will regulate 
Our aour orange, have beer, going 
m . an Francisco fur twenty years, and they 
win go again next December, and our 
ZZr*"' ° ,,] * tu " « IhJ to have 
Th, .igBnu.u ,b.t „ur „,1, shipped 
urarwr. .,,,,,11 our futur,, bimaMeXv 
•™ .our, dor. noI .mounc io much. U'liri, 
you a.y lliat our Drrrml.rr .,rnn B r, „ re 
rou "imply prorr. il. nt 
■ , i ,7 i “ 1 "' 11 '"loin,r.l a, v oy 
.houU hr. Ike ..old „| li,i. „rtr, 5 t|,“ 
tool i. fully yrllow, „„ u 
llrorinker, i. ,p n >htly .,,,1 
ngrreulile, « n J ,, ev ,,„ pMfcr ^j f 5 
T .r world w"l learn ,h«» aur fruit 
up ore. the edvi.no... „„| „i, 
trrat „s accordingly. A man n ,ii»t have a 
* OUr ,1,s l ,0 *; ,io " indeed, who would rc 
. • '< buy a box of nur luscious Mav 
b0 * in : 
ichnui I haliave »e S' , 
• r™* l'l*nt >1... orange f,„ J , 
,o & 
... ""Wl ami aunerio, 
X‘r > milling irC, 
Pml. and will, a wp,,ri,„ r?p, ^ n . n 1,1 
Wfll please the. rye as \ vr || ' ' | IUII . t * ,nt 
ur_ _ , J* as well as the riulnr .1 
ude l'» i- the ESS 
ern tier of Southern Stales on the South 
And further, we have our eye on Europe. 
Then we are on tho eve of turning our 
entire crop, if prices are not, satisfactory 
into orange wine and brandy. At 
this is the nutlet for our wind fall.* and culls 
and will enable ns to cull our fruit for the 
markets inure thoroughly. "Jt is useless to 
disguise the real truth uf tho matter,” for 
(he real truth is, the time is but just, dawn- 
| mg when the planting of orange trera of 
Dlie right kinds jn thv right places will be 
prosecuted with'vigor by hundreds, am) it 
may be thousands, of nur intelligent ttm J 
progressive people, 
Vour idea of thinning the fruit is of first 
importance, and be who gives it i, fair trial 
will ever alter thin his fruit severely. With 
the best, wishes for tho success of your 
most valuable journal ami a hearty good¬ 
will for the prosperity of our beautiful ChI- 
ilornia, and the continued embellishment of 
our lovely lands with orange groves, I nin 
your. !«%, Taps. A. Gaimiv, ’ 
60HE EEABONS TO WE SBOULD ATTEND 
HORTICULTURAL FAIRS. 
[rzt;r m r;V'T ;:: ^ , - , '''«.. 
, L , u prosenr ti. 
l « the I’ooific i.\ u 'i" J "** u «*"fiiied 
h;u,»d,,d u A „VS i 
•«>. «n»J. „„ It,. Noel, „ “ 
“f the north 
If all persons engaged in fruit culture, in 
southern California placed a proper esti¬ 
mate upon the advantage derived from 
burs, your pavilion would riot be largo 
LTi'cc 8 l ° d ^ t ' rOW,i Wvkln e idmu- 
No matter how many Great Monti Sham 
(usually a pig with one eye or a horse will, 
mx legs) are connected with fairs some 
'cry important !»ut» obtainable in , l0 other 
wav will be impressed upon the mind, , e . 
mawring through life. H eru , elaborated by 
riniure s forces, air, earth and water, g„t|,. 
ered into a email spaai , f I0ln a j H , ^ rrf . 
ory, , 8 presented the best fruits, the best 
lower*, in fact tbs best of everything, will, 
CumLinod with ll.o «». »„d MiBnocl 
“• r.po.,,!,,,,,, >n ,| vv.rldr,;,, 
r IT7 r' ■!! i« "Ml, nliuble 
ami beautiful bewilders the senses Tim 
< . nu-.mial a, Philadelphia In,* doite more 
ittlTi‘Z e-iiio'. i.-r..,., ... 
fl«d > to n tV“ 'l , ' l . ,, ‘ DrU '“ •■mo, r„, l,„ ,.„ r . 
, o si iiif ij. ||, e onvtee, w |,„ .. 
»k, , ut Ih. vati.lv ho ,,„tl„.L tod 
for years to lean, ih,. , united 
out °orreut name, finds 
He < i p a ' ,Cc . ll " 3 desired information 
u.i- host z,rt 1,1™,'::::“?";. ie :' 
h'.uiis more m unoshnn I ' a<lt vially 
hy year, of foi Llmn ,,, • ‘ Muld 
»“ i -‘ . 
ubbsi.i ' ^ ut re*thutict 
ti,ut 
«■»»«» l M rlo..„h j oot' u( .p u “'™,iSri’ 
i and in 
*o equal, 
