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SFIMT-TItoPIC C. 1 LIFORXIA . 
£emi-&r0j!iral fruits. 
CITRUS CULTURE. 
OKNKRAl 
CtfKW* 
TftllU, 
TSOrUKTS ON 
Bi T.IOS 
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Tin- subject- of markets fur our amove 
product lies a! tho wu j Conn>J^ii >n of tin 
busim-ss, :>n«J is the d*>M«i(*ratiiia of (lie 
fu(lire. Without uii »-m't>n jh.l;i r»|_' promisi- 
of abundant demand, tho slim Clips to pro 
diictiou 11 metical)v wftw.s. Before enlarg¬ 
ing upon this branch ii f OKI Subject , ttv 
shall lattice h few preliminary uuggeslo nu¬ 
ns ii voice of warning to the novice in 
• irnngo culture. 
In founding tin or Bilge airland it h not 
nil pm fry and romanoe; t he stern mi l n.l<) 
fncl-w of thaindimln soou lieconie nppiiK-nt. 
The invcKtnient of money, time, toil pn- ! 
tieiice,and perseveration Kapured in pi ml 
itii.' «n orange ©lehard and rnnduoij&g it 
to a bearing und Bulf-tnjsttiiniiig «iumii- 
Imn is of ini-re magnitude, with ntl r > 11 r 
adi milages., than in generally umlcrdloud / 
It) beginners. 
Thin being I lie ease, many who orr im| 
Iif.j.tmed at the atari of what they |»vo u< 
contend With, run behind, got ,nto d.lu 
»ml ' 
arenUi of apparent escape in fl murlg 
ii| urn I In ir orehni ll. This is generally ihe 
lost step rind uouimenrr-imiot U, ruin* and 
ihe Josh uf fhr entire inm«fment. Hot 
few MUTvcd in i-odetumiig tlinr prop, i i v 
friun this incumbrance. In n few y 
Urn orchard Ugiun t.. truit, but tun I.. t.■ 
to. the OV. r-smijoijtie owner. and ihe end 
your ability to carry 
; with, ton micccaaful .. __ .... .... 
any urvninstatieps, load too heavily on _ 
i start. better arid a little from line to time 
i during your progress to your destination, 
than break down by overloading lit the 
.atari, mid never arrive itt the promised 
land. 
oen OtUS'J* VHiPr 
1 .ittIn need be Hind in regard to the past 
of our orange hade, l.lie demand ban l.emi 
III excess of tlio supply, lls will bl‘ hIiOWII 
I further on, al handsome, gratifying, 
r. iiiunerntive prices. Out market luis nl 
the name time been con thus! to tlio Pacific | 
Slat. This market lias been ample in 
tlu* past, oin surplus nut yet fully supply¬ 
ing Hu. tmiikels so easily reached. But 
I be time i- rapidly uppiwipbillg, aud is al¬ 
most ul Our ruiy doors, when a vvid 
Hit. bind you atari and second, oranges ripen there much 
ml. Do not, under earlier than here, mid would generally be 
the marketed before ours were ripe and ready 
; for shipment, lienee, I here is no danger of 
ihi*orangey produced in one section of tlio 
State eoining ml.impotition with those 
rniw d iu another section Therefore it. is 
nptmrcnt that the unrtler of over-produc¬ 
tion is seftH’i ly worth cansidering nt all, 
tho limited area ahum being ftufticionl to 
dispel any unenainess on this score, 
Jn Ohio mid other Si ilea eontiguoin 
Hhj. to, they I,.'. been planting ninnlur- 
inptedly for semes of yearn orchards of 
fruit r adapted to their climate, and yet. Hie 
demand l here for nursery stork inereirsea 
annually. The inference is tlmt the or¬ 
chards must pay, that orclturdists muni be 
able to iUhjiom- of tlroir fruit to advantage, 
or llie markets would bo filled to repletion 
11 ml glutted, and the planting of m w or- 
-, - n wider 
range uf dial i diiition must be sought. T“ --. T.ir.ilipmW ™ 
Our v.aiog orchards now reach into Ihe T 1 '" 1 ' 1 "" " srolp would long since 
flU- t'l llKt'il 
bumlieds of thousands of tiers, mid their .. 
product, III a few veav-. will amount l„ • M ' ore ‘ban this, nil tlm SllitoB of the 
tniliiuiri id Inives of fruit (eveutuuib. tlu- * iiiou < .me m competition with one uu- 
| ride and gb.rx of Calif,.ruin in distant £ I . ' 1,1 !l gmd**r or less degree, in pro- 
mitrkrts), whirl, will reptile tlm «•^elusive Hies,- same varieties of fruits; but 
use of wjmh train', if r-uiw. or lb.-Is of "Ulwitbstuijding all this, Lire* demand for 
— Uiotieialo-eliriiiito fruit treesaojdiiuiesun- 
vpksoIs, I or tiaiisportfttion. 
Our jiiml etjieiiHiu’o in orungr culture 
bus bei-.i cNlremely gratifying, om present 
i* not one whit less encouraging, and out 
■.... » uo , inn or miiti jjci miu <i. lit, bilwrc pro spon I * In- open before us rich in 
become discouraged and ttn, onli 1 *'<ngible promise of continued bounteous 
Ul of apparent escape i„ a iimrbj .ge rewinds 
udtpti 
Stab 
nriRovs why 
urn ymuki.i* 
TO PAT, 
WTIX CON I INl'r. 
1 bore are several prominent rtvnia Hint 
eider largely as controlling factors into 
llm probable Continuous ibitnuud at re- 
sikisriei.,,( Hu. sluaiir '• 1 bike lie P„ H! ||,„, „ud hold that 
|| i- well 1 „ knowuittiii It,,, v .... thi" country will m.ve, 
Id id tin eiitti nrise 1 1 i I i i " 'bat all our superior ..niii.reu 
1| ' 1 " I- 1 ®***. ‘-I- | «ill he taken a, last a-i produced, without 
my gnat diminution in price-.. 
Tl,e area u.lapted to auccessful mange 
jcuitui, and when I any orunge, 1 mean 
t o MK lude lemon culture also is ,,| first 
, , , ■ : mip"M..ince In consider. We me ,,1| awnr,. 
.moier!:«ba,»co,„ 
•Uterjinso, Hint to plant. . 
Mintr. and bring an orange uroli«r,| ton 
.linnonitiieeuiidiln.n, n,|,n„,, many yems 
of tune .Hid Ulior, eloue•pplicatiim ami d. - 
(aiiiuilstliij,, coupled with neevera,,..,. 
and-m imlom.faille Will, , , carry i,» m,l, |y 
• hroughnll the vieissit n 
•eeutscmiiiuuouHl.v sacounU iod m om,, " 
glOWaig, * 'c I 
II.J, ; 1 'V ,0 h r “ alt0 l'"b ini nary »tnt. 
mm ., for 11,0 purpoHC ot (bscomagmg ,|„. 
"Brest*,.I,ut nl1 1 "ulnes., as „ . . 
to Urn ummtiftted, and purtmpn 
m.s and mija-lumm of our people \y, u|1 . 
U * **•' “ great n hur,v-'.„ , ,,, 
•mt for tmr uitinmlo good. ’ ^ 
However grt.ai Ul(1 , j )t , , , , 
sw si; 
anats kr 
mml aud ovi rcurue, 
bubny, sum sliiiiy duyi, p, 
Tlun mv advio is L 
catiiuaU.%, und Ao not 
u<ir* Ira; bmur get ildi * 
Mi iliis brHtich of (jusuk 
well ut 
iiijoy. 
careful 
«’Ue»iun- 
I .right, 
in vour 
puri-d i„ ()„ cut IK arc, of a.al.l. hind u. 
1 " \ Nl, ‘ie. e- ut I. asl US o«. to t,.|, M„ )U . 
-am , und it nifty lie, as one t.u fifty Ufa,. 
*.und. \i„ the., I.,.I „ portion ot 
Him limited Hi .-a where lining, tree, will 
fT ""i 1 !‘" t \ ,,d,, l'b-d to lb., produc- 
Don and dcvidopim-m rl„, moat m a.K 
petfe. I types or the- citrus family 
o> ,s known ,o l.e true in Southern 
I""*. bile urn.. 
1 "" ^'.t. . III. d|tire IS -M Yd 
"• "H'f'iuwitul stagy, but ut. I/Cut ( „d\ „ 
IT Ii" 1 ';'" *-’ 1 eouiiirv can 
pioduee the fmjt succiWuliv 
tl, hud tie ,„ 
, ( ' V T; ’ " l!l "0 evei'i- 
B,I l . y " , r f, ; u ‘ 1 ' B »' the event of 
the piaiituig nf II.ohm portions of S( , ltt 
'ivly, if n-i-d 
*. tiul be* sm 
of 
:j' K ds can possibly arise Knat, beea.im- 
“ rt l * r,)0 "' that ean be pn.dueci, 
Mien 
aliftfed, On tlio other hand, the urea 
I to oi’unge culture in the United 
. . '* is no area at all, ns ctnnpat'ed with 
Haiti adapted to other fruit culture; and 
Hi.’ danger of over prodimtion of citrus 
fill ts becomes a more phantom, a ghost, 
in tlio minds of « portion of the more timid 
of opr people. 
Another prime factor, ao far as Culifoi- 
niujs concern, d, that enters most conanio- 
inanl\ into thi*. ipicstlon c.f ovu-produc- 
tiaa is the wonderful impetus the great, 
aid overshadowing interest of grape cul¬ 
ture had ics-fitly received, which, by the 
' .v, promises must encouragingly to be 
lancnt in its ample iviuuuaialion 
Ids attracted and duelled Hie nttcn- 
of poniolngiats to n great degree, and 
,'wibciI ihem t„ tun, their attention in the 
hrn-.te,,, of grape culture, to. tho utmost 
oit*-i ahaiidonmenl of the extension of 
,.range ..rcluirdfi. So true is thin Mint the 
.. .. -!• uian.l for oiungfl Irons the present sea- 
'lkf*:ji^r’lai , , ,,7! ! sn ) Mai..,, «,cr i.. ,,>, ... 
fxteiii. it not being HUthflfunt to en/iblo 
•• utirhopjcnl nurwrymfln to make ex- 
J‘' n ^ “8*1 Hi' biiidnes*. of raising oningc 
I, lunguishing, all Ihe tturaorymen 
HiairtdgatienintUH Hfrurta t.. dispose uf’l heir 
* 7»| M (llHiltr lj% ill 0 I 1 ‘ OUbtolllOI'H. 
ijj' ^<»iiHOqut*info IK, Mint lor^i* tnu-lh of 
'"',d eminently udapted to Nuemtmful 
"'““S* ' a 11 "re fl( . being planted m- ru 
" * 11 ■' h" I'bmtiiig to vineyards I’l. -ent 
'MI'I'U, 1,111 |,ti indie,He llmt'ihe plillll mg of 
\" 1 "'ll lie on a womliufulh 
"" 111 ,,.| scale, as cun,pared with tlmt o'l 
I '*>* tcny P « rM - When we come to ex 
thn mattm cut,•fully, llie apacter of 
V o iR to‘l" <l mo«t ajindowy 
ever h„p,,en ih.H ..... citnm produoti. 
o ''*' ,u 'V ll,,lh "*e puces l„- „ 
cwl. Hi, a the comminptiMu will rapidly 
\,Z ril hU °" ° lt ' , ‘ r 1 ". J * tl "‘ 1,1111 knth and 
"ta diahorg "a eipiihbnuu, . .raagCH are 
*u „ tuxuiy; poor people ean not 
