302 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
Besides the orange, the pomelo (grapefruit) is produced com¬ 
mercially. The latter is said to be even more profitable than the 
orange. The shaddock, lime, and lemon are grown only as orna¬ 
mentals or novelties. 
The prices paid for citrus fruits vary from year to year, and dur¬ 
ing the different periods of the same season. Early oranges bring 
from 75 cents to $1.50 a box, and late oranges, principally the Tar- 
diff, from $1.50 to $2 or even more a box. The price of grapefruit 
ranges from $1.50 to $3 a box. 
Besides the production of citrus fruits some attention is paid to 
trucking, but this industry has not been developed along commercial 
lines to any great extent. Many different vegetables are grown for 
home use and for the local markets. The latter are not at all times 
supplied, and there appears to be opportunity for some extension of 
the trucking industry, especially during the winter months, when 
the local demand is greatest. 
Cucumbers are grown to some extent for shipping and when not 
injured by fungous diseases prove a very profitable crop. Both the 
Norfolk fine sand and the well-drained Portsmouth fine sand are 
suited to this crop. Small shipments of other vegetables are not in¬ 
frequently made, but these are exceptional. Cabbage may be grown 
during the winter months, but the more tender vegetables are fre¬ 
quently injured by frost as late as February. This winter (1912-13) 
the most tender vegetables and foliage were uninjured by frost and 
grew luxuriantly without protection. 
Tomatoes, English peas, early Irish potatoes, snap beans, egg¬ 
plant, peppers, okra, squash, lettuce, and radishes all do well. Heavy 
applications of commercial fertilizer or barnyard manure are re¬ 
quired, and in order to secure best results some form of irrigation 
is necessary. 
The growing of celery would doubtless prove remunerative as 
the Muck soils of the county are well suited to its production. Irish 
potatoes also do well on the same land. Sweet potatoes are grown 
on the Norfolk fine sand. Watermelons and cantaloupes are grown 
principally for home markets, although some watermelons have been 
shipped to outside markets. The Norfolk fine sand is especially well 
suited to their production. 
Sugar cane is grown to a limited extent by nearly every farmer, 
chiefly for the manufacture of sirup for home use. A few planters 
produce some for the local markets. The county embraces large 
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