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twice the former makes a grade of one 
foot in twenty-three or 231 feet per 
mile. Hauling on the best roads we can 
secure is greatly increased by the grades 
and it pays to do a little grading if it 
can be accomplished. In finishing a 
road also it would be desirable to leave 
the center a little overfull, as this crown¬ 
ing is one of the first points to give way 
under travel. 
It is the writer’s hope that the work 
of good roads in Florida, which has 
made so fair a start, may go on and 
spread throughout the State. In con¬ 
clusion, thanks are returned to the 
many commissioners of different coun¬ 
ties who have kindly responded to re¬ 
quests for information. 
Some Productive Pomelos, 
Seeing the dwarf orange trees men¬ 
tioned in these columns as having come 
from Dr. Inman’s groves, we had a cu¬ 
riosity to learn whether this departure 
was likely to increase, and wrote to Dr. 
F. W. Inman, of Winter Haven, asking 
him for further particulars. In his re¬ 
ply, among other things, he said: “If 
you will come down I will show you 
five-year-old trees carrying ten boxes of 
fruit.” This statement decidedly stag¬ 
gered our credulity, but we determined 
to go anyhow. 
DR. INMAN’S GROVES. 
On his own groves there are about 
175 acres; with these he has enough 
more in charge for Northern residents 
to bring his count up to about 300 acres. 
The management of them is left entirely 
to his discretion, and the various groves 
bear a general resemblance. The 
thirty-acre grove directly north of the 
residence is the Doctor’s pet; it receives 
his best care and study, and the results 
obtained here are an indication of the 
best that can be accomplished in Polk 
county. 
Probably most of the Florida readers 
of the Farmer and Fruit Grower are 
aware of the nature of Polk county soil; 
to others it may be well to state that the 
greater part of it is of a very thin and 
light description. At Winter Haven, 
except in a narrow margin around the 
numerous lakes, it would be classed as 
high pine, though there is evidently a 
bottom to it, holding the water of the 
lake as tight as a barrel. Red clay oc¬ 
curs about five or six feet below the sur¬ 
face in places, and is extensively quar¬ 
ried as a material for making turnpikes. 
Striking out north from the house 
with Dr. Inman and Mr. A. B. Harring¬ 
ton, we drove slowly along among the 
tangerines. These trees have all grown 
up since 1895 and are about eight feet 
high, with an equal spread, and beauti¬ 
fully picked out with the bright red fruit. 
The tangerine is a superficial growing- 
fruit, largely on the periphery of the 
tree, and its brilliant color and compar¬ 
atively small size render it deceiving. It 
