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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
18th, December 20th and November 
29th. 
Now, gentlemen, when you go to your 
groves in this State and pluck the best 
fruit, and personally you know the trade 
is clamoring for them; then are you go¬ 
ing to endorse the proposition that is go¬ 
ing to tie the hands of every one of us? 
You have the absolute facts; they are 
here on this chart. 
Mr. Wakelin: They are not absolute¬ 
ly correct, for fruit was shipped from 
Lake County that came up to the test 
on the 10th of October. 
Mr. Cline: That may be true, all 
right. There were many tests in my 
county, so far as the State Experiment 
Station goes. 
I did not know anything about this 
when it came up for discussion last year. 
Today I do know as a practical orange 
grower, if you put it at 1.30 per cent, you 
will Told our very best fruit up until 
these dates and hamper our industry 
more than almost anything else could. 
Mr. Hume: This is no time for a heat¬ 
ed discussion; let us get down to a cool 
basis. 
Mr. Wakelin: I don’t think you can 
make any capital out of the data you 
show there as from Lake County. I was 
the man who shipped that fruit. I ship¬ 
ped samples to the station during the 
whole period of examination, and I can 
say now from the condition of that tree 
and what happened to it, that it was ab¬ 
normal. The fruit never colored up as 
the rest of the fruit in the grove did. It 
was just a “happen-so.” 
Mr. Henry: I want to read you a 
few figures that may influence some of 
you a little bit. I will give the name and 
address of the grower, the variety, the 
date and the acid at the time of making 
the test. 
These are from Lake County: 
E. B. Peters, Leesburg; Parson Brown; 
September 20; 0.78. 
Johnson & Company y Leesburg; Sep¬ 
tember 31; 1.01. 
E. H. Mote, Leesburg; October 1; 
1.16. 
R. L. Collins, Umatilla; October 1; 
1.12. 
]R. L. Collins, Umatilla; seedling; Oc¬ 
tober 31; 1.06. 
A. H. Souter Astatula; October 31; 
0 - 73 - 
C. Edgerton, Mt. Dora; November 16; 
1.29. 
Woodlea Co., Tavares; December 27; 
1.27. 
Mr.-: I would like to know if 
the statistics the gentleman read repre¬ 
sent all of the tests they made or merely 
those below the required test. 
Mr. Henry: Those below 1.30. 
Mr. -: I would also like to 
ask what percentage of the total tests 
they made were below 1.30 per cent. 
)Mr. Henry: I can give them to you 
approximately. These I am giving you 
were the miscellaneous samples. Over 
75 per cent, were below 1.30 up to the 
first of October. 
Mr. Stringfellow: I want to say in 
the beginning that I am looking at it from 
a selfish standpoint. I am looking out 
for my own grove. I am unfortunate 
enough to own a grove at present. It 
has been known for twenty years for ear¬ 
ly maturing fruit, like Mr. Dreka’s. It 
