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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
VARIETY. 
PLACE. 
COUNTY. 
GROWER. 
Seedling 
Alva 
Lee 
Edward Parkinson. 
Seedling 
Clearwater 
Pinellas 
Marshal, Brandon & Bass. 
Seedling 
Tavares 
Lake 
Woodlea Company. 
Seedling 
Lake Helen 
Volusia 
Mace & Son. 
Seedling 
Winter Haven 
Polk 
Boyd Bros. 
Parson Brown 
Lake Weir 
Marion 
Carney Invesment Company. 
Seedling 
Punta Gorda 
DeSoto 
J. M. Weeks. 
Seedling 
Wauchula 
DeSoto 
S. B. Hogan. 
Valencia 
Tildenville 
Orange 
L. W. Tilden. 
Seedling 
Tampa 
Hillsboro 
Eugene Holtsinger. 
Seedling 
St. Petersburg 
Pinellas 
George 0. Osborn. 
Seedling 
Lakeland 
Polk 
G. P. Quaintenance. 
Seedling 
Manatee 
Manatee 
H. T. Bennett. 
Seedling 
Orlando 
Orange 
C. W. Townsend. 
Seedling 
Buckingham 
Lee 
D. S. Borland. 
Seedling 
Mt. Dora 
Lake 
Charles Edgerton. 
Pineapple 
Orange Lake 
Alachua 
G. B. Crosby. 
The following tables give the average composition of the oranges from the 
first nine of the above localities for each week from October i to January 31: 
Week 
Beginning 
Total Sugai 
as Invert 
(per cent.) 
Total Acid as 
Crystallized 
Citric Acid. 
(per cent.) 
to Sugar. 
Ratio of Acid 
Oct. 1 _ _ 
5.63 
1.92 
1 to 2.93 
Oct. 8 
5.92 
1.76 
1 to 3.36 
Oct. 15'_ 
6.42 
1.51 
1 to 4.25 
Oct. 22 
6.50 
1.43 
1 to 4.55 
Oct. 29 
6.67 
1.30 
1 to 5.13 
Nov. 5 
6.78 
1.30 
1 to 5.22 
Nov. 12 
6.97 
1.38 
1 to 2.05 
Nov. 19 
7.45 
1.25 
1 to 5.96 
Nov. 26 
7.54 
1.15 
1 to 6.56 
Dec. 3 
7.84 
1.07 
1 to 7.33 
Dec. 10 
7.89 
1.09 
1 to 7.24 
Dec. 17 
8.18 
1.01 
1 to 8.10 
Dec 24 
8.05 
1.03 
1 to 7.82 
Dec. 31 
8.36 
1.01 
1 to 8.28 
Jan. 7 
8.69 
0.03 
I to 9.34 
Jan. 14 
9.08 
0.95 
1 to 9.56 
Jan. 21 
8.97 
0.92 
1 to 9.75 ' 
The conclusion that can be drawn 
from this study, while brief, is important. 
After a careful examination of the 
data contained and that relating to the 
composition of the orange, the conclusion 
is that a chemical standard is the only 
fair one for an orange. Of course, even 
in applying an automatic chemical stand¬ 
ard, common sense will have to be used. 
Any of the physical standards that may 
