Orange and Grape Fruit Statistics. 
By P. Phillips, M.D. 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
Enclosed please find letters from the 
different railroad companies, in the 
state of Florida, with the exception 
of the East Coast Railroad, which I 
explain here below. 
The crop for the year of 1906-07, 
three million seven hundred seventy- 
six thousand naught eighteen (3,766,- 
018). I estimated the crop for the 
year of 1907-08 to be sixty per cent, 
of the above amount. This will make 
it 2,265,610. I will gladly get up the 
statistics again from the different rail¬ 
road companies of Florida, the num¬ 
ber of boxes shipped the past season 
and compare it with my estimate, pro¬ 
vided the Society desires me to do so. 
The East Coast Railway Company, 
I estimated, had five hundred thousand 
boxes, and after correspondence with 
them, I found that my estimate was 
not far wrong. I, therefore, think I 
have it as near as possible to the cor¬ 
rect amount that was shipped out of 
the state during the year of 1906-07. 
Hoping the State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety will continue to prosper, and 
with you—its president—I know they 
will succeed, I beg to remain, 
Yours truly, 
P. Phillips. 
Dr. P. Phillips, Orlando, Fla. 
Dear Sir—In reply to your letter of 
September 28th, I beg to advise that 
the Atlantic Coast Line handled dur¬ 
ing the season of 1906-07, 2,375,898 
boxes of oranges. 
Yours truly, 
James Menzies, 
General Freight Agent. 
Dr. P. Phillips, Orlando, Fla. 
Dear Sir—Replying to your favor 
of the 30th ultimo, would advise that 
during the year 1906 the Southern Ex¬ 
press Company handled 250,120 boxes 
of oranges. Respectfully, 
J. B. Hockaday, 
Superintendent. 
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. 
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 23, 1907-leb. 
File 26-1 A. 
Mr. P. Phillips, Orlando, Fla. 
Dear Sir—Yours of the 20th. We 
handled out of Florida, season 1906-7, 
approximately 650,000 boxes of citrus 
fruit. W« have not made an estimate 
at the present time, for the coming 
season. Yours truly, 
S. C. Boylston, 
Assistant General Freight Agent. 
