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IN reply to the inquiry in your columns regarding orange culture in Florida, I venture to recommend an agreeably written account of that State, entitled “Florida: for Tourists, Invalids, and Settlers; containing Practical Information regarding Climate, Soil, and Productions; Cities, Towns, and People; the Culture of the Orange, and other Tropical Fruits; Farming and Gardening; Scenery and Resorts; Sport; Routes of Travel, &c.”, by G. M. Barbour (New York: Appleton and Co., 1882.) I had this volume in hand during a stay of a few days in Florida last May, and found it, so far as I could judge, fully entitled to the “Testimonial” from the State officials which graces its opening pages. It has a chapter, of thirteen pages, devoted especially to “Orange-culture,” besides constant references throughout its pages to this branch of the rising industry and development of that delightful sub-tropical region. In the same chapter there is a note as follows: “Much the best work on the subject is Rev. T. W. Moore's Treatise and Handbook on Orange Culture in Florida, of which a new revised and enlarged edition has just been published by E. R. Pelton and Co., 25, Bond Street, New York.” Mention also occurs of a “Guide to Orange Culture” by “the Manville Brothers”—but I do not find a more precise indication.
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HERSCHEL, J. Orange Culture in Florida. Nature 26, 419 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026419b0
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