Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-03-22
FLORIDA ORANGES.
Amazing Proportion to Which Their oe'-
ttyatIon Has Grown


Amazing Proportion to Which Their oas-
tfyation Has Grown
This delicious fruit, unlike any
other. requires full year to develop.
The trees are white with bloom IN ep-
ruary, and though the oranges attain
their growth by October and are yellow
In November they grow sweetef py
hanging on the trees till February
when they are perfect, though the
bulk of the crop is marketed long pc
fore, owing to the demand ana lear Oh
freezing.
This year the crop is estimated to be
fully 5000. 600 boxes. more than double
that OF any previous year Each oox
holds an average of least $50. Each
freight car carries an average OF about
800 boxes So to move the crop Will re-
auire five trains OF twenty cars each
per day for 100 days, and the 10000
600 oranges will allow nearly ten each
to every inhabitant in the United
| States.
To such amazing proportions has
this fascinating business developed
within very few years, and the young
trees vet to come into bearing promise
| in a few years to multiply the above
figures by ten. Many are satisfied
when buying to learn from the dealer
that they are getting "Florida
oranges, ignorant Of the fact
that the varieties are as numer-
Gus as their grades OF quality.
In buying apples one generally
selects fall pippins, greening or Bald
| wins to suit, whereas in purchasing
oranges the brand OF FLORIDA Is
sufficient. Consumers will soon find
out, If they have not already, that the
variety in oranges is greater than In
apples, and learn TO select Homosassa,
Nonpareil, sweet Seville, Indian river,
Tangerine or Satsuma as readily as
they now do various apples.
There Is one trademark on many
Florida oranges that can not be coun
forfeited; when the peel Is diseolorec
: by what 10 known as rust" you may
know the fruit was grown in the lant
OF flowers. So far from this being
drawback except for looks, this rus
is a positive advantage. Russets ar,
invariably solid, sweet and juicy; th'
tiny insect that caused the discolore(
9 peel thereby Theoretically seals tn
pores, combining the juices that other
wise would evaporate; yet you ma.
t buy russets for about 81 per boz
Q cheaper than brlghts So much 10
looks" or the whims OF taste. Fey
, oranges are now marketed as carelessl
Y as apples. all sizes and qualities bein,
= dumped into box. Instead each bo
g is carefully packed in layers ntainin
. exactly the same size and number, TIL
r boxes holding 1928, 40, 176 to 22t
!, The medium sizes are considered best
:, the boxes being stenciled with to
o number as we'll as the quality of tn
] fruit, as 176 russets, brights, fancy, et'
|. The orange-growers' packing house
q adjoining the groves in Florida ar
c scenes of great activity.
v Rollicking negroes mount long Lao
| ders into the trees with sacks swun
n on their shoulders, and, pruning sheai
IL in hand, clip the golden fruit from i
4. rough stem and place in the bal
l.. which, when full or burdensome,
careful emptied into boxes under IL
tree to lie hauled by teams to the pacl
ing houses. The fruit is never pulls
from the tree, as the stem comes OF
,r plugged and worthless for shipping
neither can they be tossed about, I
W the delicate sacs burst and the orane
10 decays. In the packing house Il
y sorter rolls each fruit singly down {
is inclined trough with gradually sprea'
o. ing sides, so each fruit drops in II
u box underneath containing exactly ii
same size; thence the boxes are talk,
* to the wrappers, who dexterous
~ twist each in tissue paper and place
30 regular layers. The packin. house
al where possible. line railroad si'
y track; so the boxes as packed q
Ill loaded into the cars, which run dire
from the groves to the Northern citi
" without change N. Y. lndepender