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Treatise and hand-book of orange culture in Florida, Louisiana and California.

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Date Issued:
1886 - 1881
Title: Treatise and hand-book of orange culture in Florida, Louisiana and California.
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Alternative Title: Orange culture.
Alternative Title: Hand-book of orange culture.
Alternative Title: Handbook of orange culture.
Alternative Title: Treatise and handbook of orange culture in Florida.
Name(s): Moore, T. W. (Theophilus Wilson)
Gallesio, Giorgio.
H. & W.B. Drew Company
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1886, c1881
Date Issued: 1886 - 1881
Publisher: E. R. Pelton & Co.
Horace Drew
Place of Publication: New York
Jacksonville
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: x, [11]-184 p. ; 18 cm.
Language(s): eng
Table of Contents: Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- The profit of orange growing -- Of the several methods of planting orange groves -- The wild orange grove budded -- Groves from transplated sour stumps -- Planting the orange seed -- Budding -- On selecting a location for an orange grove -- The advantages of partial forest shelter -- The "frost line" and the "orange belt" -- The effect of frost on plants -- Transplanting -- The distance apart -- Cultivation -- Thorough cultivation -- Pruning -- Fertilizing -- Species, varieties, etc. -- The lemon and lime -- The insects damaging to the orange tree. The natural enemies of such insects, and the remedies to be applied -- Diseases to which the orange tree and fruit are liable, and their remedies -- Rust on the orange -- Gathering, packing, and shipping the orange -- Crops that may be grown among the orange trees -- Oils, perfumes, extracts, etc., from the citrus-- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Commendations.
Identifier: 43702461 (oclc), AAA0080 QF, 2899624 (digitool), NF00000022_00001 (IID), unf:18161 (fedora)
Note(s): by Rev. T. W. Moore.
Appendix: Gallesio on the orange (p. [153]-181)
Includes advertising matter ([12] p. at front and end)
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 1999. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software: Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced from a book in the Main Library at the University of North Florida, Jacksonville.
Subject(s): Fruit-culture -- United States
Orange industry -- United States
Oranges -- Florida
Fruit-culture -- Florida
Orange industry -- Florida
Economics and Society: Post-Civil War Florida, 1865-1913 -- Business, Agriculture, and Tourism, 1878-1897
Held by: SUS01 FCL01
Persistent Link to This Record: Electronic resource (JPEG)
Persistent Link to This Record: Electronic resource (PDF)
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution: UNF
Related Title: Traite du citrus. English.
Gallesio, Giorgio.
Other Format:
(OCoLC)1924095
Is Part of Series: Florida heritage collection.