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Citrus growing in Florida.

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Date Issued:
1931
Abstract/Description:
This bulletin presents facts about the citrus industry in Florida that the more successful and practical growers of citrus have found to exist.
Title: Citrus growing in Florida.
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Name(s): Scott, John M. (John Marcus)
PALMM (Project)
Florida Dept. of Agriculture.
Type of Resource: text
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1931
Publisher: Dept. of Agriculture
Place of Publication: Tallahassee, Fla.
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 87 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Language(s): eng
Abstract/Description: This bulletin presents facts about the citrus industry in Florida that the more successful and practical growers of citrus have found to exist.
Table of Contents: Introduction -- Development of the citrus industry in Florida -- Citrus production in Florida -- Citrus plantings in Florida -- Orange and grapefruit acreage of the United States -- Soils for citrus -- Citrus growing on the muck soils -- Varieties -- Cold protection -- Nursery stock -- Adaptability of the principal citrus stocks for Florida groves -- Planting the tree -- Pruning -- Fertilizing citrus -- Culture -- Cover crops -- Cost of grove to bearing age -- Irrigation of citrus groves -- Yield -- Picking -- Grading -- Packing -- Marketing -- Prices: Grapefruit, oranges -- Shipping -- Limes and lemons -- Citrons -- Satsuma oranges -- World production of citrus fruits -- Annual plantings -- Canning -- Diseases and insects.
Target Audience: general
Identifier: UF00003054 (iid), 49684405 (oclc), AAA3527 QF, 982035 (digitool), uf:106673 (fedora)
Note(s): .
Title from cover.
"Nov., 1931"
"Prepared and published in cooperation with the College of Agriculture, University of Florida, Gainesville."
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : Board of Education, Division of Colleges and Universities, PALMM Project, 2001. 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 Collection in George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida.
Subject(s): Citrus -- Florida
Citrus fruits -- Florida
Citrus fruit industry -- Florida
Florida -- 12000
Library Classification: S49 .A53, no.2
Library Classification: 102 F636b no. 2
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00003054.pdf
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00003054.jpg
Host Institution: UF
Other Format:
(OCoLC)41130435
Is Part of Series: Bulletin (Florida. Dept. of Agriculture) ; no.2.