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Show teak Ffntt IToof Oralis For several years tho 1'nlted 8t:tte has been working to secure, by breeding. breed-ing. race of oranges reslslnnt to frout. It was proposed by this means to restore re-store tbe oroneo grove of Florida, which formerly produced several million mil-lion dollars' .worth of orange yearly, but wero nearly nil destroyed by cold a, few yourt kkJ- Twulve of the new evergreen hybrid oranges, eecured is a rtault of crossing the hardy Japanese form with th. Florida sweet orungo, have proved to be 4he hardiest evergreen ever-green orangea known In the world. Bout hern nurserymen have pronounced them to be of great value at hedge plants, entirely upart from their fruit-benrlng fruit-benrlng value. There In great promise, however, thut we will ultimately ecure n fruit thut Is hardy ami of good quality. qual-ity. Borne of ihu hybrid raisin grapes, pro'luettd with a view of securing re-siHtamu re-siHtamu to u ilUeaao known aa "cou-lure," "cou-lure," or dropping of the fruit, have borne for the flraf tline. These Titles huvo proved hardy ,o far and , have produced fruit of remurkubly flue finality. final-ity. Home of the vinos appenr to be reulbtuiit to a sorloua and deslrtietlv root disease which baa appeared . In California, and they may resist tho worst of ell .Puclllc count snipe diseases dis-eases Ihu fo-cah.d "Ciillfornla vine disease." |