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From 1887 Florida: the navel orange..
From 1887 Florida: the navel orange..
Item # 691230
June 06, 1887
THE FLORIDA DISPATCH, Jacksonville, June 6, 1887 Noted in the masthead: "Official Organ Of The Florida Fruit Growers' Assoc. & the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Growers' Protective Assoc." with the content, and the ads, focused on such.
Inside includes several articles concerning the then-new variety: the navel orange. The navel orange came from Brazil. Seedlings were brought to Florida in the 1830's and California in the early 1870's, and in 1875 the orange tree began producing its first fruit in the United States.
Handsome masthead, 20 pages, 10 1/4 by 13 1/4 inches, small binding slits at the spine, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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