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Excerpt from Oranges Practically the entire national supply of oranges is produced in two states, California and Florida. At the present time California contributes about two-thirds and Florida about one-third of this supply. Less than 1 per cent of the total commercial cro-p is produced in the other states of the Union. A small quantity of oranges is received from Porto Rico. Both California and Florida have experienced a substantial increase in orange production during the past twenty years. Pro duction in Florida, however, has. Increased relatively faster than in California. Between 1908 - 1912 and 1923 - 1927 the percentage increase in Florida production amounted to 150 percent, in California to 67 per cent. The total increase in the United States pro-duction during this period amounted to 87 per cent. Foreign markets have provided an outlet for only a small part of the increase in orange production; nearly 90 per cent of it has been consumed in this country. Our consumption of oranges has increased much faster than the population. From 1908 to 1912 the average annual per-capita consumption amounted to 35 oranges; during the past five years it has amounted to 51 oranges, This is an increase of 46 per cent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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