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Preface: Orlando

California Olives (Graham Photo. Co., Los Angeles, Cal.) Blossom of the Common Elder (T. P. Robinson, Orlando, Fla.) .

Frontispiece FACING PAGE 66 66 • 67 67 118 118 6 118 119 119 I22 123 . 123 ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Perfection Currant • 176 (Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) The Common "High Huckleberry" of the South 177 (T. P. Robinson, Orlando, Fla.) The French (black) Mulberry. 177 (T. P. Robinson, Orlando, Fla.) California Lemons with Blossoms • • 192 (C. C. Pierce Company, Cal.) Spanish Lime or Ginep. 192 (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) The Seville Orange with Blossoms 193 (R. M. F. Berry, Orlando, Fla.) "Old Baldy" and Navel Oranges from the San Gabriel Valley, California 210 ("Old Baldy" by permission of E. T. Randall, Long Beach, Cal.) (Navel Oranges by C. C. Allen, St. Petersburg, Fla.) Blossoms of the Sweet Orange 210 (C. C. Allen, St. Petersburg, Fla.) Morton Citrange 2II (Courtesy of H. J. Webber, U. S. Department of Agriculture) Rusk Citrange 2II (Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) Willits Citrange 2II (Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) Trifoliate Orange 2II (Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) The Kumquat 222 (T. P. Robinson, Orlando, Fla.) Trimble Tangerine 222 (Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) Grape-Fruit Tree (C. C. Allen, St. Petersburg, Fla.) The Pomelo or "Grape-Fruit" (J. C. E. Ensminger, Sanford, Fla.) 223 ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Sampson Tangelo (Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) • 240 Pineapples Raised under Protection of Slatted Sheds 241 (C. C. Allen, St. Petersburg, Fla.) North American Watermelons (Howard, Orlando, Fla.) The Banana. (Blossom by J. C. E. Ensminger, Sanford, Fla.) (Plants by courtesy of Jacob Shannebarger) California Figs 241 256 257 (C. C. Pierce & Co., Los Angeles, Cal.) Bloom of the Date Palm 274 (J. C. E. Ensminger, Sanford, Fla.) Up in the Heart of C Date Palm 274 (R. M. F. Berry, Orlando, Fla.) Wild Date Palm of India 274 (Scoven & Co., Ceylon) Gathering Cocoanuts 275 (Blossoms by I. IV. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) (Palm by Lychenheim & Co., Havana, Cuba) Flat and Conical Japan Persimmons 286 (T. P. Robinson, Orlando, Fla.) Delmas Persimmon 286 (Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) Tropical Papaw • (J. C. E. Ensminger, Sanford, Fla.) Apple and Pear Guavas (R. M. F. Berry, Orlando, Fla.) The Alligator Pear: Aguacate (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) Pomegranates (Permission of G. L. Taber, Glen St. Mary, Fla.) The Sweet Sop or Sugar Apple (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) 287 : 287 290 • ILLUSTRATIONS The Sour Sop • (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) Mammee Sapota (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) The Mangosteen (Scowen & Co., Ceylon) The Sapodilla (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) The Bread Fruit • (Photograph by Scowen & Co., Ceylon.

Courtesy of Soule Art Co., Boston, Mass.) The Prickly Pear . (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) • Mammee Apple or St. Domingo Apricot (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) Cashew Nut or Apple (Permission of P. W. Reasoner, Oneco, Fla.) Fruit of Spanish Bayonet (T. P. Robinson, Orlando, Fla.) The Tamarind (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) Tamarind Tree . (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) Mulgoba Mango (Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) One of the "Stringy Mangoes" (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) FACING PAGE . • 291 302 302 303 303 310 • 310 . 311 311 314 314 • 315 5 teaspoons (dry) 4 teaspoons (liquid) WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 2 saltspoons 2 coffeespoons 55 drops one coffee spoon equal “ 66 teaspoon “ ،، teaspoon “ 66 tablespoon “ “ tablespoon 4 tablespoons (liquid) “ 66 wineglass 4 tablespoons (liquid) “ ،، half cup 8 large tablespoons or 2 wine glasses “ “ gill 2 gills " “ cup I cup 2 cups or 52 tablespoons equals make " ،، 2 pints or four cups “ I cup granulated sugar equals ،، half pint quart half pound I cup butter (solid) ،، ،، half pound I rounding tablespoon butter ،، “ ounce I heaping tablespoon sugar ،، ounce I tablespoon of liquid ،، " half ounce