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... fruits that have found a foothold here is the avocado , often called " alligator pear . " In old days South Sea sailors called it " midshipmen's butter . " Years ago this fruit was first brought to Florida from Mexico . Since then other ...
... fruits that have found a foothold here is the avocado , often called " alligator pear . " In old days South Sea sailors called it " midshipmen's butter . " Years ago this fruit was first brought to Florida from Mexico . Since then other ...
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... fruit as against 600,000 in 1884- 1885. This shows how amazingly the rapid distribution of fresh fruit has grown in this country . Roughly , one - third of all oranges eaten in America come from Florida ; two - thirds are from ...
... fruit as against 600,000 in 1884- 1885. This shows how amazingly the rapid distribution of fresh fruit has grown in this country . Roughly , one - third of all oranges eaten in America come from Florida ; two - thirds are from ...
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... fruit in the world , the mango , together with , at certain seasons , that fruit of the most delicate beauty and flavor , the mangosteen . Then there was a kind of fruit , whose name I have for- gotten , which looked like a russet apple ...
... fruit in the world , the mango , together with , at certain seasons , that fruit of the most delicate beauty and flavor , the mangosteen . Then there was a kind of fruit , whose name I have for- gotten , which looked like a russet apple ...
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