2-697-239 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Orange Grove, Seville, Florida, USA, c1900. The first citrus was brought to the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1493, and the first orange trees were planted in the mid-1500s. Citrus has been farmed commercially in Florida groves since the middle of the 19th century. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell. [C.N.Greig & Co., c1900]