Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1912 — Orange Optimist. [ARTICLE]

Orange Optimist.

J. Willis Westlake, the noted Florida pomologist, said in a reent address at Lake Helen: “The orange grower must be an optimist to succeed. He Zan’t expect 10,000 oranges from every tree at the start. He should show the spirit of John Blanc. “Blanc’s first orange crop, when he settled in Florida, wasn’t much to boast of. The man, however, kept up heart. “ ‘How did your oranges do?’ a friend asked him at the season's end. “ ‘Oh. we had a few,’ he replied. “ ‘Good onesF “ ‘Fine!’ said Blanc. ‘My wife uses them in place of lemons. It makes quite a saving.’" r