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The home of the Superintendent of Mrs. Platt's orange grove in Florida marks the beginning of the filed studies of citrus diseases. Smith and Swingle first landed here in 1891, July.

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Unknown. “The home of the Superintendent of Mrs. Platt's orange grove in Florida marks the beginning of the filed studies of citrus diseases. Smith and Swingle first landed here in 1891, July..” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed April 13, 2026, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/270.