The daily gazette., 1875-11-03
THE ORANGE LANO.

FLORIDA AS FIELD FOR YOUNG MEN |
OF ENERGY.
A correspo ndent writes from Orlan-
do, Orange County, Florida, g ives us
these interesting points: will simply |
say of the country in passing; that l |
was quite astonished at the cotton;
nearly every field saw was of that va |
riety described by a Georgian some
years ago as the 'bumble bee cotton"
which stood so low on the ground. you
know, that humble bee could sit on
his hind launches at ease and suck the |
bloom. At Jacksonville, after a rest |
OF several days, we took steamer for |
the Upper St. Johns. A day and a |
night continuous steaming brought us
through several lakes, into which the |
river expanded, to Lake Monroe, the |
most beautiful of them all.
On the southern shore of the lake, |
at Melville, we landed and proceeded |
at once by ambulance to Orlando, the |
geographical centre of the county, and |
the county seat whence | write. Now,
if you will take up any good map of
Florida (Drew's is the best, though far
from accurately you will find Orange
county lies upon the west bank Of the
st. Johns from near where the Goth
degree of north latitude crosses il to
where the 28th parallel crosses it, its
| western boundary being a north and
south line, while on the east it follows
| the sinuosities of the river. The coun-
| ty contains about 2, 900 square miles
| OF land, nearly all Of it being peculiar
ly adapted to the growth OF the orange
How is 1T the better for this, and
why all this absobing interest in or.
aBge culture: Simply because it is
proven to be, by ali sdds, the most
profitable and certain crop grown any
where in the United States Why,
lust think, fifty trees to the acre aver
laging after they are well in bearing,
$40 to 1000 oranges for the first five
years, and then increasing to 1000 and
upward. lake the least, 500 oranges,
worth on the tree two cents, $40 per
tree, or $500 per acre. But, it may
be asked, is this certain. Can we rely
on such results? We are able to say
most certainly, with care in selection
and preparation of soil, in planting
ane caring for the trees. No human
calculation can be more sure. No
bank can 50 certaiRly promisc its an
nual dividend of pc. cont. Is the
orange grover can count on the results
! o.; his labor
The trosts here never injure the
| crops, aud after the tree is in Iull bear
! ing, its enemies have been conquered,
how long will the orange continue to
bear don't know, hut there are
standing now II old Tampa, two trees
planted in 1895, and they bore two or
three years ago for the last time |
heard their crop gwen at twenty thou
sard oranges, and they sold upon the
trees for four hundred dollars just
think of that! Well, now. tell that
young man who has Just had a start in
| lite-a thousand or two Collars as be.
| ginning-tell him to come down here,
get himself twenty or thirty acres of
land Che doesn't need mere-tifteen viii
do) and 90 10 work, put up his cottage,
clear his land, put in his young trees,
say two year old seedlings, keep his
land well titled, by which he will feed
and support his family, and in about
ten years certainly he may count upon
an income of ten thousand dollars Il
year
Besides oranges, they are planting
| lemons, guavas, ~ltrons, bananas and
what they call grape fruit, each grape
being as large as an orange have
seen the fruit, but never tasted it; it
is, suppose, a species of orange. The
population of the county is about nine
thousand, and it is increasing rapidly
| Everys teamer brings emigrantS, all IN
tending to engage in the cultivation Of
the orange, and this will continue till
tnewhole country becomes an extended
orange grove. am not prophet,
nor the son nj a prophet, bUt | have 4
provision clear is light that within ten
year, oae may land from the ocean
SlraH,rat NuluS.a bar on the s.. John :
,uny steamer thai can cutur the river
can reach this .,rl ami pass by rail
>outHWaa, ,nraa-A this place one hun
drcs M8t- ,Hi5u-l one continuous
orange eHey.. .iHrs. Lemons. @aava>
land !aug.a~ .ntyrsHrrSol On either
/ uaHd, aaa onward alap- the eastern
coast io nur'lr iiarbur. iuokiug straight
uut towards iIaYa-a, passing all along
tie line tAvoUgA the most lusciou,
fruits grown anywhere in the world
Most OF The land in this county is il
individual hands, though there at,
suH homestcads and State lands to b,
had. These will, however, soon b.
all taken up, so that the emlgrant mus
count on paying $40 to $50 per acre 10
! land, according to location, etc .-PhHd
Star.
The Cleveland Iron Company is ruI