The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-02
THE GREAT DESERT.

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III had been born q bard would not
hesitate moment to write few stanzas
In favor Of the Florida orange and filling
In al tho end Of this sentence. Large,
rich and Juicy, 1t has Righteousness
that can be better understood by tasting
than by reading about 1t. II can double
discount Havana orange and then come
out ahead. There Is certainly nothing
more beautiful than fine orange grove
in full bearing. 1t was warm day,
something over month ago, when a party
Of Us, after u two hours walk In the sand,
happened on one Of them and for the first
time paused to rest. cannot say that
we were exactly tired but there Is no
telling how soon we would have been. 1t
IL always best to act with discretion In
such matters, and that orange grove, bur.
dened with golden fruit, looked like All
appropriate place tOr us to turn u and
ward oil the possible wearlnesS that
might uyertake ia later in the day. The
grove was small one-covering only ten
aCres-but 1t was miniature paradise,
worth at least fifty thousand dol.
lars. The proprietor told US that
he had plucked and shipped over
one hundred thousand oranges from his
trees, and still they seemed 10 be uncom.
iOrtuOly full. A bearing grove Is with.
out doubt a good thing to have In a
family. The trees live u remarkable
age, GUd, II properly cared for, will fur.
nj Ii II com peteNUe u tour Or live success.
sive generations. couldn't swear to
this later statement, beCauae l haven't
been her elobg enough. Some one palhied
II of on me tue other day, and | desire
to get rid VI II before | grow incredu.
lUGg. An orange tree twenty years old
will bear from four to six thousand OF.
augea every yeaf, which sell, Oh the tree,
al from twenty to thirty dollars per
thousand. II can be easily seen that
there is q handsome profit III the bu4i.
ness at Tie 70 figures; but whether the
prices will keep up vr not when the hun!
dteds vi thOntdnds Of young. trees
throughout the State get In bearing, Is d
question which shall not attempt to
answer. Interested persons claim that
when Florida becomes ablo to supply the
market throughout the country with or.
ranges the foreign supply will be cut oil
and they will hold the field exclusively.
Even II the present prices should decline
oue.half, there would still be money
made In Otage growing.
Nearly every State In the Union has
ia representatives in Florida, but the ma.
iority Of settlers are from the North. The
state VI society IL far better than one gen
orally finds In q new country, being prih.
cipaIly composed Of persons who were
compelled to come southwark 10 ward of
disease. These people are hard At work
and will succeed. tits the visionary, yer.
dAnt, validating individual who Ia going
TO sink his tapilAl in an orange grove,
This winter II call IL winter because am
writing for northern readets,) the State
il filled with this class Of men. They diff
EVERYWHERE, and plant orange trees "a 70.
mote from navigation as the capital Of
West Virginia Il from the rest Of the
world. Their conversation Ia Away
about oranges. In The early morn, AZ
soon a. the cock crows, sleepy souls aI
the boarding houses are aroused from
their dreams BY the idiotic dtibblinga d
these imbeciles.
"I'll just tell you what; como out Il
nv grove 10 Eve years from now, and N
show vol something worth seeing. You
fellows are ioOlA for staying abound thii
boarding house all the time and nevei
doing anything. Why don't you 70 Il
work and plant grove, There's money
In II. Hope you boys don't think Of 10
eating in such place az thisl II lyon dt
you'll all die Of the ague. This boarding
house man said to me the other day, Thii
Il a perfect paradise 'Yes,; says ], thii
Ia patadlte lost, ant. out where ! live, els