The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-04-29

north western counties of the State, the whole
family of citrus including particularly the
orange, lemon, and lime, are pro6tably grown
under reasonable conditions of intelligent and
careful cultivation. North Of the latitude of
Cane Carnaveral, under precautions that do
not too severely tax the skillful cultivator, the
banana and pineapple may be grown. South
of that latitude they are produced without
hazard.
Throughout the entire State, with the posi-
BILE exception of its extreme Southern portion,
by the exercise of reasonable skill in the selec-
ton of locality and conformity to known con-
ditions of heat and moisture, the cultivation OF
the entire list of Northern vegetables may be
successfully prosecuted: '*s
The Northern fruits do not succeed here, nor
are the cereals, with the exception OF Indian
corn, susceptible of profitable cultivation.
Of the area of Florida a large portion IS
still held by government, and subject to entry
under the regulations of the homestead law
Other large portions are owned by the State,
by corporations, and by individuals, and held
at prices not largely in excess of the home,
stead lands. Small tracts in the possession of
private parties are held at prices varying with
the owners estimate of the value of his i'm
provements, accessibility to Market etc. Com
paratively, land in Florida is cheap.
The question is frequently put, why, with
fine climate, ,cheaplands, and rich and; varied
productions, Florida, so long known, with its
10000 square miles Of territory, contains but
200, 900 Inhabitants 1t can not be briefly an
swered, yet fully satisfactory reason may be
given. From its discovery, more the theatre
of petty warfare than any other portion of the
Union, subject to repeated and radical changes
in it's form of government, for years the scene
of harassing Indian wars, isolated in position,
and more than all else unsuited in its produc-
tions to the habits and traditions of the i'm
mense majority of foreign immigration, she
has been overlooked in the race for prosperity
in a far larger measure than her attractions
warrant.
And her attractions are manifold and unique.
Florida is a vast conservatory. From any
point south of her northern tier of counties to
her extreme southern boundaries, where frost
is almost unknown, slight covering for few
days in winter sufices to protect the most deli
cate exotic. The rose, the oeander, and the
camellia are crowned with summer beauty
through the heart of winter.
The orange combines in rarest perfection the
useful and the beautiful. At all times the eye
rests upon its bright foliage with sense of re-
pose. It is with happiest significance that the
bride is adorned with its silver blossoms, typi-
cal of a future so full of much golden promise.
The purity of its summer air, the variety of
light and shadow at morning and evening, the
exquisite outlines of its feecy summer clouds,
the transcendent color Of its summer sky, its
wide-extended coast line, daily swept by sea
breeze whose refreshing GOODNESS is fraught
with messages of health and vigor, exhibit ma
ture in her happiest and most compensating
mood. ID.