The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04

~ Ne'oioP our fut4Rg plans and nro
al poets. We learn Cm its pages trntt prJ
r : Cleaned from years of experience 80 :
u useful to fruit-growers. Who CO.,. :
y = picture the future Of our State a tsv
= years hence, when hopes have becom'
:. ,na real,za'l0ns Surely, the induce
+ ments we offer are great. We bave
welcomed many to our fiowerv 1ana
and yet there is room. They come
from the Middle States, the West
and from the North; we invite tben,
all to find homes.
we cannot say too much for o,,,
State and its newly-found benests Hsi
and those who have seen its advon
tages earliest, can now Speak with
giaa pleasure of the fate which cast
their destiny in the land, where thu
orange tree waves to the breeze sweet
perfume in the early spfing-titne. and
' 70 the eye green and gold in
autumn; and, to see this is to raal
'ze ,,'' one OF natures loveIiest pictures !
Inc Southern son.;sser, the mock '
ng-blrd, finds its home amono tho :
range u groves, and the gay song of o
ne lark is heard with the same swoo, ir
ess, as when in their native fields ~ !
vaving corn. " y
The many advantages Of our sunny al
nd nave been realized by some. tn
ID are the future. and not far.dis' W,
mt hopes of great many. he
And now adieu, my friends. MAY II,
waves roll gently on beneath yonr
TX OF nope and beal you on in peace no,
success. LUEL "A X. LAMB. Of
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ALBANY n. Y, May 20. y
A few days ago / noticed in box ms
Valencia oranges, just being opened :!
fruit store here, some peculiar P"'
king black spots on the rind of i-nl
ne of the oranges. The proprietor o"s
the store gave me couple of the '0O
,st affected fruits, and | took them Ia
Prof G. HI. Peck the botanist in oo'
2 State Museum OF Natural History, reg
d noted mycologist. On placing III
portion of one of the spots under tn'
, microscope, the mycelium of iei
NE unnamed fungus was seen to ieo
nifty in every direction through the III
ected portion of the rind. The =
,ease seems to commence In small VI
Ick spot, which gradually extends w.
every direction, thus remaining Cir seS
lar. The center is quite dark, or oee
arly black, while it is of lighter
Ior around the edges. The fungus Col
ems to feed almost entirely on the lor
cells and contents, and does not
tend into the pulp or even the
ute inside coating of the rind. The I'D
and other juices of the skin being
is destroyed, the rind is made
nner and harder in these spots,
oducing black depression in the son
face of the fruit. tha
[ would like to know whether this this
ease has ever been noticed in Flor of
!. have not seen it on any Flor any
! oranges which have been sold in mar
S market, or any other fungus ex- knc
IT the ordinary oidium, or blue lea,
I'D, seen on all rotten fruits of the VIC
ID. This new fungus only Injuries in
, appearance of the fruit l have and
orange which has been laid up for hen
'eral weeks, and the skin is simply forl
ying up, and the fungus has stopped san
5ending, and is probably dead. It abb,
has been noticed in Florida, it per
uld be of great benefit to fruit incl
,wers, as well as to science. It some wh,
} having microscope would watch tast