The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-11-19

eye recognized on a first inspection
of the land he is now settled on.
The lady of the house has one OF the
prettiest flower gardens in the neigh.
borhood AS fast as the season
changes and flowers cease to bloom
new ones of different kind. and
adapted to the change, blossom and
so all the year round flowers may be
had. There are several varieties of
roses in the garden which will bloom
all winter.
In looking over the place we no.
ticed the pineapple, fg-tree and ba.
mana. Although pines have not been
tried to any extent in the northern
part Of the State it is thought that
they will do we'll here if protected
from frost in the winter. The or
ange trees we were particularly inter-
ested in as it is above the frost line ~
Mr.. Blanchard has an acre trans
planted, a year ago, from his nursery,
They are perfectly healthful and
never have been injured by frost. He
will put out another acre this winter.
The trees are all seedlings-some
sour and some sweet. The sour
trees grow the most thriftily.
Some specially favored trees are
looking exceedingly we'll. There are
few groves here but many Of the
native farmers have from two or
three to couple of dozen trees which
bear very fine-favored oranges.
The next settler is Mr.. w. Whip
pie, from Philadelphia. He, with
Mr.. Boernicke, came to Florida
year ago, both in poor health. They
are now both greatly relieved and
are able to work with the best. The
past year Mr.. Whipple has grown
some upland rice for which he re-
ceived Sl.50 per bushel after it was
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els per acre, in this instance, but rice
will yield, in this locality, from so to
60 bushels per acre. Mr.. w. intends
to make this his principle crop next
year.
Mr.. Boernicke is clearing up land
for next-year's operations.
Mr.. Henry Hudson is situated
quarter of mile farther on. He has
a we'll stocked farm of forty acres
and one hundred and sixty acres of
government land.
Across Black creek one mile to
the east is Mr.. butcher. This gentle
man has very fine peach orchard.
The fruit was so abundant this sum-
mer that many bushels were left on
the ground. Although at present
the facilities for crossing the creek are
not good in very wet weather yet
bridge could be constructed without
much expense which would make ac-
cessible a large amount of fine land
on that side of the creek.
We should be glad to give a fuller
description of each place but as this
letter is already long will mention a
few generalities, among which the
Agricultural Society is important as
an excellent means of improving the
place.
This society is doing much toward
centering the interests of the people.
Very little can be accomplished for
a community by individual effort es-
pecially where number of citizens
work from different motives OF each
with separate ideas in view, but,
joined together, and all working in
one direction, they possess the pow
Ell OF Achimldes' lever with which he
asserted that he could move the
world.
The Association have made ar
rangements for regular meetings
where all subjects will be discussed
which have tendency to advance
the interests of the place.
Many Of the farmers are making
preparations for growing tobacco,
specimens grown in the neighbor-
hood, and exhibited in Jacksonville,
by Mr.. J. Bunker having proved to
be OF very superior quality for
making into cigars. Tobacco which
is to be used for cigars requires much
care and attention. To make the
culture most profitable the entire
crop should be of uniform size OF
leaf and even in quality, so that