The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-03
Ornnge Culture I'm rloridn.

II was not until after the war that Florids
attracted universal attention as splendid
country to grow the orange, although it had
grown there to n limited extent for three
centuries. A northern man writing from
there recently, says: "rho recent changes in
the social and economical status Of the south
have brought the Florida orange to the
front Wealthy planters, impoverished by
war, deprived of their laborers, and shrink
ing from the arduous toll Of cotton and cAne
culture, devoted their attention to fruit
growing. lnvalds from the NORTH seeking
health from the balmy air Of
ow insular climate, naturally turn
cd their attention to an occu-
patton requiring greater intelligence and less
expenditure of muscular force than our or,
binary field CROP. LEARN to labor and to
wait must be the motto Of all who engage
In the culture Of the orange; and now, sitter
more than a dozon years of experience, we
are approaching the lnlllment ofour hopes.
Our fruit is quoted in all northern uarkets,
and is, by its superior excellence gradually,
but we think surely, driving out ranges OF
foreign growth. Many Failures inevitn-
bly, resulted from ignorance If the eondi.
tons essential to success in new and
almost unknown field OF labor, Tut persistent
etforthas been almost without exception gen.
erously rewarded. And while other industries
may have afforded greater wea tn, the success
full orange growers of Florida are perhaps
more truly independent and moro secure in
their prosperity than any other class of
American citizens. In east and south Florida
immigrants from every cline meet and
fraternize. Even the color line is less
sharply defined than in Egypt or southern
Indiana. Having suffered from being too
credulous and Conilding, the people are not
disposed to be friendly with every stranger,
but the man who settles down and gives evi-
dence by lis manner Of life that he is trust.
worthy and welldisposed, will find kindly
hearts TO welcome him, and will have lit.
tie cause TO complain of the treatment hora.
ceives. Il is said that Noridians live on f l.
in summer and strangers in winter, AMI many
tourists will assert that such is the fact but
when free from prejudice they can only say SO
because they have not become acquainted
with the industrial classes-only with those
who, us at Saratoga or Niagara Falls, prev
upon visitors and transient residcnts.n
II takes about FIVE years for an orange tree
to begin TO bear after it Is planted. II will
not bear much fruit until il is seven wears
old. II will increase its yield for quarter
OF centuary and will i've five hund, ed
years Some of the orange estates in
Florida are valued ut one million dollars, and
were planted less than fifteen wears ago.
There is no more expense attending the
planting, cultivation and marketing OF
oranges than in apples. You simply selec,
your ground, plant, prune and wait six or
seven years for your first crop. If you have
thousand trees your income will be suf.
hclent to live like prince. You can stay al
your estate in tte winter and at TIE Baden
Badens of the world in tho summer. TIL,
orange grows in southern Texas and Louisians
just as well as in Florida.