The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-08-25
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months OF the year and OF enough
varieties in flavor to suit ali tastes.
Correspondents often inquire of me
what they can do to make a living
while an orange grove would be com.
ing into bearing and if you can
answer this question in satisfactory
manner to the various classes who
are looking to an orange grove in
Florida as "consummation devoutly
to be wished" you will be doing
good work indeed. am personally
acquainted with number OF people
of very limited means, who would be
desirable citizens, who would come
to Florida if they could be assured
of obtaining work sufficient to pro-
cure "bread and meat" for themselves
and family, employing their spare
time on five or ten acre lot in plant
ing and caring for orange trees, and
thus in few years they would take
their places as substantial citizens.
could increase our neighborhood by
twenty or fifty families of worthy
people in a'year if / could give them
a hundred days or so of laboring
work each year for few years. 1t
is not difficult matter to point out
proper course to be pursued by
farmer from the North who comes to
Florida, if he can bring with him
from $4,000 to $4,000. With my
nearly two years experience here,
and two thousand dollars in ready
money | should have no apprehen.
sions as to something to eat and
wear until oranges come. Ii any one
wishes to know just what would do
with $4,000. will say / would not
expend it in building a fine house.
What 1 would do with it l will tell
any one when they land on the
shores of our Spruce Creek, with
their wife, babies, and household
goods. Being poor (can person be
resnsetahle ElthoSs essHsx ..s g ennnsSsa
to give more thought to thas Ok 3 Or
people, and would be rejoiced if some
good and wealthy person would in
augurate some practicable plan tor
the amelioration of the lot OF the
many poor and worthy north, and
west, who wish to escape from the
suffering produced by the rigorous
seasons.
If II could treat all my orange trees
as did one or two, by way of ex-
pertinent, would have no fear but
that I would have a crop o: oranges
in the shortest time. l have a bud
inserted just eleven months since, is
now one and five.eights inches In
diameter above the point OF Insertion
and nine feet in height from same
point. How much higher it would
have been / cannot say, if / had not
frequently pinched off the top
branches. leaves eight or nine inches
long. Your readers will remember
nv grove is started on high, light
gray hammock.
Nv fg cuttings have not done
well, but a small proportion OF those
set out seeing fit to grow for me
which l much regret, as 1t is lost
time, whole year. I will have to
"try again" with number OF trees
and plants. Tea plants and Japan
Persimmons would not grow for me
this season.
| am greatly interested in reports
of success in raising crops as set
forth in your paper from week to
week, and anu sorry cannot add my
mite to the variety and value of
your paper by reporting success in
some department OF the possible pro.
ducts of our State. ! can only re-
ceive instruction, not impart it, in
reference to such matters.
Last winter purchased small
tree. three.iourths of an inch in diam
eter at collar budded with a Naval
bud, it was mere switch two or
two and halt feet in length with
no side branches. 1t has since grown
well, and two or three weeks since 1t
had several blossoms, and l have
been wondering whether such pre-
cocity is peculiar to this variety.
Until recently we have had two
mails week, and received your pa
per the Friday alter its publication
and our Northern mail in from seven
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