The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-26
LORIDIAN A.
Geographical Divisions of Florida.


EASTERN FLORIDA-Is composed of the
counties of Suwannee, Columbia. Alachua,
Levy, Baker, Nassau, Duval. Bradford.
Clay st: Johns, Putnam and Marion.
WEST FLORIDA-Isc composed of the cOun-
ties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Washington.
Walton, Holmes, jackson and Calhoun.
MIDDLE FLORIDA-IS composed of the
counties of GadSden, Liberty, Franklin,
Leon, Wakulla. Jefferson, Madison, Taylor.
Lafayette and Hamilton.
SOUTH FLORIDA-IS composed of the
counties of fernando, Sumter. Orange,
Nolnsia, Brevard, Polk, HillsbOrOugh, Man
aztec, Monroe and D9de
1t is rumOred in London that the
steamship Great Eastern is to be fit
ted up for stock carrying ship to be
sent to this port, coming over our
bar with floats, and then to load with
cattle from Texas by way of Cedar
Key.-Feg7t0udi310 Hi1w0r
Mr.. Harris is now shipping
"kukes" in quantities Of three hun
bred bushels at a shipment. He has
only about four acres planted. This
tells the story of Marion county soil
-Ocal0 Banner
The total number Of vessels for
April was rs; cleared for A ports,
with cargoes aggregating 1,558,093
cubic feet OF timber, and l0,830,000
feet Of humber. Grand aggregate of
wood shipment for the month OF
April, the cubic timber being reduced
to board measurement and added to
lumber, 20,527, l16 superficial feet
Pc11Sac0l4 Gazette.
About the middle Of March Willis
Altman planted some sweet potato
vines, which blossomed the week
after planting, and from which he has
already got ripened seed. The seeds
are about the size OF radish seed, but
somewhat fattened. He planted
some ed week ago, and hes some
= n want and @rnwino fnalv We
--GJ Otherwi7,ovs.l 4nvlv ,.4., y. =. ,
higS,q III 9 fruit than it naturally
would do, at the expense of long lite |
s6a1- ..- n~th tor the maturing of the
crop, and report upon it.-OT@udo
Reporter.
On the 9th OF April the Picnic,
or Chinese Flat Peach, ripened at
Bellview, the beautiful place Of A. I.
YnieStra, Esq, on the Escambia.
Some Of these peaches have been
brought to town, were meliOw-rIpe,
beautifully colored with shaded red
from it's deepest hue until it paled |
off into a whitish tint, and they
measured from seven and halt 10
zine inches in circumference, and
were OF fine tlavor-Pe"Sac0t0
Gazette
Mrs. NJ. y. Papy has in her flower
garden a flower rare III this section.
1t is the bloom OF Sage Palm, and
must be seen to be appreciated The
stem of the Palm is perhaps less than
TWO teot in height and some ten
inches in diameter. The long mar
row leaves have shot out about mid
way Of the stem and form a perfect
collar, while on the top OF the stalk
the flower has appeared. 1t will be
curiosity to those who have never
seen anything OF the kind and will
repay yislt-F20Tidtd]h
About two hundred hands are
now employed in the different
branches of constructing the South |
FLORIDA Railroad from This POM; to
Orlando, and forty more We're eX-
pected on the Geo. II, Bird last
evening If the latter ones arrived, 1t
will make the largest number en-
ploycd at any one time since the
road was commenced. The track
will be laid and completed to Shro
der's mill, seven miles out, by Satur-
day evening OF the present week.
SANFORD JOW7ta.
We have seen many specimens OF
fine Irish potatoes grown during the
present season, but some that Mr. Il.
". Gamble OF this city has exhibited
to us surpa>s them all. They were
of the Early Rose variety, one OF
which weighed twenty seven and
half ounces--n nearly one pound and
three ouarters-with circumference
of seventeen and quarter by niue
teen and three quarter inches. Our
business neighbor Mr.. HuntreSS, has
also produced some superior Specl-
mems from Brooks Seeding planted
early in February. We believe,
! however, that the Early Rose has
ciyen the best satisfaction and is the
favorite with gardeners.-FS0rtt<'d'h