The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-07-27
FLORIDIANA.
Geographical Divisions of Florida.

counties of Suwannee, Columbia. Alachua
Levy, Baker, Nassau, DuVal, Bradford
Clay, st. Johns. Putnam and Marion.
WEST FLoRIDA-Is composed of the coHn-
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
VOluSia, Brevard, Polk, HlllSDorouSh' MAN
aztec. Monroe and Dade
The Orn,eqe Lake Eorididm, is to
come out as a semi-weekly.
1t is fact worthy OF note, that
bearing orange groves have been sold
In this State during the last year, Tor
prices ranging from $500 TO $4,000
per acre Orange Lake FIorad1o7e.
The young trees are looking finely
and unless the next is very severe
winter they will soon overcome the
damage of the last. Older trees will
take three years to repair the damage
Of last winter.-Lake City Reporter.
As we 60 to press we learn that r.
T. MacGraw, of Buffalo Bluff, on the
St. Johns, south of Palatka, has sold
his orange grove to Mr.. Colgate of
Washington City, for $10,0OO.-Put-
man County Journal.
DIR. E. E. Pratt, sent us in last
Thursday fine pineapple for which
be will please accept our thanks, and
remeber that zone good turn deserves
another"-trom him. The DIR. set
out some seventy>five pine apple
plants two years ago, and something
over fifty OF them are now bearing
Tampa Tribune.
We were shown a day or two ago
by Mr.. B. A. Meginniss one of the
finest patches of millet we ever saw.
. 1t was planted by Mr.. G. H. Meg
inniss about four weeks ago and will
now average tour feet in height. He
expects to cut and cure from this
patch-about one>quarter of an acre
lone and hall tons ofhay.-ZdlI0-
hdSsee Economist.
Mr.. J. T. Cothran, Of Medina,N
Y, arrived here on last Thursday,
having been through a portion of
Volusia county. He went out into
the county on the railroad Friday
evening, returned on Saturday and
went with Mr.. Mitchell, to the Lake
Jessup hammock lands. On Monday
morning he went out to the Lake
Eustis region, and if, among them all,
he does not find something to suit
him, be will be hard to please. We
like the gentleman.--Sa',tord Jour-
aedI.
Mr.. Phillip Dyialynski brought in
and shipped some bird plumes this
week which he obtained from the In
dams down in the Everglades, which
seems to belong to a new species OF
birds hitherto undescribed by ornitho-
logists and probably unknown. We
did not see the plumes and therefore
cannot describe them, but we learn
from Mr.. Dzialynski who is some>
what familiar with Florida plumes,
that they are new to him, as we'll as
all others who have seen them, iuclu-
ding quite a number of Northern
persons from the st. Johns region
Tampa Tribune.
Yesterday we saw Pien to, or Chi
nese Flat, peaches from the Glen
Alpine place on Bayou Texar, which
were from a tree budded on the 18th
OF last August by Mr.. G. Yniestra.
They were large, finely colored speci.
mems, thus ripened within less than
eleven months from the bud. This
is another instance of the remarkable
nature OF the Pien.to-for the ripen-
ing of these peaches at this time ex>
tends the bearing period of the vari-
ETY. for over three months. The tree
was bound to bear anyhow, and post
pended time of production until its
growing wood could bear. it.-Pen.
Socol0 Gozette.
The following communication has
been addressed to the President OF
the Fruit Growers and Agricultural
Association
Mr.. President:-The Committee to
whom was assigned the duty OF sol>
letting subscription OF stock for the
purpose of securing grounds, as well
as improving the same 10 hold the
sumter County Fair, have discharged
that duty with fidelity and take plea
sure in stating that the citizens of
Sumter, as lar as seen, are enthused
with the move OF organizing a Fair
Association, as the amount OF twelve
hundred and fifty dollars subscribed
already will show. The friends of