The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-06-22
Tangerine and lis Surroundings.
TANGEsTNE, near ZelIwood, }
Orange County, Florida,
Nav lSt,, 1881,

Orange County, Florida, Z :
May lSt., 1881.
fn response to numerous letters of inquiry,
the "Tangerine Development Society issue
this Circular, hoping that it Will Obviate the
s2ecessity of a vast am cunt of letter writing.
Ifit ana the Sta he pamphlet do not answer the
questions which most interest you, write for
fuller Information, asking DIRECT questions.
Send to the Bureau OF immigration, Jack
sonviale, Fla Enclosing stamps), for the
pamDhlet entTled "Semi-Tropic Florida" 1t
contains good county map, also elaborate
statistics of Gur county. Near the head of the
Ocklawaha river will be found Lake Dora;
Lake Beauclair lies just south of it ana, with
the river as it passes nOTthward from Lake
Apopka, form the western boundary of our
locality. We are located midway between
ROyallieu and ZellwOod poStotficeS. We are II
miles fronl the present terminus OF the ST.
Johns and Lake Eustis railroad, at Fort Mason.
in connection with the railroad, alittle steam
er plies nj out Lake EuStis y small eXpendl-
JuTG in Improving the channel between lakes
Eustis and Dora would enable this steamer to
come to the proposed landing for Tangerine
on Beauclair. This, it is hoped, will be ac-
cOmpliSied within year.
The region which we are trying to bring
more thoroughly to the attention of persons
seeking 1irst-class oIangegrow ing, ,healthtullO,
cations includes twenty sections, mostly of
high, Tolling, 1irst-cass pine land. There are
Il few vacant pieces of United states land,
whick can be taken under the homestead or
pre-enptiOn laws or on which u 'Scash entry''
can be made at $l.25 per acre There are
w,
which can be obtained for 81 or less per acre
UniIuproved land from private parties can be
had ut from $3.50 to $500 per acre, and pieces
of five acres near the proposed landing at So to
800 per acre. Some partly-imprOved home
steads are for sale. As to prices OF improved
property little need be said because no de-
Scriptions we could take space to give would
convey to our correspondents clear idea of
the same. However, we will mention one re-
cent actual sale of 16O acres. Ten acres were
cleared up and under good common fence
there was IL fair log house; the cleared land
had been set to orange trees, mostly about
three years ago, and were doing well; price.
and refused for five acres, 600 trees) OF grove
six years old from the Seed The terms of sale
of improved places are generally all cash.
Our neighborhood is rapidly settling up,
about ten new families having come in within
the past year. Our population is of the quiet,
orderly class, and we have no liquor saloons
within ten miles. Our locality is devoid Of
malaria. No doctors needed here, if they pro-
pose to obtain a living by their profession:
The lakes of this region are well stocked
with fisl-the varieties being trout black
bass of the North, cat and Dream. Deer are
found on the hills especially lns9me ascr96t
wOodSp near by. Quail and squirrel are also
found, and doves and blackbirds sometimes
become a nuisance. Election day is here as
quiet as any other and all voters are freely ac-
corded the right to deposit ballots for the can
didates of their choice.
Sunday school is held each week at Zell-
wood and fortnightly at Round Lake, on our
eastern border; also at Sorrento. Episcopal
church service is held monthly at Zellwood,
and four miles south OF Tangelne the Metnou-
lists hold meetings once or twice monthly.
A public day school will certainly be estab-
lished within our borders during the coming
fall.
Hogs do well running at large in the woods,
are FINISHED OPP with few weeks feed OF
sweet potatoes, cassava or a little corn. But
the neighborhoOd feeling is decidedly against
the owners allowing them to run at large.
Generally, cattle, sheep and goats do not re-
main in good health If kept continuously on
the uplandS.
At the proposed town of Tangerine small
store house is in process of construction
where the prime necesSarieS of life will be OBJ
tanned. y fuller stock is kept at other stores
from five to twelve miles distant. Prices of
groceries range about the same as at towns
away from large cities at the north ana west.
Flour sells at cts, meal and hominy at cts,
and bacon at from to to Il! cts. per pound,
retail Good building lumber retails at the
mills 3, s. and miles distant, at $S to $l2 per
1000 feet and dressed flooring at about $l5.
Work ponies sell at from $50 to 800; mules
from $50 to $175 (mosty from 800 to $l25);
stock cattle sell at from 81 to IS, and cows gen
orally at $l5. Cows that would be considered
fair mixers at the North sell for $40 to $25
No one has yet made n pasture OF tame grass.
The uplands are generally covered with Il more
or less heavy growth of pine timber, while the
most of the growth on hammock land is hard
wood.
some ask how poor man can support his
family while waiting for u little grove to come
into bearing. The improvements being made
in such growing region assure such men OF
their time.
Peaches generally bear well after cold
winter. They alternate with bananas, as then
this latter fruit has not yet recovered fully
from the check on its fruit production.
Seeding orange trees from to years old,
g to 7 feet high), sell at 15c to 25c. Budded
orange and lemon trees, at RETAIL one year
from bud, (on stocks 2 to years old), range in
price from 25c to 40c each, with an upward
tendency. Banana plants 30c to SOC per Dozen
Cost of clearing pine land, about SIS per acre
clearing such land and burning out the
stumps costs from 500 to $25.
The only paper in the State devoted specially
to soil culture is the FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST,
published at DeLand in Olus1a county, at So
per year, Persons intending to make Florida
their future home should subscribe for it, as
they will, from week to week. get glimpses of
what semi-tropical life is like. We have sever
nj local county papers,-the Orange County Re-
porter published ut the county seat, (Orlando),
ut 81 per year; the South Florida Journal, at
Sanford, at 81 and the South Florida Citizen,
at ApOpka, complete the list.
In looking at the map issued by the State,
YOU must bear in mind that there are thousands
of beautiful little clearwater lakes of from 10
to 400 acres, and Il few of 400 to 5000 not shown
on it. Our county mas goodly number OF
them.
ais it safe to come to Florida in Summer" is
often asked. YES, but not particularly SO if
YOU remain on the large rivers.
The question is asked: What can raise the
first season on new land? We reply that if vour
potatoes, 80 to 100 bushels to the acre COW
peas, 10 bushels per acre, worth $l5 cassava,
okra, tomatoes, melons, squashes and cotton.
The cost of passage by ocean steamer from
New York City to PalatIa is about $25, and
from Palatza by the upper st. Johns river
steamers and railroad (Astor to Fort Mason)
to Fort Mason, it is about 50. So more will