The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-05

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This isesFequires 10 pEunipg, and bus vay ltEia
caltisAtiea sflB aheArss thEssyean Trees SD
70 Be Rety years old and upwards, ere growing
grcund TailaAassee, and hid tAir ftom their ap-
peaFanee = ponRlete their ese hundred yeAzz
TAe aprle has had comparatively 20 little At
tention Of trial in this county that We cannot ye,
vo0eh for is success. We Wers t0ld tat they
would mot saCcssd, By ths cd sstaless, - wu
were told concerning the erape Having bund
ont from inqufnes that ihe grape planted in bgm-
- tines were of TIE EaBopean varieties which
viii ncs succsed; and having proved by yearly
crops q grapes that the varieties originating in
The United STATES win, We have come to the con-
eiasiea that We viii find varieties of the apple
thaa win sais ouF climate. To confirm us In our
opinion, We have Shockiey apples that are now
bearing the second year; trses vigorous and har-
dy, making fne growth, and fruit smooth and
heAithy The age of the trees six years Some
Of my neighbors have trees that have been bear
ing for several years fine apples They have
lost the naInes. As there ia boom on fruit cul-
ture that has taken possession of our people,
We
win in q few years have list OF apples that we
can rely on to do well with US.
JAPAN PERsIAO6oNs.
The Japan pefsimmon is being given trial.
We fad the trees to grow well, and have met
with success in grating it on our native variety
Should the graf continue to do well we win
soon have our native trees crowned with heads
~ A. q
few years. M
JAPAN PLUMs-
The Loquat OF Japan plum succeeds with u.s.
1t is an evergreen and highly ornamental tree.
The fruit is sab-acid, grows in clusters and Of q
creamy white color. Il is particularly to be
desired, as it ripens in February. and commands
from our winter visitors from 75 cents to 81 per
quart. It's pEopagated from the seed
PoME6RANArEs.
The pomegranate, both sweet and acid, are
cultivated TO o small extent. The acid variety
mixed with sugar and water rs the lemon, makes
very pleasant and grateful drink during the
warm weather. The tree is very ornamental
and productive, easily grown, and We believe
there would be q demand for the fruit were it
shipped North and West as soon as it became
generally known.
This county is we'll dotted over with wild
plum orchards; they yield 50 abundantly, that
the currulo from hack Of ability TO destroy, is
forced to turn over to US q large proportion of
the fruit The Wild Goose, Newman, De Cara
denc and other cultivated varieties succeed.
oRANGEA
We have q grove around our dwelling
that is over 80 years old. These trees when
about 5 years old were killed to the ground by
remarkably severe winter. They put up from
the ROOFS again and made fine trees. Some or
8 years ago. owing to . freeze, the tender
branches we're killed and we lost the crop for
that year. The year after they bore again and
continued 10 bear full crops, when last winter
on the Both of December hard freeze and sleet-
killed the trees with part Of the crop on them,
from two TO six feet from the ground. They have
now put out vigorous shoots, which at the pres
ent time gune) are from to 6 feet long, and
wiz SDrm new heads 10 the trses, and we lock
for a crop again In 1888 From the above state
ment the orange cannot be relied upon as an
annual crop. Nevertheless as our fruit is of
very superior quality, and as we may have from
ten 10 fifteen years of good crops before we miss
a year or two, by the effects of an early cold
snap, the orange is very desirable tree 70 plant
Many Of Our trees produced from 1000 to 25O0
oranges to The iree and oranges were 50 plentiful
in Tallahassee last December that they sold on
the street out OF the wagons at 20 cents per hun
dred. These same oranges brought from to
l. IN. - 4 U n
citizens have not been discouraged by the extra
ordinary cold Of last winter, and a number Of
fine groves have beea put ont since the freeze.
II We can get from 10 TO 12 crops IN rs years,
and from experience we can calculate on that
number, We should be satisfied, particularly As
we have sod and climate in which all the
other fruits can be raised, and ere not confined 20
one variety IS source Of income. We possess
another advantage oyer more southern latitudes
in our State 10 the Ssrtilify of our soil Our two
year old trees from the seed are as large IN size
as four year old, raised on The pine sandy Soils
and the item Of cost Of fertilizers in South Flor
ida, to keep the trees growing and IN healthy
condition, makes . good offset against epr &C
casional lnas ofacrep Our trees have had bat one
manuring ~ Is years, then with ashes; the fer
dlity Of the soil has been sufficient to keep them
in vignrDps growth and full bearing. As land b
eheap md Sertile, labor abundant, and other
crops can be planted in an orange grove, while
the trees are growing 10 . bearing age We ad-
wise by AL meaas te planta grove
r. 14gesd BAKANAa
The bauana. owing . its susceptibility to be
css dowa by slight fsseze, is en- uncegtiAn crop.
We have seen them planted ID favorable protect
ed locations where they hare done wen.
le.as a4 .l9i.!l aa RERRrEA
strawbcrHes with good culture grow to per-
fecfiqn and are . source Of great profit when
shipped Narsh N ssfrieraiOF cars, En- aeeonat of
tie sasiiness II which We can pat them IN the
& The blackberry springs pp in every Held
shat i allowaal - lay ouk they yield snormousiy
aAd ars called ~ sAe negroes, the Com
nisafy nepatttient. Where ftee ntions are pro
cured by tAe old and yeasg. They make Ans
vine aai cnrdiAls shmlhfnlsn4 medicinsl durine
ehe sammss, shd sAe dried fsuit is Of CONNER
rs.F va1.,e sfaila4 zsd llae Eisa % 4 IT
-, Il'F Ar1osbis AND OTHER nUrA f. t'a
Ths slmDaAgrsAs here - we'll - she peach.
WehAsel thses yaiisssss, ne Haro.beE, Psincen
and saitana = :, ne tWo later are he vasissies
shet pros3pce tke hqlk ~ Ne slmoads ef csn-
meseess We qlnnfei2 ahesslgees three years 60;
fhe Hasasseiss hAs Bsep ~ saly kinxi that hAs
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