The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-09

greenhouse pla nts, among which we
no t,ced = cinnamon tree in bloom,
and other tropical plants.
The dis play Of fruit inaide the
house was good--c ompriGing oranges
lemons, lines aud Others OF the cit
rus tribe--plne-spples, loquats, ge&'
vas, etc, etc. TIE prlze list which
we will, publish will show who did
best. Some lemons exhibited by
Mr.. o. L. Books, Of Leesbu re,
Sumter county, which were grown
by Mr.. A. L. Eichelberger, IN that
county, took the first prize. They
were seedlings from Sicily lemon,
trom which Mr. Eichelberger had
budded and vas nov shipping hun
dreds of crates. The leaon is an
ever-bearing variety. and is very
handsome. Mr.. McGruder, OF Indian
River, got rhe prize for guavas and
lines, aud q box of oranges exhib'
tied by him was recommended for
premium by the judges.
The great show OF the occasion, how
ever, was stand with fourteen va
rielies OF the citrus tribe exhibited
by Major i. E. Whitner, of Fort
Reid, among which were some hand
some specimens OF newly imported
orahges. Some seeding oranges ex.
hibited by Judge Bryson, OF Haw-
klnsville, took the first premium, and
they were much admired. For Gen.
premium OF SI0O there
we're two contestants, w. II, Holden
Of Orlando, snd Mr.. Prince. OF Fort
Reid. Everyone could zee that 10
the former belonged the prize, al.
though Mr. Prince made 4 good dis
play, Mr. Holden's took tut quar-
ter OF the room aud could have ted
small srmy with the articles he had
on show: viz, eggs, bacon, sausages,
peas, corn, oats, hay, potatoes, both
sweet and Irish, and everything TO
support a family, all the product OF
nis own farm. We only wish more
people could have been present to
ice with their own eyes shat = liviag
ian be made OFF Florida land, aud
mat d good one too, by industry and
Mr.. Steven, of Lake
to show that the freeze
had not hurt his district, exhibited
pepper and tomatoes i'll bloom and
fruit also guavas and pine-apples,
all of which had been grown in the
open cir. We are not = good hand
~ describing ladies' 6nery, so can
NOT say much about the ladies de-
but we noticed some very
handsome things among them; Il
quilt, made by Mrs. Itobt. w. Scott,
of Lexington, Ky..9a lady 70 years of
age, in spare time that abe has dur
NO her winter residence here. We
were pleased TO Meet the Colonel
md Mrs. Scott and note the i'm.
proved state of health OF this worthy
old couple, which they attribute 10
spending their winters IN Florida.
they have d handsome place at Fort
Reid,
The display OF table laxuries was
rot very large, but there were some
good thingS-some sugar cane from
Indian River deserve notice for their
fine appearance, size and length one
of them being over twenty feet long.
w. w. Stowe, Gould & Co., Of
J jacksonville, and some others exhib
tied fertilizers. The Jacksonville
Stone Co. showed some Of the useful
work that they make. G. p. Terry,
of Columbia county had on exhibi.
ion a new cultivator, for which he
had a patent. The outside shows
were not large; some good coops of
chickens, few pigs and two bulls
were all we noticed. We hope Or
ange county will continue the good
work and make the fair still better.
The Climate Of Florida.