The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-06-07

the State for title to little spot of
sand, in which every investor expects
to stick some orange stock and make
an easy fortune. The tendency here
is to cut all country lands into tens
acre and fve>acre lots. Either is
large enough, according to the ex-
pectations OF all orange growers.
Available lands are advancing in
price with wonderful rapidity, at all
points near to transportation. Pur>
chasers are coming to feel that they
would rather buy wild lands within
half mile of boat landing at 5000
per acre than to accept the same
quality of land as a gift at three or
five miles distance. A good crop OF
oranges will aggregate about fifty
thousand pounds to the acre. A man
has on hand big job who attempts
to move the proceeds of ten acres to
shipping point five miles away over
the sands of Florida. But, despite
all drawbacks, the rush of northern
men for homes here is such that a
Chicago real estate man is very
modest gentleman compared with a
specimen of the same genius in Flor
ida.
However, real estate has hereto>
fore been ridiculously low for State
with the brilliant pretensions of this,
and it is apparently just started on
boom that must increase for years.
So far there appears to be no dim~
ming whatever OF the gorgeous prom.
ises of the orange, lemon, and many
other enterprises in the State, The
writer retrains from makipg any
statement of the magical results
claimed to be achieved by A}gsnge>
aaatsss lest hs n thought - L.
~ tns Je W. Ss or oFaiSgs 5s'
packed for s6ipp sssether will
best two baskets CO sSnges, contain
; ing not less than onG'nundred orange!
r each, and the best two hundred loose
oranges displayed on the fruit stand
and the largest number of oranges OF
one limb; all to be the growth of ont
grove. The test to be on flavor, text
ure Of rind, and commercial excel
. Ience and beauty of combination II
exhibit.
First premium, 5000 in gold.
Second premium, same as that of,
tered in the second for cotton, value
$160.
, Third premium, same as that offs
fered in the third premium for cot>
ton, value $125.
Fourth premium, six.piece sill
ver-plated tea set, consisting of one
coffee pot, two tea pots, one sugar
bowl, one spoon.holder, one sloI
bowl. All elegantly engraved value
SIS.
For the best exhibit OF plne-apples
and bananas, not less than two dozen
pine and a half dozen punches of ba-
nanas.
First premium, one French China
tea set OF fifty.six pieces, beautifully
decorated, valued at $25.
Second premium, a silver plated
ice pitcher, elegantly engraved, value
SIS.
For strawberries, not less than t en-
quarts, from any one grower.
First premium, one French China
tea set of fifty.slx pieces, beautifully
decorated, value $25.
Second premium, silver plated
ice pitcher, elegantly engraved, value
SIS.
For the best loaf Of white wheat
bread, made and baked Dy any young
lady under the age of eighteen years.
The bread for competition must be
accompanied by written certificate
that the person exhibiting it made
and baked it without assistance or
instruction from any one. This re~
du;rement is imperative.
First premium, dinner set Of one
hundred and fifty pieces OF Haver-
lands French China, beautifully dec
GRATED, valued at $3.50.
Second premium, adinner set, same
as above, OF one hundred and twenty
pieces, value, $l0O.
Third premium, a tea set OF fifty
six pieces, decorated ,as above, value
$25.