The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-02-22

has read enough or seen enough to
know the difference.
That depends: II you are con-
sumtive, and health is a consideration
before money, there is no doubt that
the high, rolling pine land is the best.
The orange grove will not grow so
fast, and it will need much artificial
feeding. Water transportation is
fine thing, and the best pine lands are
not on the rivers. But this is grow
ing less and less an objection since
railways are taking all of the ridges
OF the State tor their track, and the
cool, well ventilated cars are switter
safer and not so hur:tul to the fruit
us the boiler decks of the boats. The
hummocks are usually on water, and
the chances Tor sickness are increased.
us the sickness of dangerous
type? No; the diseases OF the State
are intermittent, and not difficult 10
control, while the diseases brought
in from colder climates are cured.
One may get sick and feel badly in
Florida but TO die, the only chances
are ali alligator, shotgun or old
age. The alligators stay in the
swamps; the dangerous gun is your
own, carelessly used, and old age
will creep on, even in Paris.
There is long summer, but not
a hot one, for 81 degrees is about the
thermometer limit.
The hot hour is from eight to nine
A. NJ, i'll the interval between the
sea and land breezes.
Should one conhne himself to or
anges :? BY no means. Every grove
owner should raise his own corn ard
pigs and poultry. The profits of
lite are not in what is made, but in
what is saved. AT our visit to the
beautiful Lee grove, on Lake Harris,
the most beautiful sight of all, was
one.half of the very best land, wav-
ing with corn, and The black mould
as Uttered with pumpkins as a Ken
lucky corn field. 1t is not a wheat
land, but strawberries can be ripened
from December to June. Not so
abundant as in the brief Northern
season, they are in bearing very much
longer, and the yield Oh the whole
is greater Then, as they are first
In the market, quart is worth as
much as New Jersey gallon.
Inc refrigerator cars of the Saw.
anah, Florida and Western Railway
will deliver them 70 the Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
steamers, in the very condition es.
sential to the best prices. Early Gu.
cumbers.ha sold from Lake George
and other sections, at ten dollars for
the bushel crate. Early tomatoes
are eaqually profitable. Irish pota.
toes do better in Florida than in
Bermuda, and have sold in New
York at from five to twelve dollars
barrel as an early luxury. When
freight from Central Florida to New
York is torty>fve cents crate, and
one dollar barrel, there is no
reason why the owner OF an orange
grove need sell only oranges.
Inlay there not be glut in the
market ?"
Possibly there may be Tor vegeta
bles late in the season; but they can
be eaten at home, or put up in cans,
in the same way that Northern gard
ners utilize their waste. The orange
will never meet with an overlooking
market until every man. woman and
child on earth finds the means to
suck the delicious juice at price
within the means OF all No man
has ever raised too many apples and
peaches and pears, OF the best class;
and the orange plethora is far be-
You'd this generation.