The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-04-25
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visit % ThsAas Couney, G3esrwsa.
and Whas 4 Saw ana Heara while
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The ost crop Ii thsi county s looking better
than in Leon Fhszvis none Of lhAI yellow o.
rusty appTrsPez up Rq Ehy Of our carry
pieces- / saw more corn, or 9 larger proportion
Of corn there than here, and generally worked
CIT and looking veil Tbsss go sams large
and hne fields near Dawkins' pond Ia Leon
county. The finest and largest heId q osls
saw ID In the northern pam II he eaazy. snd On
the plantation Of Nr. Thomas Bizckshe4n This
gentleman has veryFhne pi.nisiion ID Leon.
and one that b well msnured. i lhink he sernx
Of success on his place is STOCK raising ssa Al
ternAting his crops- s1sVdi sEig-.i i--I
see thai improved IsboF-szving machinery i
finding It's way into favor In Thomas c01nly.
such a. wind milss rosd-scr1psrA corn and Other
seed drills, and ara NelI received by lh1.s mo
win give them . fair trial The sand a corn
put in BY one Of these improved corn drills. On
Mr.. Henry 6anford's place. is - good - ever
saw.
TIE FK6sT Pk0rE6k1 re peach and plum
trees are Just Like Ours-very backward, and
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Of the pear trees are promising very vel 6me.
especially the Howell pear trees. Starred their
fruit buds 90 early that they were nipped By the
frost, and few now remain for fruit The La
Conie stands firm and still holds "a good rzpu-
tation- Trees beautiful in Appearance, and vel
Get with fruit, some one-iOurfh grown There
win be good crop Of this pear have sen
ssme large apple trees bot never have sssn tres
with as much capacity i1E frmf - some % ne
Oldest LeCOnte pear trees Of Mr.. Sanford Or Mr.
YsrnadOe- The melon acreage Is large IN
Thomas. 49,. -. ..s
SoNK NEW Dors on THE PkAz BUsusaA-
Spectators, or men with an eye 20 the business
Of handling this fruit fresh and evaporaied, are
trying TO purchase some Of the bearing 0rchardk
Five thousand dollars has been offered and re-
fused for one-third interest in the dseen acre or
chard owned by Sanford & Thompson Mr.
Varnadoe says thai as many as twenty agents Of
commission houses have called on him already,
and left their steucns desiring TO sell his fruit
also shAt some have already sold Their crop 20
be delivered here. Or IT home a.r4 - r. -..I.
also made diligent inquiry Of b0th NJ Var
nadoe and Sanford as to whether their fruif has
ever rotted, OF whether they have had any trouble
on that account They both say: . We have
never bad any tr0abls On this accouns, nor have
we ever had saeh . report from thee wAo have
handled our fruit have handed nDd e.ien
the fruit fer four years and hare pet % sse the
first LfConte pear rOtten 81 the core Nos, some
have % rotied. bal Il was hecanss they we're not
properly kept or handled Those who have
orchards are looking forward to The time when
there win be evaporating establishments and
probably canning companies for this fruiL By
trial IL has been found that one bushel viii pro
duce about eight pounds or eEApozied fruit.
ps~ worth about thirty Ave Genie per p0unL had.
the pleasure Of testing some Of ibis eyAporslsd
fruit, and though quite old. q think about twenty
months DID, and assure my friends that Il was
good-such fruit ss We would consider ourselves
lucky 70 have good supply Of. for pies and sance
Evaporated pears rank high s
The prospect for trees h COED Mr. Sanford
and Mr.. Vsrnadoe Niif root more this year than
eyer .hefosS sOsden se,eOS b<iag. seui in or
fan PlznsinS; pr6e same < NJ yeH.A
Some of the citizens of Thomas county are
calculating e, come 10 our Spring Fair. They
: WIN probably bring some Of theif inpr5ved farm
msehinwy fnput On sxhibisisng / aeA1since the
recent hard rains that . portion OF the road. e.
pecially the bin On The Townsville rOAd. near
Mr.. w. r Wilson's pear orchard. Is washed
badly. Would 1t not be in order 10 put il In
good fix before the fart W. h HASKELL
P.H-We were graiiisd TO learn Of the pro
gress ID Temperance sentiment, and the practical
way the people Of Thomas county look At and
handle the whisky business. They say that this
Aaslhs4s 17hPsAgz9 labor, making - kbor-r
qncsytai9 .nd uprslirble, besides bripgi9g dis-
grace and suffering into q neig6borhood. They
put the licenses 90 high in the VILLAGES that the
business will not pay. -sfsoit i'ffe'7