The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-06-14
THE FLORIDA AGRIC ULTURIST.

thousand 10 dealers who would re.
ceive them on the trees, an orange
orchard would even then be hand
some property. One hundred and
nine budded trees, averaging 1000
per tree, at S. per thousand, would
yield revenue of S545; seventy
five seedlings per acre, at the same
price, with the same average yield,
! 1915.
By referring to chapter Xxx, it
will be found that an orange orchard
can be brought to bearing and self.
sustaining condition for $125 per
acre, cost of land included. Here we
have an investment OF $125 per acre
returning an income OF $545 on bud-
ded trees, which income, at the hand
some rate Of twelve per cent. per an
mum, brings the orchard up to a
value Of more than $500 per acre :;
or, if seedlings, So, 125. From these
estimates there should be deducted
from the value per acre OF the orchard
1928, leaving more than $4,000 as
the value OF an acre of budded trees
in orchard, and 81 500 Tor seedlings.
Six hundred and twenty five dollars,
at twelve per cent. per annum, yields
SIS. interest. This is more than
enough to pay all expenses of cults
walton.
While the author vas delivering
a lecture on the subject of orange
culture in California before Raisini
Grange, Central California Colony,
August 3rd, 1878, he said
"The first question 10 be examined
lies at the foundation Of all business
enterprises Will it pay believe
it will pay, and in support of this
belief l shall proceed to give some
! data in proof Of my assertion. An
orange grove in full bearing in Los
Angeles county can hardly be pur>
chased at any price. While nearly
all kinds OF property, over all our
country, have perceptibly deprecia.
ted under the pressure of hard times,
the value of orange groves remains
firm and unchanged. No one wishes
to sell an orange grove; lew are able
to buyi it takes fortune to purchase
one. An orange grove is a bank ia
which deposits are safe beyond ques
ton, and whose dividends are regular,
munitcent,a and we may say princely."
The income from an orange grove
is the result OF safe, .judicous, honor
able and ennobling Investment it is
continuous IN It's operations. resting
Il I
| poorest land may be made to TEEN
with rich crops, the soil being of no
Importance, the earth merely afford
ing room and shelter tor the plants.
Seedlings and cuttings are raised in
the same way. In fact the process
seems to have all the characteristics
OF a great discovery; perfection in
principle and indefinite powers of
further development.
The discovery of a nourishment
applicable to all forms of vegetable
lie is the primary fact in the Dunes
nil culture. The iertilizing moss
agrees with every kind OF plant, those
that grow wild, as we'll as exotics,
herbaceous or ligneous, ornamental
or for food. By its fostering power
with plants, natives of the Pyrenees,
the Alps, the Carpathian Mountains,
the Caucasus, and the Himalayas, in
troduced during recent years into
English gardens, will, by this pros
cess, flourish under simple glass all
the year round.
Nj. Dumesnil's innovation rests on
an idea justified by physiological
laws, the extremely abundant deyel-
opment of the rootlets Of plants when
permitted to spread themselves out
in a medium less dense and as rich
as the most fertile earth. All the ap.
plications OF the discovery are de.
rived from this truth proved by ex~
perience. This explains the increase
in the returns OF vegetables grown
in the earth and of their powers CT
vital resistance against frost and In"
clement weather, when their roots
are covered with bed OF tertilizing
moss.
Thus, as this new discoverer has
said in summing up the work OF Pa
lissy: "Not only does science mans
Test herself to those who seek her,
but she gives more than the knowl.
edge they seek. Palissy sought
white enamel; be found new art,
the art OF enameling in color. 1t is
the confirmation OF the maxim-'Give,
and it shall be given unto you
INDIGESTION and hahit11al cnstiuennsS