The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-11-01
LORIDI A n A.
Geographical Divisions of Florida.

Geographical DIVISIONS OF FLORIDA.
EASTERN FLORIDA-Is composed of the
counties of Suwannee, Columbia. Alachua
Levy, Baker. Nassau, Duval, Bradford
CLAY. ST. Johns. Putnam and Marion.
WEST FLoRIDA-ls composed of the cOuI
tIes of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Washin gton
Walton, Holmes, Jackson and Calhoun.
MIDDLE FLoRIDA-Is composed of the
counties of Gadsden, Liberty, Franklin
Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor
Lafayette and Hamilton.
SOUTH FLoRIDA-Is composed of the
COMMITTEES of fernando, Sumter, Orange.
Volnsia. Brevard, Polk, Hillsborougb, Man.
aztec Monroe and D3de,
We learn that two hundred dol~
lars was recently deposited with a
merchant of this city to be invested
in corn. There are many farmers in
the county who have corn for sale,
but they are holding back tor higher
prices than are now offered. The
prices now are much higher thar was
paid when corn first came in Lo'.d
Of flo'rerS.
Major G, p. Healy, Secretary OF the
Palatka and Indian River railroad,
received last week from the section
OF country through which this road
runs a bunch OF bananas OF lhe tol>
lowing dimensions Length, three
ieet; circumference, tour feet; num-
Der, two hundred and seventy five;
weight, fifty pounds. 1t any other
section can beat this we would be
pleased to hear from it.-PaIothu
Hcruld.
We were handed this week, by
Col. w. T. Haskins, a curiosity in
the orange line, which grew in his
yard in town. 1t is an ordinary sized
orange, having on one side a space
exactly the size and shape Of q plug,
entirely destitute of skin and imme-
diate!y adjacent is space of precise.
ly the same shape and size, having
skin OF double thicAness. The edges
OF both these spaces are perfectly
even and clearly defined. The re-
mainder OF The orange is covered with
u skin ct the Ordinary appearance aLd
thickness. Col. Haskins assures US
that this orange grew in its present
shape, and that nature has not been
assisted i'll its production. -Smat0nG
Tribune
Intelligence was received here this
evening That most destructive con.
tlagraiIon occurred at Micanopy Mon
day night, resulting in the entire de.
srruction OF the buildings and stock
OF William u. Knox, the building,
stock and out~houses OF w. q. Fon,
tame, and Others. The persons nam.
I'd are the largest merchants in the
town. rhe loss is immense, and the
insurance is reported to he light.
Micanopy is little town III the
southern part OF Alachua county,
quite we'll known tor its lakes and or.
ange groves. 1t is very old town,
having been settled in Spanish times.
1t Is Tour miles from the Florida
Southern Railroad. The origin OF
the fire is supposed to be incendiary.
-J0ckS0uCiLle Times,
Mr. II. D. Wagner has one of the
neatest places in town. 1t is per>
tect little Eden, with the Eve left
ont. We find on his little halt acre
homeSlo samples OF the orange, lem
on, LeConte pears, peen to peaches,
the olive tree, figs, plums, vines, etc.
The peen TO peaches are in their third
year from the seed and bore 8 few
peaches this year. His lemons were
the fruit that struck us iavorabiy,
in the rear of his house being a Sic>
lily lemon budded on the sour or
ange, and hanging full of the little
beauties, and they are not sc little
either, as most OF them are about 81
inches long by two inches IN diame-
ter and of as fine flavor as any we
have seen. The Judge" enjoys lite
serenely in his cottage, even if the
boys do rile his temper by eating his
first peen>to peaches. Orange GrOe0.
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