The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-01-12

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who goes to Florida to purchase
an orange grove, or set out one
for himself with the expectation
Of sitting down and simply hold
ing his basket for the oranges to
drop into it, and then counting
his money by the thousands as
profits, will be disappointed. If
observation taught me anything
whiIo there, it taught me to
possess an orange grove that
would pay we'll in fruit was to
possess something that required
watching with eyes wide open,
waiting in patience, laborlng with
diligence and learning by observa-
tion, experience and study. Every
t..iny has it's enemy, and the
orange tree is not an exception
TO this general law. Thousands
and thousands Of invisible insects
arc at band to suck out its life
fluid, and thus either TO deprive
it of life altogether or so injurc it
as TO render it worthless. These
insects must DO looked after
must be killed out, and it re-
quires time, patience, and money
and experience to master them.
Then the fruit itself often before
it is full grown will burst at the
end and fall from the tree. Opin-
ion is divided as to what causes
this, and therefore it is another
fruitful source of study. Let the
cause be what it may, thousands
of oranges that promised we'll at
one time meet with an untimely
end. Then the orange (the fruit)
from causes unknown to me will
take what is known as rust. This,
if it sets in before the fruit is ma
tured, greatly Injuries it in favor;
if after maturity, it does not in
jure it's eating qualities: but hurts
the sale Of it.
Then again nothing like the
whole number of large trees, even
of the proper age and free form
insects, bring forth a paying crop
Of fruit. Evidently there arc rea.
sons for this, the principal Of
which and perhaps the only one is
a want Of fertility in the soil for
| bave been told that such trees
generally bloom and the little
orange appears, but falls off either
with the bloom or shortly after
wards. So an orange grove on
poor pine or worn down ham mock
lands requires high judicious ma
nuring, as well as proper cultiva-
ton.
But Notwithstanding all these
draw backs, l believe that With
the right man in The right place
and by this l mean an intelligent,
careful and industrious attentive
ness to business, that the grow
ing of the orange, lemon, banana
and other scmi-tropicaI and trop-
ical fruits, along with the early
vegetables, can be made paying
business in Florida, aud much
better paying business according
to the capital invested and labor
bestowed, with the above condi-
tions connected, viz: intelligence,
industry and carefulness, than the
growing of cotton in this or any
other Southern State. Bat not
every man, by long ways, who
has an orange grove in Florida is
going to succeed in making a for
tune by the sale of fruit.
The quickest and easiest way
perhaps to make money in Flori-
da, is to purchase cheap lands
and put out your trees on lots
from FIVE TO ten acres each and
get them in a thriving condition,
and sell to the first of the many
strangers who visit Florida in
search Of such property that will
give you the biggest price. With
in the last ten or twelve years a
goodly number of individuals have
in this way raised themselves
from poor to rich men. This, l
suppose, accounts for the fact that
almost every man with whom you
meet has an orange grove for
sale.
Speculation in lands and orange
groves is successfully carried on
in many other ways than this, by
which large sums Of money ex-
change bands.
Allow me to say to all who ex-
pect TO 60 to Florida, that if they
have come to the conclusion that
thev are going to find a set OF