The Florida agriculturist., 1884-11-12
FLORIDIANA.
Frost in Western Florida.

to Mr.. John w. Count, formerly of New
York City.
One cent and half per box is the
price paid at Plant City to the young
children for packing oranges.
This is a great country. While the
citizens of Florida are arrayed in fine lin
en- and luxuriating in strawberries, those
OF the North, covered i'll wraps, are en-
Joylng sleigh riding. Give us Florida
and the strawberries.-Pala Herald
And give us the fine linen.
painful accident occurred to Mrs.
blanchard, OF our city, Sunday morning.
her hand was resting on the window
sill when the window suddenly fell,
crushing three fingers SO badly that they
may possibly have to be amputated. 1t
IS doubly trying and painful as Mrs.
blanchard is a lady we'll advanced in
years.-Pdlatka Herald.
Miss Lula Harris, daughter of DR.. J.
/ j. Harris, of the Sanford Journal, has
! been appointed Special Commissioner
! forthe New Orleans Exposition. Accom-
| panying her appointment are certain
suggestions as to the duties of the ladies'
| OF Florida i'll connection with the Expo
sition which she will call to their atten-
ton in the next issue of the Journal.
At the home of Mr.. John b. Rauler-
son, near Lakeland, is an orange tree
| with four crops of fruit OF this seasons
growth now hanging on it, The first
crop is now about ripe, the second just
grown, the third about half grown, and
the last about the size OF musket ball.
This is a rare sight even in this country
of unusual sights and queer freaks of veg
etable nature.
When in our office the other day, Mr..
Merrin, of the Plant city Courier, told
us OF fifteen orange trees near Plant City,
the yield of which, this year, is esti-
mated at 1o0,00 oranges-10,0 900 to the
tree. These trees are about forty years
old and furnish another illustration of
the persistent vitality of the orange tree
i'll Florida. One hundred and fifty thou |
sand oranges at one cent each is 81 800. |
Just think of it, ye croakers 81 800 from |
fifteen s.--SaaJord Journal.
One day last week Mr.. J. S. Conner
brought into this office about as fine a |
specimen of sugar cane as man usually |
sees. 1t was grown by him on his place |
about two miles from town, and meas |
ures over fourteen feet in length to the |
end OF the leaves. There are twenty !
three large and well developed Joints. |
Mr.. Conner has very pretty place, hav- |
ing a good sized bearing grove. His cane
field is on a hammock near Lake Dora, |
and has now rattooned two years, this be-
ing the third crop since the planting.
His syrup finds a ready market, being
OF superior quality and much sought
after.-IacareS Herald.
There is little girl in this county that |
is worth her weight in gold. Mr.. John /
n. Crews of the Fourth District, better
man than whom never lived, had the
misfortune to lose his wife few months
ago, and thus has the care of ten little /
children on his hands. His oldest child |
a little girl about sixteen years old, inn
mediately assumed the responsibilities of
house keeping for the family and well
and faithfully has she performed the
trust. Everything about the house is
neat as pin, and children cared for
fathers wants attended to and guests
welcomed and entertained. None but
the heads of large families know what
this little girl has to contend with.-Jas-
per Times
Even in the heat of a presidential
campaign, we see evidences of the wealth
from new sources that will flow into our
State as soon as a more thorough under
standing is gained OF our agricultural
capabilities. Crescent City, in Putnam
county, is one of the finest ten-year olds
now claiming attention III State full of |
new growing towns with fancy names
and enterprising citizens. 1t has good
hotels and boarding honses, stores with |
full shelves, fine sidewalks, a splendid |
situation on beautiful lake, and is sur
rounded by thousand orange groves, |
and country waiting impatiently to |
hear the whistle of lochmotive on |
railroad already under construction.
Over this community AayOr Snra1uo |
presides to the universal satisfaction Of a
quiet, contented people. In his honor's |
grove may be seen trees, three years
from the bud, loaded with fine oranges,
but as this can be paralleled anywhere
in the neighborhood, the grove, fine as it
is, eXcites little comment. But stand
ing modestly apart is one tree twelve feet
high, of bushy growth and narrow leaves
of bright green color, which is worthy
OF attention. 1t is coffee tree. 1t is
three years old, has grown well winter
and summer without the least protection
or extra care, and affords every promise
of abundant fruit next season. With cof-
fee trees bearing fruit within three years,
and continuing as long as those do i'll
Brazil, a new source of wealth is opened
to our people, and those who dislike the
slower orange culture might mingle the
coffee in their groves with both profit
and pleasure. 1t is a most beautiful
tree, the crop is abundant the third year,
the harvest is simple and easy, the de-
mand for the crop is steady and ample.
With coffee plantations in Florida, dot
ting the clearings south of us we cannot
wish for the coal and iron of Alabama,
and will stand abreast with Georgia in
y ten years. Who will try on a large scale
"A the experiment that has been so success
4 ful in the hands of Mayor Sprague, OF