The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-18

to the table where they are covered and
hooped, which operations compress the
oranges into the smallest possible space.
The boxes are now stenciled, naming
the grade, number in the box, the grove,
and the consignee The lower qualities
of oranges do not bear the name of the
grove Thev are then placed on a car
| and hauled to the head OF the pier and
stored in ,capacious warehouse, ready
to be shipped. In transferring the boxes
| from the warehouse to the steamer a
chute is used, and this is great saving
of labor, and avoids any jar to the or
anges.
| The main packing house has numerous
improved appliances, most OF whichwere
i invented by Mr.. Greenleaf, among which
are an elevator for raising oranges, box
stuff, ETC., and chute for returning the,
same to the lower floor.
TIRE GROVE.
| Spring Grove is almost a,solid mass OF
shell mound, varying in depth from five
to twenty-five feet, and was originally
covered with growth OF wild orange
trees. There are over a hundred acres
| of shell, and the whole of it is covered
with orange trees. About one-half of it
was wild grove, the other half contains
trees transplanted from the wild, all be-
ing budded with sweets of choice varie-
| ties.
The oldest tree from the-sweet bud In
this grove is seven years, indeed most OF
them are five and six years old. About
five Thousand of the trees are now in
bearing, and at leat ten thousand will
bear i'll the next five years.
AaOiNl''AihS'N
The grove rs thoroughly Watered by
means of steam pump wlth.aboller ca
| -paclty OF twenty-five horsepower, Whlch
forces the water to every part OF the
grove, with head sutnclent TO throw
stream 1fty teet. Ihe water is conveyed
by means OF aron pipes, the man pipe
| beng three lnches IN 0lameIer' WIN
branches OF one ana Two lhon pipe.
az -, h,,,s9ys ssat !
water is applied direct from the .hydrants
or bv short lengths of house, andis both
thrown in spray over the trees. and on
] the ground. Experience has demonstrate
| ed to Mr.. Greenleaf that the free use of
water is invaluable to the orange tree.
His apparatus has already more than
paid for itself. The total length of pipe
approximates twenty Thousand feet.
| r our years II 20 4lSkt WOI0 Sill llpcOlTOIu
this grove twenty boxes of oranges; the
wear following eight hundred boxes, last
season twenty-seven hundred boxes, land
so far this season about twenty-five hun
,dred boxes, and the half has not been
gathered.
Owing to the great care taken in pre-
pairing the fruit for market the grove has
established a high reputation, pnices
last season averaging $3.50 per box, and
so lar tnls season MI Ureenieai hayS
.n,ey u" iio' ga
ioSu,n SWn hoo sol,or of sn-;no c,rovo o,,d
doSnr;bad b.as tba opo orovo ~ nanrsa ,nord ,
u6eo1u eho..Id ~ ',,o oho,+ the Sn,;,,a Tha
s,.1u,i 70 ,n,,e e"i Az so,,th s;de IS aIi
low 10y %o .,e ;,'a,,oanso a4
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f, TWIN SISTER
| of the famous Silver Spring on the Ock-
lawaha, near Ocala, and is about the
same size. The water is perfectly trans
parent, small coin being distinctly seen
at depth of fifty feet. The run is half
mile long, hundred yards wide, an
average depth of eight feet, and empties
into Lake George.
After walk through the grove, a boat
ride up to and into the spring, our man
returned with Mr. Greenleaf to the house
and after dinner proceeded to put the
| foregoing into manuscript. Having done