The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-03
INTERLACHEN.


Mr.. j. E. Wimberly, the experienced
and able superintendent of Mr.. Young's
grove, has just completed an exceedingly
fine residence. Roomy, comfortable and
elegant, with wide spreading spacious
resembles the old planter
homes in Georgia and South Carolina in
the ante bellum days. Situated on the
corner of Francis and Young streets it
occupies most commanding position,
and arrests the attention of the passers-
by on the trains of the Florida Southern
Railway; q home amongst homes and a
monument of untiring energy and indus
try, showing that in Florida, as else
where, the worker must succeed. Messrs.
Gillett, Bradley, Ray and King, are build
ing on the Young addition comfortable
homes. Mr.. McGriff is building in the
east end: Mr. Proudfit is also building
two small connected cottages near the
same locality. The groves in the vicinity
are looking well, and the air is heavy
with the smoke Of many fires, from
clearing land and burning out stuTnps.
The largest grove in the vicinity is that
of Mr. d. Young (Manitoba grove, sew
enty acres being now set out and ere this
reaches your readers, twenty more will
be added, making in all 80 acres without
a stump, while to the northward is
twenty-five acre nursery containg over
quarter million of orange and lemon nur-
sery stock as well as pears, peaches, flow
ers, etc. The peculiarly of this grove is
its artistic position; viewed from oneside
the view is different from that presented
from any other, and the beautiful scenes
range much like moving panorama. 1t
has been, not inappropriately named the
"revolving" grove. To the railroad trav-
elers it presents a striking appearance,
with its beautiful clearwater lakes, and
gracefully sloping hills studded with the
dark green orange trees, carefully culti-
waited soil, scrupulously clean.
Twenty-Five acres of long staple cot
ton will be planted to demonstrate the
fertility of the soil Two short years ago
when this grove was first commenced
old residents with knowing look asked
''are you going to plant them trees to
Blue Pond" On an affirmative answer
being given the look deepened into a
broad grin and the enquirer turned away
with a chucIzle about ''another fool YAM
kee." Time is demonstrating that this
same land cannot be surpassed for orange
growing in the state.
We have watched with much inter-
est the movement toward forming some
association of fruit growers, which will
be practicable and operative, The pres
ent association seems to consider that its
duties are simply to meet once or twice
a year and-do nothing. The writer is a
member and has been for about year,
| as yet no notice of any meeting or any
other matter has b9en received. Action
| is necessary !, and it would seem, if the
state cannot take action, that the counties
should do so-centralizing the fruit and
regulating the supply, controlling the
freight rates and insisting on a standard
for packing. Florida oranges must
eventually be sold for half a cent each
driving out the foreign fruit and placing
our fruit within reach of the masses of
our go millions of inhabitants. Trans
portation lines must aid in this-a box
of oranges is carried from Italy to New
York for thirty cents, while, with our
magnificent railway and steams hip sys-
TENS, it costs to carry a box of oranges
from Palatka to Chicago, one dollar, and
to New York (by water) 55 cents.
Union will enable the growers to deal,
as body, with transportation compan-
les and reduce these rates. So desirable
thing should bring out strong express
sions from such journals as THE NEWS,
in favor of tho maxim that ''unior
/ is strength" BLANK.
The Fewer Such Big Farms tbs
Better.
| Northwestern Mi Her.
S. A. Dalrymple, of the nalsymplt
Farm, at Casselton, d. T., recently
said
''We had this year 81. 1000 acres il
wheat aud 1900 acres enough to feet
the stock in oats. Nine successive crop
bava baaY, raicad off this land and fiji.