The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-11
The Florida State Exposition.

puDllCJ anu ClOS0Q on the following CdL-
urday, after five days of successful ex-
hibition. 1t was the best Fair over held
in Jacksonville, presenting grand dis
play of Florida's fruits, together with
vegetables and general field crops.
Major o. p. Rocks, of Fruitland Park,
made very handsome and attractive
display of fruits grown on his place, for
which he received a premium. In his
collection he had two varieties OF the
guava-Cattley and Strawberry-pine-
apples in their natural state and picked
ready to ship to market, bananas, Japan
plums, Peen-to peaches, red June APP
pies, sweet potatoes, West India yams,
cucumbers, one root of cassava weighing
20 pounds, besides many other things
which were well displayed, and a pro-
fusion of flowers.
The Florida Land and Improvement
Company made large display of sugar
cane and other products grown on their
Okeechobee reclaimed lands, also large
exhibit of native woods.
Arnold Puetz, florist, of Jacksonville,
made good display of rare and beauti-
full palms.
w. III. Pillow, secured the first pre-
miums on the best display of strawber-
ries, one crate of which was grown in
Nolusia county, and the other in Duval.
The premium for the best crate of to-
matoes was awarded to Jordan &
Dubes, of Yalaha, which was well earned
as this fruit was excellent.
Columbia county made a grand dis
play of her productions, which spoke
volumes for the enterprise of her farm
ers. Among her exhibit we noticed
watermelons, tobacco, cotton, corn, rye,
oats, peas, beans, rice, samples of her
different woods, cassava and potato
starch, also cassava meal, pecan nuts,
syrup, sugar, blackberry and scupper-
nong wine, besides many other things
The display from lakewood Grove was
very attractive, presenting several va
rieties of the orange, in the box and on
the table, over which an orange tree,
four years old, waved its branches
loaded with golden fruit.
John d. M'Kinley made varied and
good display of garden and field pro-
ducts. He presented five varieties OF
sweet potatoes, four varieties of sugar
cane, syrup and sugar, seven varieties
Of preserves, lard, oats, rice, millet,
maze, Guinea corn, peas, beans, cas-
sava and arrowroot starch, okra, col
yards, turnips, oranges, lines, lemons,
and grape-fruits.
A. P. Phares, of Yalaha, received the
first premium on the two best boxes of
oranges. He also had on exhibition
guava jelly of as fine quality as it was
ever our chance to see and sample. His
good wife presenting, in all, seven diff
ferent varieties of preserves.
Albert Fries, of st. Nicholas, made
very large display of garden products for
which he received the first premium of
$50. His display consisted of 90 varie-
ties OF vegetables, preserves, etc. His
display of poultry was very good, com
prising many varieties.
w. S. Hart, of New SMYRNA, entered
for and secured the premiums offered
for the best display of honey in it's diff
ferent branches. His display was worthy
of note, comprising several varieties of
honey, both extracted and in the comb,
the best being that produced from the
mangrove. Volusia county is now IA
nous for her fine production Of honey
John Anderson, State agent for the
Plow Brand fertilizer, made large dis
play of field crops, the yield per acre OF
some of which were enormous.
p McQuaid and H. A. Tanner, agents
for II. j. Baker & Bros. fertilizer, made
good display of their goods in a tent
just outside the main building.
Butcher Bone, Lister, and Payne's
Fla. fertilizer were on exhibition.
The new angle-iron fence posts, ex-
hibited by Col. T. E. C. Brinly, attracted
a great deal of attention from the farmers
and orange growers, as it is their only
resort for fence that will not rot or burn
down.
c. \. Miller 4 Co., of Jacksonville,
made very attractive display of Indian
River and Halifax oranges. The design
was entirely new and novel, and will be
carried to the New Orleans Exposition.
The fruit display, as a whole, was a
very creditable one, and many fine spec
linens of all varieties were on exhibition
but we could not learn the names of the