The Florida agriculturist., 1885-01-14
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FLORIDIANA.

Lake Eustis has a literary and social
club.
The "Echo" reports $16S, 900 as having
been spent in building at DeLand in the
last eighteen months.
Ripe guavas plucked from the trees
New Years day, may sound strange to
our northern readers, but such is the
fact as proven by the fine specimens of
the strawberry variety brought us by
Mr.. i. f. Tilden, of South Apopka.-7
-Apopka Citizen.
Mr.. H. n Bailey brought into our Of
flee on Monday three heads of lettuce
which take the premium over any we
ever saw. They were as large as ordi-
nary cabbages, weighed 33ls ozs., and
would do credit to the Florida exhibit at
the New Orleans Exposition. Enter
prise Herald.
Mr.. L. F. Tilden, of South Apopka,
has brought us a fine specimen of the
GranadilIa Passafora Quadrangulans,
grown on his place, from a small plant
obtained OF H. X. Fuller near Apopka,
about year ago. 1t now covers an ar
Dor 10 feet square and presents beauti-
ful appearance.-A Citizen.
Capt. Mckay recently brought from
Tampa man, with two children, who
represented himself as the uncle and
was carrying them to their grandmother
who resided in this city. His purse was
limited and Capt. Mckay brought them
over for almost nothing. He turned out,
however, to be a professional tramp, and
the city was compelled to send him back
last week.-Key Vest Democrat.
Key West, which has a population of
$4,000, is one of the most peculiar cities
in the world. 1t has no chimneys, no
show windows, no brick blocks, no fine
buildings, no planning mills, no steam
mills, no machine shops, no farmers
driving in with loaded teams, no country
roads, no railroads, no rattle of machin-
cry, ino noise of any kind, except the
beating of the waves against the coral
bound shores, and vet, for its size, does
a very large manufacturing and shipping
business.-Journdl.
The genial A. A. Parker, proprietor of
the Lake Eustis Nursery, is determined
to prove to the world that Florida sand
will grow vegetables. He has now in
and is taking care of asparagus, Brussels
sprouts, cabbage, caulihower, celery,
egg plant, tomatoes, sweet corn, beans,
beets, turnips, ruta bagas, nangels,
Irish potatoes, cucumbers, melons,
squashes, carrots, radishes, lettuce, peas,
okra, oyster plant, parsley, parsnips,
and spinach. Many OF these are doing
finely. Mr.. Parker has also just added
new grove of 100 trees, and is making
ground for another 500 lot.-Lake Eustis
Region.
The colors of the Chesapeake were
flying at half mast last Tuesday, on ac-
count of the death of l.. l.. Maddy, of
Gallipolis, brother of the well-known
Captain and Purser of the Chesapeake
Both are at Gallipolis attending the last
sad services, and Capt. j. F. Rhoads,
who is always ''on deck" when wanted,
is acting Purser and Captain of the Ches-
apeake. We are grieved to learn of our
friends loss and extend our sympathy
The Messrs. Maddy have gained hosts of
friends in this section, since coming
south, and we know their many friends
everywhere will join in with us in our
expression of sorrow and sympathy
Sanford -1rgus.
The following articles have recently
been shipped from this city by DIR. j. NJ
Fairlie for the Florida exhibit at New
Orleans: A bundle of sugar cane, grown
in Duval county by j. +. Picket, nine
1eet III helght, with tassel fourteen inches
long; 5S oranges from an eight years old
tree, grown at Green Cove Spring; four
sun-fowers and and seeds, grown by Mr.
Pinkston in Duval county, measuring
nine inches in circumference box Of
yeast cake prepared by W. NJ. Green, of
East Jacksonville; % shaddocks on one
stem, grown by Mrs. S. Z. Brown, OF
Duyal county; a box of choice oranges,
chinnn6 hxy (iSlAnn1 (tAI Ir, Is
Land. We learn that the Florida De-
partment at New Orleans is now looking
we'll, but General Sebring stills calls out
for more exhibits Tianes- [alinaa