The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-03-11
The Florida Fertilizing Co.
Iitor of The FLORIDA Aqriculturist::

Edtt0r OF me FLORIDA Agrlcutturist;
In compliance with the earnest request
OF Mr.. Paine, president of the above
company, who labors under the errone-
GUS impression that at the point OF my
humble pen, an unknown truth may be-
come known and accepted. send you
herewith brief account of the torma-
ton and object of the said organization.
-Four years ago several OF our wide
awake growers became convinced. after
a thorough investigation of the subject,
that food completely adapted to the
needs of the citrus family could be man
ufactured, and sold, at a price far below
that of any other fertilizer on the market.
An analysis of the orange, and close
observation, satisfied them las it has the
writer) chat all the ammonia required by
this fruitit obtains from the air and rain
fall, and that any further supply is not.
only useless but injurious.
These gentlemen, therefore, applied
to Colonel Newman, head of the scien-
tifc department of the Georgia State Blu
reau of Agriculture, for the formula best
suited, not only to the orange family
but to the sandy soil of Florida.
Having attained this-their primary
step-they quickly proceeded to test it
alongside the highest grade fertilizers in
the Florida markets, and the result of
four years of honest experiment and i'm
partial obser1 alton, conducted by many
different growers in different parts of the
State, proves conclusively that the form
ula used, founded on scientific knowl-
edge of our Florida soil and fruit, is in
all respects the ne pluS ultra for the
Florida orange grower.
This season, for the first time, the
'fFlorida Orange Food is placed upon
the market, and the encomiums and ex-
ample of the comparatively few who
have privately tested its wonderful quail
tiles, have already led to sale that has
far exceeded the most sanguine expecta-
tions of its projectors, its extremely
moderate price Of $23 per ton, at Jack
sonville, has contributed not little to
its sudden popularity, but above this,
its own intrinsic value speaks for itself,
and |, for zone among many" who know
what this is by actual experience, would
rather use it at double the price, than
any other at half its cost.
1t is composed of the highest grade
materials, and is temporarily manu-
featured in Charleston, by one of the
most reliable fertilizer companies there.
Of it's special ingredients l need say
nothing here, as note they are given in
your advertising columns.
1t is enough for me to say that Florida
Orange Food" is not one of the quick
acting, evanescent fertilizers, that make
a, great show soon after application, and
then suffer the trees to droop or die
back, from what is really over fatigue.
Its action is comparatively slow, but
wonderfully lasting; trees TO which it
was first applied four years ago, and none
thrifty growth, although l believe that
light application each year would even
tually be better in insuring continuous
vigor and heavy crops.
The circular of the Florida Fertilizing
Co. gives the names and testimony of SO
many who have tested this fertilizer that
l will not here 90 over the same ground
they are names that, in most cases, are
familiar in Florida circles. l myself
used the Florida Orange Food last Sep
TENDER, and saw it used elsewhere, and
never before have l seen such striking
results from the application of any ferti-
lizer. Trees that had been insected and
at stand-still for three years, have
already this season March ~ put on
magnificent growth of dark green foli-
age, thousands of shoots, many of them
eighteen inches long, and ladened with
waxy harbingers of golden fruit to come,
even while the fruit of this season still
hangs on the trees.
From what have seen, am willing
to say that believe every one who uses
Florida Orange Food once will use it
ever after. l have not personally tested
the Florida Vegetable food, but have
reason to believe it equally good.
HELEN HARCoURT.