New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-23
INJURY TO ORANGES BY TIE COLD SNIP.

-uv n,v,cr srpIoUs-RgPKcrs on THE STATE
pIPPERgvr KINDS OF FLORIDA LAND
Juch concern has been felt during the last
week among the New-York produce dealers about tue
damage inflicted upon the Florida orange and VeSraoe
crops by the cold snap OF January 10 aud IL Inc DO
tailed reports which have been coming In che" tnae inc
damage to both has been and widely extended
q q Palmer the wol'known fruit and prodnce
merchant sent out number OF letteri Of ry last
week aud has heard far from twenty correspondent
In different parts OF the State
The damage to the orange CROP 10 SAID yes'eru'y
10 A TRIBUNE reporter. "is.not less than IoOoooo'
Throughout the great central orange growing belt OF
Fofda ALI the fruit on has been frozen cold
An orange not merely chilled but frozen through h
practically worthless FOR shipping Tho larger part Oh
the Juice goes OF the with the frost Some Of
the growers, however have theory mat II inc tree u
uuinjured the sap will work back int the frut again
and make Il soft and fresh. correspondent H"Ii
bamboo. Sumter County writes me that tits Was the
case with his crop In $40 and that his oranges VIII DC
good, though somowhut woody. The trees when are
bearing have not suffered much' bGt thelr youns
shoots on which years crop depenaa' nave ooen
killed Ia much the same w@y As grapevine shootS az
killed hero by the fross. lhe YOUNG sIo', w. h.nn
nursery paBts. With tho lemon anu lhe uSeS' nsa NJ
frozen 20 death 10 is harder TO estimate Tue Aout "a
damage 10 the vegetable crop think IL may satey oo
rut al $500 600 All tho eay peas, brans and cucut
bera have been destroyed aud most OF the ospo'ses
acct bs future Thr seeds in the ground will come up
for March and April aud We shall be snort OF
a
nov though prices for oranges from 80 cents TO
Al SO hKhora box than before the irerLe The weather
All over the State colder than IL mas boeh Ioi NV
years central part she mercury iell as 40" ~
lSo and there were snow aud Ice both AZ Tampa on he
Calf aud at midas River. tho Atlantic Ihe oohsin
uaI cloudinsas OF the SKY was OF great service ~
allow ed tho irC, to come ont OF tho ''0" ''0
What effect will the blight have upon tho pfescn'
Florida loom |" m - 81,
'"rhs fret effect, OF course, Will he one 81
general depression. All sections OF tho state WIZ
feel the blow. Many orangegrowers VIII % uls
couragod and the truckmen OF Long lslAu apN
Jersey will he TO stay North Whlls iohker
Tue second effect thnk. will be 10 turn attention
southern Florida The lower part of the state WIZ an
ut the expense OF the upper lt used 10 De suPpshn I'M
there was q certain denite frost line ana mat tho ou
OF the oraugc-groWlnE dstrct lay below II iio" un
further south frost line will have TO be moved Is nO' ~"
clear But the bcotohnIen who settled al sadsot" VIZ
have ono Thing now TO say IN favor ~ their lOrNlio
from Manatoo County which tho owner ..hranne.e'
As untouched Dy frost Tho southern hail Of ire pohIn
sula 10 being opened up rapidly BY the Florida
Railroad pldly indeed. that 1ob are kept AZ mos
All night laying steel rails by tho aid OF electric HRhN
have number OF correspondents along TUE "c't 0"''
and look for great eoprments 10 that soction -,
| want TO say just one word ABOUT PloTlda innu
winch IN being sold so largely now In The NORTH OWN
| 10 advertisements In THR TRIBUNE and other p1Peta
All trough Florida the land is OF wo sorts pug
huminocE. soms OF the pine land has suosol' VI SUI
phosphate and n NJ for orange culture nut he inVss
IL sandy and cannot bo fertllze Inc bu hm'cA nu
very rioh and has soil for orange grovo ~ y
very naarial, however. and one ouxnt TO hsno t D
plantation piae land for residence and bn'nmock ~
for cultivation There Ia abundance Of Goou ianu ~
Florida, and II one 10 careful. he won Inu hs bN'
wAI he grtR there. mere neAt VI aIllghtoIS'