The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-06

the grove is the young nursery OF Messrs
Young & wimberly, consisting o.
twenty five acres Of land, in which j:
now growing in the neighborhood o
$50, 900 nursery trees, every one OF
which was saved from the blighting ef
feet Of the great freeze by being covered
with sand so deep that no frost could
reach them, and they are now much
more green and jaunty than their larger
relatives, and thousands and Thousands
of them haved been sold and are now
ready to be put out into groves. A por'
ton Of the grove is devoted to expert
mental purposes, where all the leading
commercial fertiliKes, muck, composts,
ETC., are being tested to determine which
10 the best fertilizer for the orange tree,
and we hope when tho experiments have
been sufficiently tried to make the re-
suit known. So far from being discour-
aged by the recent freeze, Mr.. Young
has such faith in the enduring qualities
OF the orange that he is preparing to
plant twenty-five acres more in grove, on
the assumption that as this freeze was
fifty years in coming the chances are
that it will be fifty years more before we
are again visited with such . calamity,
and he is satisfied that by that time he
won't care two straws whether his trees
are killed or not.
TIM CANADIAN COLONIES.
Just west and north OF Manitoba grove
Ave hundred acres OF land was purchas-
ed in November last by a number OF
Canadians, headed Mr.. A. Petersen, a
genial, clever gentleman who is as full of
energy as an egg is Of meat, and Mr..
Geo. A. Patterson. Mr.. Petersen is now
engaged in erecting a handsome home,
and from the second story OF his kitchen
q most excellent view can be had Of the
surrounding country, and from hero can
bs seen the five lakes in Manitoba grove
and ten others in tho vicinity. The
land Of this colony is composed OF hills
and valleys with many beautiful clear
water lakes abounding in fish, and the
land has a good clay subsoii, produces
splendid field and vegetable crops and
fine fruit trees. Perhaps nothing in
Florida 10 more characteristic OF the state
than the work that has been and is be
ing done on this land. The land was
purchased on the Goth day OF November
last, all in the native forest. and divided
up in ton. twenty and forty acre lots
among the purchasers. Messrs. Young
& Wimberly were given the contract
FOR clearing and putting the land in con-
dition for groves or cultivation, and
with one hundred and twSnty hands
they have accomplished wonders, the
greater portion Of tho tract having al
ready been cleared. The work Of clear
ing is done in the mos: thorough and
systematic manner, and although vast
area has been cleared, it has all been
done a. completely and clean as il it had
been prepared for a flower or strawberry
bod. The stumps have all been burned
out, and even to tho smallest rubbish in
the way Of chips and brush burned, SO
that when lot is finished it is as clean
A. an old maids yard. 1t is simply Won
ierful to see the amount of work that
has been done, and already new and
neat cottages are beginning to be erect
ed in various parts of the tract, and
more elegant and pretsntious mansions
are soon to follow. Among those now
building on this land is Mr.. j. G. Fitz-
gibbons, chief accountant OF the Mer-
chants Bank Of Montreal, who will es-
tablish an extensive henery.. The pur-
chasers Of this land are al wealthy and
Canadian gentlemen, who
will build elegant winter homes, and
will live here at least part of every
year.
Between the iande of tins colony,
which will be known as Canadian Col
ony No. 1, and Mariners Lake, Mr..
Petersen has purchased a beautiful tract
Of 800 acres of land, on which he pro-
poses to establish another colony, and it
10 his intention to divide the land into
plots and sell it to his native country
men. Like Mr.. Young with his town
lots, he will not sell land except to act
ual settlers, and to people who will inn
prove the property within certain
time.
We like Interlachsn for in her push
and enterprise she is akin TO Palatka,
and her superior location, good health,
and many advantages, the place prom
ises great results in the near future, and
should it meet with no serious calamity,
which is decidedly improbable, it will
soon grow into one of the most impor-
tant places in our county or along the
line of the Florida Southern railway.
The country surrounding Intsrlachen,
the wonderful section known as West
Putnam. is rapidly being settled up by =
thrifty class OF people, and while there