The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-09-28

The many pecan trees in and around ITALIA
hasscc are loaded with nuts which are now ripe
and ready for market
-LeConte pear shipments arc being made
daily and prices remain good. Late returns
report sales at $74er barrel
We learn that Judge p. w. White ofQuin-
cy, received $40 net for the sale of fruit from
his One-third acre LeConte pear orchard.
"A Tallahassee gentleman recently refused
So 600 for his seven acre LeConte pear orchard,
none of the trees in which are yet old enough 10
bear
Leon county wants great many more in
tcgent farmers Thousands Of acres OF rich
farming land is here awaiting the right sort OF
men 10 cultivate.
"A beautiful Kelsey Japan plum. weighing
54 ounces, is on exhibition at the office OF Mr..
George Greenhow. 1t was raised by Mr.. G. G.
| Gibbs in his orchard near Tallahassee.
Mr.. John L. Thomas, of Wakula county,
brought in the first barrel of new syrup of the
season on last Wednesday, and sold it to Messrs
Byrd 81 Denham at sixty cents per gallon.
General w. G. Bird exhibited some very fine
samples of tobacco, raised by him in Jeffel son
| on his recent visit to Tallahassee. The General
has quite crop of tobacco this year and will go
| into 1t ON much more extensive scale next sea-
| son.
The Thomasville Enterprise loosely re-
have sold LeConic peas at So per barrel or
| $5SS net" Why bless your dear heart sonny
not alone one, but several citizens of Tallahassee
| received that much net for their pears and one
| gentleman received 500 net for three barrels
| $685. net per barrel.
| We began eating L0Conte pears early in
July. We are still enjoying this delicious fruit
| from our trees, and expect to have ripe pears
! from our orchard month hence. All this from
| the first crop last year-including first and
| second crOps--we ate ripe LeConte pears the
last six months of the year What fruit does
better than the LeConte pear?
| Mr. George N. Footman, of Chaires Station.
was pleasant caller at the FLoRIDIAN sanctum
| Saturday and brought us some interesting relics
in the shape OF Indian war paint, picked up on
the old Seminole camp ground near his place.
| This is genuine red and yellow Ochre, which has
| the appearance OF rocks, but when broken open
| they are found TO contain the dry pain powder.
| He also brought us a section of peritied stag's
| horn.
Captain VIM. P Slusser, of Tallahassee,
Fla, surprised his many Terre Hauie friends
| with short visit Yesterday, and left for his
| home last night. He has fear of Yellow
Jack reaching Tallahassee. He has lived there
| thirty-eight years and they never had case
| Capt. Susser was for many years proprietor of
the celebrated City Hotel, at Tallahassee, then
the finest hotel in Florida and can tell many in
terestng incidents of Maurice Thompson, of
| Crawfordville. when he wrote his book, 1.-THE
Tallahassee Girl" and of the time when Hayes
was counted in President; Senator Jones elect
ed and reelected, ETC., etc. He is the owner of
a magnificent little pleasure steamer, Walka.
t0mica," on which nearly all the Terre Haute
visitors to Tallahassee last winter took trips out
on the Gulf:and up st. Marks river. An infer
NAL reception was given the Captain at the res
idence Of Johp G. Heipl before his departure
Isyrs Haute Qnd) GGsettc