The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1889-01-30
Belleview.
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS FLoURlsHING SET
ELEMENT

we 1eel richly repaid for our recent visit
~ the Magnolia Orange Grove and Nur-s
series, Messrs. j. w. & f. d. Waite, pro-
prietors.
ne Messrs. Waite have under cultiva-
eon and In grove form forty acres of the
unest hammock land in this region, sit
uated on Agnew avenue, about one mile
west from Belleview Also twenty acres
OF hne hammock, yet in the forest, Just
west OF their forty-acre tract. -Four years
ago the proprietOrs purchased this tract
oI land and commenced clearing prepara-
tory to planting out theirnow fiourishing
young grove, many of the trees of which
are bearing fruit this year. With view
TO protection only the underbrush and
about twO-thirds of theforest growth was
cut out. OF course, the more beautiful
and majestic forest trees were left stand
ing, such as the magnolia (from which
the grove takes it's nancy, live oak, wa
ter oak, bay, white oak and few sweet
gums. These grand old forest trees, COM
blned with the shapely underground of
orange trees, is a, sight worth days
Journey to look at, and we believe if some
OF our northern friends could see it they
would believe they were well repaid for
coming SO long a distance to see it.
On the forty acres under cultivation
the Messrs. Waite raise nearly all their
home produce, such as Irish and sweet
potatoes, beets, onions, turnips, pump
kins, squash, sugar cane (of which they
have somewhat over an acre, very thrifty
from which they make their own syrup
and sugar., cabbages, tomatoes, peppers,
beans Of various kinds, bananas, oranges
andnumeroqs other kinds of fruits and
vegetables. Besides these they raise their
own corn, oats and hay
OF hay especially, they will cut this sea-
sonupwards OF forty tons of the finest
crab grass. we have seen anywhere. This
will be much more than they need for
home use, but a ready market awaits it's
sale through the county to parties who
do not raise their own forage in quanti-
ties sufficient to supply their stock
throughout the year
THE ORANGE GROVE.
Ju8tsilnagine yourself if you can right
in the centre of the forty acres In every
direction are the unval.ying signs of thrift
combined with intelligence in the arrange
ment and careOf this one big grove Here
is a comfortable, cosy dwelling house,
where the two proprietors resided alone
until recently, when Mr.. F. D. Waite mar
ried the accomplished and charming
daughter of Dr. A. Aston, now of
fIffoala. but formerly of Belleview. The
1t contains J1bannX Jne. But the grove
years old down to year-oId pien4n six
regular grove FORM The growth they
have made is something to be wondered
at. and we predict that ere another four
wears have passed this fOrty-acre tract
will be one of the most profitable pieces
OF property in BellevieW.
r,,,r,
Our pen is powerless to render iustde
scription of the young trees. Their dark
green foliage their tall, straight, we'll
shaped bodies starting from the stock on
which they were budded three to six
inches above the ground, and their grace
fully forked and dropping branches, tell
the story of the great care and attention
that has been bestowed upon them in or
der to bring them to their present high
standard. Some 100000 trees of this de-
scription are contained in the nurseries.
Tn the grove and nursery the Messrs.
Wait have about forty-one varieties of
the citrus family under cultivation, viz.
Beach's Nos /, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Peerless,
Daney and Willow Leaf Tangerine, Man
DARN, Homosassa, Magnum Bonum,
Sanford's and Gary's (thornless) Mediter-
ranean Sweet, Parson Brown, st. Michael,
ST.. MichaeTs Egg, ST. Michae's Paper
Rind. Washington Navel, Riverside Sweet,
Maltese Oval, Maltese Blood, Harris Tar
diff Indian River, Pineapple, MaiOrica,
Kumquat, Sweet Seville, Variegated Bit
ter Sweet, King of Siam, Cunningham,