The Florida agriculturist., 1889-01-02

age Is 80 imperfect that vegetation il
dried as fast as the water leaves il, anC
no malaria can arise from it. In our 10
| Guilty, the surface and sIbsoil is sand
with no rock Or stone, and the water is
| ABSORBED as soon as it falls, and there is
never any mud. 1t Is true our lands are
poor in comparison wish other States
but they will respond more readily to in
telligent culture and fertilization than
any Other. The State is OF SO recent for.
nation, geologica'ly speaking, that it
| lacks humds in the sol, but that can be
| suppiely for venture to say there is no
| place OH earth where the same amount OF
vegetation adapted to- the soil and eli
mate will grow as well as here The equestion
| is often asked why we do not eIfgagein di-
versifed farming. While some portion
of Florida is adapted to it, southeast
Florida is not, and, if it were, we have
something far better, that is, fruit cult
ure. There are many well authenticated
cases in which q single orange tree has
paid it's owner from $75 to 500 for a
single crop. To settle a dispute as to the
profits OF orange culture, some four years
ago a strict account was kept Of the sales
from five-acre grove near Sanford. The
receipts were over 81 900 for the years
sales. At the same place sfxty-ffye boxes
OF lemons were shipped from single tree.
L mention these cases to show you what
has been dOne--and why not do it agaiI2
A good grove, in full bearing, will pay
from $500 to- 81 900 per acre per year
Do you wonder why we do not raise
wheat? [ am we'll aware that it takes
time to do all this, but what is your in
come now, my friend, after q lifelong
struggle? II a man with some capital,
with the nerve and determination to see
the end without tagging. will set out
three-year~Old budded trees, in four years
1t ought to pay the expenses of cultiva-
ton; II seeding trees are used it will take
from six to eight, and after that he will
get an increasing yearly income for life.
Orange trees have no Off years.
Within the past two years we have
learned that grapes can be successfully
grown in South Florida, and they ripen
in June, July and August, giving us
market without competition Will the
orange and lemon business ever be over
done? No, for there is at least one spe-
cial reason why it will not be, and that is,
there is but one Florida, and in that one
the area suitable for their growth is lin
tied. Do not understand me to say that
all one has to do is to set out his grove
and wait for the harvest, for there is
long space between the two that calls for
an unlimited amount of muscular deyel-
opment Nor do not understand me to
say that all See their hopes realized, for
the causes of failure are &s multitudinOuS
as eIS0wI1v1v. $50 nn1s, r90intin0 ONT to
YOU what has been done here, anu r,51as
can be done again, but cannot be else
where.
For young or middle-aged men, with
some capital and good Judgment, who
wish to cultivate fruit, South Florida
holds out inducements for an early COM
netence that no other section can. equal
and for the invalid, the old and world
weary. those who are tired OF the seeming
cOfrfHsion of the business world, FLORIDA
is the place. Buying a few acres IN a lu-
diciously- selected locality, planting a lew
orange. lem0fFy peach and plum trees,
crane vines and other fruits suitable TO
fhe climate, watching their cultivation
and growth, while renewing their health
and yigor in the balmy air OF this sunny
land. would be suitable and pleasant en-
for them. In coming TO Flor
ida remember you are entering o new
and undeveloped section, and must not
nxre,if all the convenienceS or an old-set-
fled eonnnunity; but these disabilities
are fasa disag9p caring in the marcn OF I'M
mo -, vaneIaf. iIll which Florida yields the
hahn to no one. One OF the pecullarltles
re- Florida. is. shat the farmer who has
loornad his business in the North, has to
,olaaTn rlI, arm # here, the soil and climatic diff
Ia mi,