The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-12
FLORIDA.

Mrs. Mary c. Lee, wife of J. ]. Lee, died
| at her residence at Orlando Monday or
| consumption.
Judge W. NJ. Ives starts In on the seven
| teenth year OF his occupancy OF the position
| Of judge of Columbia county.
The enrolment at the Florida State Agri
cultural and Mechanical College at Lake
| City is very gratifying. there being almost
100 students in attendance 30 far.
The Putnam County National Bank will
be organized at Palatka on Oct. 20, with
capital stock of $50, 600 Most of the stock
has already been taken by Putnam county
capitalists. and IL Is understood that the
president and directory win be chosen from
among the stockholders in Palatka.
The directors of the South Florida Fair
Association, at a meeting at Orlando Mons
| day, decided to call for % per cent. OF the
stock subscribed TO tie association, aud the
secretary was instructed 10 notify ali stock
! holders to pay that proportion of their stock
to the treasurer, 0. W. Prince, within
| thirty days.
The city council Of Orlando sitting as a
board for the equalization of city tax ASSESS
ments had up to Saturday evening reduced
the amounts as assessed by the city in over
thirty cases aRgregating reduction of
800 $50, and had raised the assessments in
twenty-five instances making an of-setting
increase of $4,000.
Capt w. G. Mutt, Orange county's tax
collector, and his assistants have completed
the statistics of the agricultural products of
the county for 1891. The total value of
farm products, fruits, truck, stock, poultry,
etc, was 81 ,522. SOP. First in Importance
comes the orange industry with 6S2 ,9OS
bearing trees, the product from which was
1853, SIS boxes, valued at $755, 800. The nom
bearing trees numbered 731, 961. Next
in Importance comes grape culture,
the 494 acres bsing valued at S14S,-
525. The number Of horses was
1857, valued at $145, $50; mules 482 head,
valued at S45.54l. In the vegetable line
tomatoes rank first, with 252 acres, tue
product Of which was II, ISL crates, valued
at S22, 1922. Orange county raised last year
A, 331 chiokenS. $50 turkeys and Ito, GAL
dozen eggs. Orange county had, in 1891,
682, 9OS bearing, and 73l, 96l INCORPORATING
orange trees. There were, in 1891, ,637
horses and 4S2 mules in Orange county.
The total value of Orange oounty's products
| last year was 81, 522, 802,
Orlando Record: The local papers have
| made several notices about Douglass Gill
yards wonderful bunch or rather branch Of
| Japan persimmons. 1t was not very remark
| able for Orange county to see fourteen fine
persimmons on a small bough because this
fruit is generally very productive and this
Is Florida. The interest rather centers
about the oultivator in this case. He is a
thick-set negro OF pure blood, shiny black
skin and pearly teeth and very good SAM
pie OF the genuine African. He was reared
In Townsville, Ga, and came to Florida
with a MIR. Plant who was killed in this
town few years ago Douglass
speaks very good English. About eight
years ago Douglass Gilyard took up a home
stead about 2H miles northeast OF the city
IL had been previously homesteaded and
abandoned by Scotch lady so there was
some expense attached to securing the place.
About $3.50, however, paid all bills To-day
Gilyard values it at $40 900. There are
four acres of young bearing grove off
which a few boxes were sold last season,
and other fruit trees beside the persim mon
"Johnson's Oblong," mentioned in the be-
ginning OF this notics. II Gilyard sticks to
his grove, avoiding debt and mortgage, he
will be a wealthy man five years hence.
Thomas e. Richards, the noted pineapple
! grower of the Indian river, in communi-
cation to the Juno Sun, tells why pineapple
plants should be set close together The
| pineapple will not endure the heat of our
burning sun shining directly on the ground
| They themselves must furnish shade by
their own leaves, and when planted four
feet apart they can never be made to cover
the ground, and soon the sun burns the very
little life OUT of the soil and the plants
perish. Even il good first crop should be
obtained the second will not pay its own
expenses for this best of reasons. When
the suckers appear. which 60 to
make the second crop of apples, and be-
gin to fruit, the weight of the growing
apple gradually berds the sucker, which
bends it outward and breaks il down, Civ
ing poor sun-burned apple. unmarketable
and therefore Improbable. Why is this
sol Simply because the plants, being set so
far part, afford no support whatever to
each other, and the suckers, being only
| lightly attached to the parent plant, are
easily brokea Off IWhen set out say, twenty
or twenty-five inches, the growing plant
spreads each half way TO its neighbor in
terlocking the long leaves, completely
covering the ground and affording the
necessary support to each other, thus caus-
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