The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-04-19

sour stocks. The next man plants sour stock
dry blackjack ridge and his trees are sc
small for their age he wishes he had sweet stocks
Thousands of naval trees are being rebuddeC
because they didn't bear; other navels beal
enormous crops and sell at 81 to 81 per box.
A man in Jefferson or Escambia county plants
Keiffer or LeConte pears and in five or sever
years gets heavy crops. man in Orange
county learns that. Grange county men al
think they can grow anything better than any
body. This Orange county man plants pears
and in five years gets about seven pears to ten
trees,
The Baker county man seldom gets a crop OF
Peento peaches because they bloom early and
frost kills the bloom. The Orar ge county man s
Peentos bloom early and ripen early, and he sells
them in Boston for 81, and the express company
takes the money.
These scattered thoughts are intended to i'm
press upon our attention the great extent and
variety our climate, soil and resources and the
vast and varied knowledge necessary to a
proper conduct of Florida horticulture.
1t was said by one of our largest and most
successful fruit growers that the place to look
for most co mplete and exact information on
Florida horticulture is some man who has been
in the State about two weeks. AS we hear one
of the class reel off valuable instruction by the
hour we are filled with wonder.
And still the wonder grew that onesmall head
could carry all he knew.
This is a meeting of scientific and practical
men from all sections and engaged in all branches
of horticulture. They have already learned by
study and practice enough to whet the appetite
for more They have passed through the mar
oil 10 xrho how wild fol6
of knowledge which is still unexplored. If there
is aman in this audience who thinks he knows
it all he is wasting his golden moments-for he
is not needed here. He can learn nothing from
us and we dom choose to be instructed by any
man who can never have new idea.
1t will not be the best use for your time to con-
tinue this talk. The principal topics which will
be of interest are provided for in our programme
and the best men in the State have been selected
to present them for your consideration. Among
these perhaps none more important than
marketing and irrigation. If any progress has
been made in any Of these things the able COM
mittee having this in charge will give US the ben
eft of their work. If not, then we must give new
thought and an increased effort in these ways.
Heretofore the meetings of this society have
been held in the eastern and southern parts of the
State, where the interest and occupation of the
people are almost exclusively horticulture. In
this section your agriculture is more varied and
not especially restricted to fruit growing. AS a
consequence our meetings have not been favored
by very liberal attendance from the west. Last
year at Ormond, where we had an attendance of
about three hundred, there was but one member
from the great section west of The State capital.
That one representative of this section invited
us to come to the beautiful city of Pensacola. To
show our appreciation of this invitation to make
the acquaintance of our western horticultural
brothers and sisters, to make oar society in truth
as we'll as in name State Horticultural Society,
to labor in unison for the many objects we have
in common, and to make our field larger and
richer. the invitation was unanimously accepted.
The east and south, the land of the orange pine
ample and guava. are here to shake han,s with
the denizen of the land of the pear, peach and
pomegranate.
Nav this result in warmer friendships in in
creased observation-disclosures and in many future
happy and profitable reunions.
sECRETARY'S REPORT,
Secretary Hart then submitted the follow.
ing report:
Mr.. President and Members of the Florida HOr-
ticuItural Society:
Two weeks ago there was upon the member
ship list of this society the name of but one
man living west of Tallahassee; the shortest
line of travel for any but this one was two
hundred mil les. and from that to SIX hundred
for some OF those at the more distant points
in the state. I have the pleasure, however, of
renOrlin0 that uD to noon of Yesterday the end