The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-11-09
A SPLENDID TRIBUTE 10 FLORIDA
Magnificent Resources and Possibilities
a Salubrious Climate Why Edison
and Flagler Chose Homes in Our

Boston Traveller.
Never in the historyof Florida were
orange groves offered SO low as at pres
ent, and the interest on deferred pay
mems is 5 and per cent, instead Of
from s to II as IN California.
In u country where earthquakes and
sand storms are never known, in a
country of bright sunshine with no
muddy season. In a couuiry whose
fruit is palatable and nourishing. The
following editorial appeared in the
Boston Herald of August II, 1894:
"of what benefit is the enormous supply Of
California fruits if when they reach the east
there is no taste nor flavor in the luscious.look-
ing pears and peaches. Could fruit be more ideal
in appearance and yet more absolutely soul
Iess?'s
Could anything be truer than that?
While grapes ia California bring
only S. ton lhalf cent pound the
Florida grape grower receives from
to 10 cents net from his Niagara
grapes. The superiority of the FIori
ola orange over those of the California
is well known. And for healthfulness
California Is not to be compared tt
Florida whose death rate is one-ffti
less than Caiifornia's as statistics
prove. We have tried California and
passed eleven seasons in Florida which
has climate, although not perfect, is
nearer to perfection than any place il
America Edison, FIagler, Nesting
house and many Others who are abb,
to choose their climate, have selecte
Florida because it is the best.
Taxing the Florida year as whole,
there are in it more absolutely perfect
days, days when it is a delight to
merely live, serence and pleasant
nights for rest and sleep, than the same
length of time can boast in any othe
section of country. The mildness a
the climate gives more hours for labor
ing and lightens materially the cos
of supporting family. The purity of
the air, the dry porous nature of the
soil, the mineral charactero Of the arte-
sian water, the abundance of fruits
and vegetables, the liberal supply of
fresh fish and oysters, all tend TO pre-
serve and prolong life. If you are do
ing well and in good health at the
north, do not make change, but if
you are over-worked in your business,
with weak lungs or delicate throat,
make change at once, you had bet
ter sacrifice your business than your
life.
There are thousands CT men enjoy
ing perfect health in Florida to-day,
who would now be under the sod had
they remained longer at the north.
Oh, if people only knew the wonder
full effects of The Florida climate! DO
not delay until it is too late, but act
now, buy an orange grove, for to OBJ
tain the greatest benefit one should
have his own home, and not depend
upon clearinghouse or hotel.
Regarding the profits Of farming in
Florida, we quote two cases. Two men
employed in the watch factory at Val
than, Mass, being in poor health
were sent to Florida. They soon I'M
proved, and becoming tired of doing
nothing, hired ten acres Of land near
Auburndale, which they planted in
tomatoes. They sold the crop for
81, 100.
Daniel Foley, Of Killarney, Florida,
cleared over 81, 600 above all expenses
from four and a quarter acres Of Irish
potatoes in 1894, and iuch cases could
be multiplied.
The immense profit Of pineapple
culture and their great reputation for
excellence is well known, The duty
Of 90 per cent placed upon pineapples
will give this Florida industry tre-
mendous boom. Secure your lands
before the rapid advance 10 value
which IL s,1r<a ff ro5,an