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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23
The Melon Pawpaw.

One of the most interesting fruit trees
in Florida is the melon pawpaw (Carica
Papaya), says J. Mortimer Murphy in
American Agrlculturist. There are sew
eral varieties of the tree in the State,
which vary sharply III form of growth,
hue Of foliage and flavor of fruit; and
while all are more or less useful, only
the dwarf variety is cultivated for it's
fruit. This is native of South America,
but is now as much at home in the Land
of Flowers as in it's original haunts, and
grows on every kind of soil, from the
thin sand of the pine forests to the rich
humus Of hammocks. The Florida ma
tive pawpaw frequently attains height
of thirty feet, and a proportionate thick
ness on moist lands; yet doubt if it pro-
duces more fruit than it's dwarfsh con-
gener, whose height rarely exceeds fiji
teen feet. The first mentioned has pale
green leaves, and produces only acrid
fruit, which is rarely eaten by anything
except hungry birds and oppossums; but
the latter has rich, dark green, deeply
lobed foliage, and yields fruit about the
size of a small muskmelon, and very
much like it In flavor. The fruit grows
from the trunk of the tree, above each
petiole, and has several sharp edges and
a pointed end. 1t is thickest through
the middle The tree, being di@cious,
the pistillate specimen must be close to
its staminate companion to yield abund-
antly The males produce their pale
yellow flowers IN clusters, and the fe-
males their large sturdy blossoms at the
base of the petioles, directly on the trunk
Immediately under the thick crown of
upper leaves. These flowers develop rap
idly into fruits, which sometimes attain
weight of several pounds in a COM
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

Sometimes on rich Or fresh lands we
get more, but as a rule one Car to two
acres is a fair CROP
In regard to protecting plants from
late frosts, will say we have tried
varlousplans, probably the most success
full being the use of No. wooden butter
dishes, which we put over the plants
When We fear frost, and thlow hoeful
of dirt OH top the dish, thus completely
banking the vine. This works very we'll
Where we do not have to leave the cup
on over two days but longer than that
will injure and sometimes kill the plant
when they are UNCOVERED, by making
them tender and easily Wilted by the
san. Upon the whole we do not know
as 1t pays us here to try to protect from
cold. 1t is safer to have plenty OF seed
in the ground SO that if one planting is
killed there will soon be another plant
ing up, but in your section it might be
more important to try to save the first
plants that come up.
Now as TO marketing, we will say that
by all means sell every Car at home that
you possibly can. 1t is much surer than
consigning. But it is not always pos
sible to sell at home, and in that event
select the most reliable commission
houses and consign, always notifying
the consignee by wire SO that he Can
endeavor to place as many melons be-
fore arrival us possible.
The average cost Of Car Of "a pound
average melons free on board the cars
here is $50. The average net price we
have obtained for the past three years
has been $62 per Car free on board cars
here. We do not ship any melons under
eighteen pounds each, except when we
have orders for culls.
believe that the above about covers
all the points that | can think Of that
will be Of any use to you, and while this
is not elegantly written | hope it will
prove of some benefit to your readers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

Florida. The railroads followed the
orange grove development, they did not
precede it,
If the great blizzard causes moneyed
men, money lenders, and business men
generally, to deal with the orange grow
ers more literally and on more reason
able terms, this will be another distinct
gain. How many growers would have
pulled through and survived at to 7 per
cent, who have failed and lost all at ten
twelve and often more. The Shylock
must 60
| believe as the I'll innate result of the
blizzard, desirable orange grove property
will be more valuable than ever and the
business more profitable than at any
time since the industry has assumed its
proportions The business will become
legitim affixed, so to speak, and d long era
of prosperity will dawn upon the orange
| grower who has his grove in the right
place and knows how to take care of it.
Believing this | would advise those of
our people, who have been struggling
under adverse circumstances, to bring
on a grove and those who may have
suffered from the freeze, to make every
sacrifice and every effort possible in
order to hold on to their groves and re-
alize the hopes of many years, provided,
ALWAYS that their groves are sufficiently
favored to be worth saving
Another lesson al growers may draw
from the blizzard is the advlsibilty-
nay the necessity-of doing as all farm
ers should, diversity crops and come as
near making all the necessaries of life
and living at home as circumstances will
permit. Every orange grower who lives
upon his grove should plant at least a
few acres Of corn and oats, patch of
potatoes and cane, and have a good gar
den, Too many have lived out of the
stores with their corn cribs and smoke
houses in the west, and their garden veg
eta bles drawn from imported tin cans.
Some of us already practice what we
preach, if more will do it. or if it could
be made general, that will be another
distinct gain to the orange grower him
self, which will carry sunshine to his
family, to his home, and save his pocket
many dollar.
Finally from the optimistic side we
must remember that In spite of the dew
astatiOn Of The blizzard we had already
marketed more than 2, AGO. 900 boxes of
oranges. and that the trees that are left
to us will bloom and blossom in the
spring, and good prices are already as
sured as our Christmas gift for 1895.
May God bless the poor and unfoltun-
ate and may the rich help those who
try to help themselves and thereby give
a helping hand to that yeomanry, that
great army of wealth producers, with
out which the commonwealth would be
poor indeed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23
Lessons f the Freeze.

In an article written for the Times
Union, from Brooksville, Mr.. J. F..
Tucker brings out many good points.
He says;
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23

L dill OLly d pCoSlullSb w OllC DICO-
ent; as to the future, l am not only an
OptimiSt, but an enthusiast. In It's gen
eral and ultimate effects the great ''twin
blizzard" will be found to be a blessing
in disguise. ] mean, Of course, TO the
yeomat1ry OF the country, to those who
abide in Florida, both in sunshine and
shadow, and those who have identified
themselves With the State as perma-
nency and not DIS mere transient fancy.
The amateur and speculative orange
grower will probably be eliminated
from the industry, for they only made
oranges at d loss, and then pushed them
on the market TO cheaper the average
paid to what | may term the legitimate
grower, the men whofoliow the industry
for Il living, or, like the late Gen. San
ford and others, EN- barked in it as per-
manent investment, not merely as a fad
This great freeze has pronounced an
edict. The badly protected or badly
located groves, in cases where they are
not already gone, must go, as their tan
talizing pretense will not be here to vex
us or to deteriorate the really valuab BILE,
almost intellectually valuable, true and
desirable orange grove land My orange
grove is not for sale; on the contrary
consider it more valuable, twice or
thrice as valuable as ever before, for
while | have lost my fruit and may have
lost some trees, | feel that otherwise
have been blessed and with the higher
prices that must now prevail, owing to
the shorter crops for probably the next
four or five years TO come, those of us
who Can manage to pull through will
many times recoup all the losses we
have sustained by the twin blizzard. "
The legitimate grower has also gained
in experience, which will be valuable in
the future. | now realize that there
were many things | could have done
which would have mitgated my loss
but in our favored hill country of Her
nando we felt too secure to adopt even
ordinary precautions. We might have
shipped Systematically from the opening
of the season, or, could we have foreseen
the severity of the freeze, we might have
gone out and saved many thousand boxes.
| The next time we will know BETTER or
will watch the thermometer with greater
| interest. In this matter the signal ser
vice should be extended and improved;
runners sent out or signal guns fired, to
give warning. There are other matters
| relative to the subject of precautionary
measures which occur to me, but my let,
ter is already too long.
If, as another good tc be derived from
the great calamity, our capitalists and
business men gradually shall awake to a
| fuller and eager realization of the i'm
pOrtance, value and magnitude of our
great orange industry, it will be a posi-
tive gain. have often heard with sur.
prise and amazement, business men
Gotten so-Called) who under our modern
school of thought, arrogate to them
selves all wisdom and knowledge as to
finance, agriculture, Horticulture, and
commerce, speak in the most diSparag-
ing terms of our orange growing indus
try-fippantly and ghtingly--as much
as to say that nobody but a fool won Id
q m hapl< in cuch h11cinacc an6 IN &c
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-01-23


Der of "melons" to each stalk is about
two, and as the tree is richly endowed
with broad, tropical foliage, it is not un-
usual to see from twenty to fifty large
melons, aggregating twenty or thirty
pounds in weight, on plant not a year
old. The yield Of fruit may fairly be
called wonderful, for the size and weight
of the melons are out of proportion to
the size Of the tree.
| have some trees near my house which
are not yet twelve months from the seed,
yet they are nearly six feet high, and so
heavily laden with fruit that | often
wonder how they can stand up Under
their burden. The pawpaw begins to
bloom when less than six months old and
twelve inches in height, and seems to be
in perpetual fruit or flower afterwards.
New crowns, which resemble the heads
Of celery, are constantly forming on the
trees, and as fast as they become leaf
stalks they spread out, and others take
their place. These CROWNS and the size
and rich hues Of the foliage give the
trees h pal unlike appearance, which
seems the more vivid when one behOldS
the clusters of melons grouped around
the trunks. All the leaf stalks curve
gracefully upward, and thus form a
dense mass of foliage. The fruit has q
pleasant flavor, being very much like
that of muskmelon, and may be eaten
raw, cooked with sugar and made into a
consistency resem bling apple pie, or it
may be used as Il salad 1t seems, in
fact, to be able to fill the place of several
kinds Of fruit and vegetables, and for
this reason it must have an important
future before it, When the residents of
northern cities become fully acquainted
with the merits of the fruit there ought
| to be good demand for it, and ii there
is, Florida will have a monopoly OF the
trade, as the tree thrves only in the
southern section of the State, and even
there is safe only in places protected
from heavy frosts. The tree is an al
most constant bearer, fruit being found
on it in all stages Of growth, from the
tinieSt to one weighing two or more
pounds While the tree will grow and
bear freely on very poor, thin soil, yet it
appreciates the rich, and readily re-
spends to care, partic ulary water, pro-
vided the drainage is good. 1t seems
able to stand all the liquid fertilizing it
can get, and shows the effect of every
bucket of water. Being very sensitive
to removal, seeds should be planted where
the trees are expected to grow, or else
they should be removed to their perma-
nent places after producing a couple of
! leaves. The former is the better way,
however. The tree has no true branches,
it's foliage consisting of broad, lobed
| leaves, whose petioles are so long that
they supply their place, thus giving the
trunk a dainty symmetrical aspect,
which is very pleasing to the eye. The
fruit should not be eaten until it is fully
ripe, and that stage may be known by
the dull orange hue of the rind. The
rind is thick and fleshy; and the seeds,
which are small and wrinkled, are ar
ranged in FIVE rows, which run length
wise in cavity in the center of the
melon Few DerSOnS take kindly to the
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-11-28
HERE AND THERE.
MOvem ents of Home Folks and Notes
About Visitors.

Movements of Home Folks and Notes
About Visitors.
+. A. Riordan,is in Los Angeles this
week.
Miss Rhoades returned from Williams
yesterday.
Frank Dougherty of Williams was in
town Tuesday.
+. w. Sisson returned yesterday
from trip to Peoria, Ill.
S. b. Hibbcn and ii. l.. Clements of
Los Angeles, Cal, are in town.
j. W. Weatherford made a trip to
Williams and Ash Fork this week.
}. 4. Jones returned Saturday from
visit to his old home in Arkansas.
Henry Meyers of Lowenthal 4
Meyers, Albuquerque, was in town
Tuesday.
+. l.. Rogers, one of the prominent
cattlemen of Williams, was in town
yesterday.
T.. S. Wilcox and family leave to-day
for Phoenix, where they will spend
the winter.
r. w. Bell left this morning for
Mexico and South America, where he
will spend the winter.
Mrs. &. A. Bray came over from
Prescott Saturday to attend the Cam
eron-Spaulding wedding.
+. Altig and family have moved
back to Flagstaff from the Howard
Sheep Company's ranch.
f. M. Sanford of Prescott was in
town Saturday on legal business and
left for Kingman on the night train.
Everett Howell of Williams was in
town Tuesday He has sold out his
butcher business and will move back
to Flagstaff.
j. M. Moore and wife of Williams
attended the firemen's ball last night
and were the guests IF Miss Bertha
and +. w. Smith.
| Mrs. AL. Doyle, Mrs. NJ. M. Fisher
Mrs. John Marshall and Mrs. b. M
Spencer left for Los Angeles yesterday
to spend the winter.
Whitelaw Reid. editor of the New
York Tribune" passed through herr
on Sunday night in special car at
tached to passenger train No. 1. Mr.
Reid and family intend spending thu
winter in Phoenix.
Rev. IL. Granjon expects to leave fo
Prescott soon, where he will taxi
charge Of that parish, as Father Frer
is expected here this week. Fathe
Granjon has been in charge of thi
parish for the past eight months an,
has made many friends as pastor o
the Catholic church.
Prof, G. Wharton James, formerl,
editor of the Mount Lowe "Ecbo," wa
married on Tuesday last to Mrs. f. G
rarnsworth of Pasadena. The pro
fessor lately returned from an EXTENDED
visit in Arizona and New Mexico
where he collected material for futur
literary work ---Republican.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-11-28

Mike Hurley, the Phoenix butcher,
has been attached. His Indebtedness
is said to amount to IS, 900.
The patrons of the Parlor Exchange
are assured that everything on the
Parlor Exchange bill of fare will be
served to suit the fancy. Good cooks
only are employed.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-11-28
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M, rocoNlNo SUN Is pleased TO contribute
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
A ROMANTIC ELoPEmEN e.

Two Popular and Prominent Young
People of Lynchburg Married in Wash.
iuEtOo
WASHINGTON. April 3-Robers A.
Dirom, promising young man OF good
family, from LYuchburg, Va, and Miss
Elizabeth Payne Jackson, OF the same
city, wcre married here yesterday after
no IN after romantic elopement. Tho
bride IL but II years OF ags, and IL the
daughter of y. G. Jackson, tobacconist
and well-knowa business man. The
facher WAS emphatic in his sofusal to
parDcit :he daughter to marry Dirom,
and, il il stated decided 10 send bcr to
a convent.
Tho groom cS,no to this city first.
Tho primo dtiIicntcy remained in the
c!c.pe OF MSS Jackson, and it seems
that she would ros have been able to
join her lover IN Washingsou IL friends
OF the pair had no. been .afen into the
scc'ot. Mr Guy Langhorne, of Lynch.
burg, popular Young socioty man
and . firm friend of Mr.. Dirom, was
made tho chief conspirasor and assigned
tho rolls Of escorsiag tho bride to the
welding.
Sno was to leave her home for school
shortly after o'clock yesterday NOM
ing, but instead of going to school she
marched with her books to the place Of
meeting agreed upon, stopping on the
way a, the house OF girl friend, who
furnished her with suitable wardrobe
for thu journey and the ceremony. She
and Mr.. Ilanghorne resched tho depot
by tho back streets OF tho city and hid
for % minutes in the tunnel near by.
The o'clock train comes to stand
still here, so that the rear coach is
partly within the tunnel. end the
couple were ablo to get aboard without
any fear Of detection by her father or
any person who might communicate
with him. Thay arrived in Washington
at o'clock yesterday afternoon, and as
had baen arranged, mot the groom and
his sister ct the Metropolitan Hotel
Mr. Lapghorne previously telcgraphed
10 AleXandria for Miss Natalie Manson
sister OF ex-Mayor Clayton Manson
| OF Lynchburg, and q friend OF tho bride,
informing her Of the intended ceremony
Miss Manson and Miss Henderson, with
whom she is visiting in Alexandria,
were also waiting at the metropolitan.
and accom- panied tho wedding party to
| the church.
Rev. J. Thompson Cole, assistant
rector OF Epiphany Church. performed
the wedding ceremony. and telegram
announcing the wedding, was sent to
Mrs. jackson. The happy pair are
spending little time in tho city prior
to their return to Lynchburg.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

ELECTION returns from various North
ern and Western States Indicate that
the tidal wave of Republican SUCCESS
which swallowed up tho Democracy in
those sections last year is already be-
ginning to recede, with every prospect
that returning prosperity, and the abor =
tive efforts of the next Congress, will
leave the latter party safe and sound on
dry land, ready TO give their opponents
as sound drubbing in 1896 as they re
ceived in 1894 The fact that the Ro.-
publican leaders in the last Congress
failed utterly to size up to the situation,
with the conviction which has now
forced itself upon the people of the
United States that the latter party Is as
much divided as the Democratic on the
financial question. may lead to revo-
luton Of sentiment next year as pro-
nounced, and al sweeping in its effects
as thai OF 1894. In that event who
knows but that Grover Cleveland may
lead the van?
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
EOOD FROM THE FIELDS.

The native home of wheat is supposed
to be the mountain regions of Armenia
TIE average wheat yield in England
is said to be thirty-six bushels to the
acre.
A FAIR article of molasses can be
made from the stalks of the common
maize.
The larvae of the wheat fly feed on
the flower of the plant, destroying its
fertility.
The Boston brown bread is made of
rye and corn meal, in proportion of one
to two.
TIE China or tea wheat is said to
have come from q grain found in a
chest of tea.
RYE contains from two to five per
cent. less of the heterogeneous principles
than wheat.
JAPAN has developed variety of
maize with leaves beautifully striped
with white.
TIE peasants of Germany, Sweden
and Russia subsist almost wholly on
rye bread.
TIE habitat of oats is believed to
have been the region north and west of
the Alps.
ENORMOUS quantities of maize arc
grown in China, India, Austro-[Iungary
End Italy.
WHEAT is mentioned in the Scrip
lures as wcll-known grain and under
wide cultivation.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04
ANCIENT PRICES.

DURING the reign of Vitcllus, lions
from Africa were worth nearly 500
each.
PIGS feet sold in Rome in the fourth
century at the rate of twenty for 4
cents.
THE price of days board in Athens,
j. c. 400, was 4 cents, or about 81 20 n
month.
y HOUSE of four rooms rented in
Pompeii for IS month"; single room
cost So.
LoED BACON paid Go IS for his judges
wig. The box was extra. 1t cost a
shilling.
ACCOUNT books, such as were used by
merchants in the days of Pcriclcs, cost
is cents.
IN 1920 silk stockings sold in Paris for
Sc. They were long, reaching above
the knee.
GENrLEMAN's hat in the time of
Charles /. cost $3.50, and the plumes
cost 81 more.
TIE genuine Damascus blades, that
could be bent into circle, cost from
$500 to 81 900.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

The report that the Spanish govern
ment has sent cong ratulations to the
commander of the war vessel that fred
upon tho Alliance is not credited at
Washington in view Of tho orders re-
Gently issued by the authorities Of that
country of almost the opposite import.
III 1t should prove trus, however, it
would appear thai tho Hidalgos have no
idea of of 4ring the apology go summar-
lily demanded by Secretary Gresham.
Tho report that u Bfi.ish vessel had
bsen fred upou in Gu IAN waters By q
Spanish man-ofwAr, If t.ua, will
amount to nothing. as Spain since the
Napoleonic WAS has been practically u
dependency OF Great Bcisain, aud would
be much more likely TO join hands with
the lattar goveromsns against the
UDi.ad Sia.es tlan to irclr It's resent.
man5.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-04-04

THE British government has politely,
but firmly, notified Ambassador Bayard
that the boundary dispute between that
country and Venezuela does not concern
the United States. As this plainly means
that Great Britain will not tolerate
the claims OF this government to.the
guardianship of the Spanish .America an
republics, casus belli seems almost It
hand, The Monroe doctrine, IL en-
forced, is almost sure to bring the United
States into conflict with Great Britain
sooner or later, aud all things consid-
cred. now is about as good time for q
trial OF strength as any The affair has
certainly assumed very serious aspect,
and as 1t has been apparent from tho
first that Great Britain will not admit
the principles Of the Monroe doctrine,
aB applied to Venezuela, IA Is hard to
see how trouble can be avcrted, unless
the administration backs squarely
down from the dogma enuuciated by
President Monroe.