The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-22

as high as - cents per quart in Tampa
later they went for = cents. I sold some
Of my early watermelons for 80 cents each.
Now they are cheap. raised some that
weighed forty-t pounds; and a neigh
eighty-nine pounds,
A farmer named Council. from Brook
port, y y. from five ac-es Of tomatoes
sold l,eo0 crates al p or s. 80 profit from
i've acres Pretty good profit. from Flor
ida sand" We have sixteen plants which
supply US with all we want 10 eat and some
10 sell every week.
Ny black mulberry trees have already
made a growth Of nine feet. This fruit
IS excellent for pies. One tree will pro-
duce fruit enough 10 fatten eight hens in
one summer.
Ny bananas have grown fully ten feet;
lemons and orange trees five feet; Kacfir
corn seven feet, pearl millet eight feet,
Indian and popcorn eight and nine feet.
Honey bees DO well here Our two hives
have increased TO four, and we have sixty
pounds Of honey IN the cupboard. The
bees make lots Of honey from the COW
peas, which are raised so much here. They
are very nice for table use, and also for
horses, hogs. and poultry. and the vines
make good hay. They keep on bearing
until late in the fall.
/ think that lemon raising pays better
than oranges. for these reasons; they come
into bearing much younger than oranges;
they bear twice as much fruit without half
the fertilizer; they bring twice as much
in Tampa. ] have known Florida lemons
TO bring S box in northern cities. OF
course lemons are more liable to freeze
than oranges but more quickly recover.
1 am trying the Johnson grass now. I
think it is the grass for Florida, as II has
made a growth Of from I'VE to six feet on
high pine land. with very little fertilizer
l think that tobacco viii be extensively
raised here. To supply the growing de-
mand in Tampa, two of my neighbors
raised some last year, which was fine Gu
bans at Tampa think that it can be raised
Of as fine a quality here as in Cuba
Rice, which is a growing industry of
Florida. grows finely In this county 1t is
estimated that 10000 bushels will be raised
in Orange county this year
l think there will always be a mar
ket for vegetables that may be raised in
this county. Tampa IS growing
place 1t Is estimated that 5000 peo-
pie will be added 20 its population this
year. Last year it increased 1900. They
have just built an immense tobacco factory
costing $4,000 and contracts are signed
for five more. This will call for 200 more
houses than they now have. A large num-
Der OF buildings are going up now. New
streets are being paved, and a complete
streets this season.
There Is but one Florida in the United
states We can put our truck into the
northern markets from two to four weeks
earlier than any other state north of u.s.
Unimproved land can be bought here for
from 80 to $40 per acre. in tracts of ten
acres. For improved land, from $40 up
ward-according to the Improvement. Land
is rapidly rising in price, and a railroad
has been surveyed one-half a mile east
of my farm L is to run from Georgia to
Port Tampa, via Tampa When this road
is built, these beautiful lake fronts will
he valuable for suburban residences for
the wealthy people OF Tampa. The water
in these lakes is very clear, and suitable
for drinking purposes. The lakes are well
stocked with fish, and many of them are
covered with beautiful water-lilies of va
riegated coors. l am one-half a mile
from postoffiee, church, and school house
Persons buying land and settling here will
get valuable bargain. Florida can raise
a variety of crops, for which market can
be found: Corn, oats, rice, pearl millet
peanuts, peaches, plums, grapes, sugar.
cane, strawberries, 'black-berries, ETC.,
etc. Yours truly. S. S. Fletcher.