The herald., 1895-01-15

! 81 publishes numerous news items concerning
TIL late frlez) in that state, of which the fol-
lowing Il 9 samples:
ORANGE TREES NOT HURT.
Ex-Governor Harrison Reed Brought q basket
yesterday. Although the ofsnges were frozen
sol.d, the twigs to which they are attached do
not sppear to be hurt and Mr.. Reed thinks hat
the only damage by the freeze has been done 10
the fruit. The potatoes were dug since the &C d
weather, and do not sppetr to have been
frozen. 70
IT BESUMBED THE FISHES.
assistant 81 nal Observer Cahiil, who was in
South Florida during the last fteeze, says thai
he saw there in some PLACES rom1 of the most
most peculiar sights he IA "a ever with es5ed.
at Charlotte harbor, the fish seemed be-
numb d By the cold watsr and hundreds we
cast ID in the shAlloU waters on the bay near
the sho-e. There were catfish angelfsh, pom
PIANO. bass and many others The people had
fish dinners without number and gathered
them by the bu bel blskstfuls, and fed them
to their poultry.
TROPICAL TRIES KILLED.
Mr.. Cshill ys that at Fort Myers all the
cocoanut trees were killed, and their tall, bleak
black trunks locked % most funeIeal in their
des )laiion Guayag, Gus ara apple, and all
Kin is OF trOpi al trees aud shrubs we're killed,
and the orange trees badly hurt. The people
are Ieslil the Disaster ABLY. and do %, know
Whnt TO d. az IL was s3methns SO very unex-
recled.
THE PINEAP lie CROP.
From various pin apple growers from Mel
bourne to Lake Worth, encouraging reports
were gathered L4to the degree of damage con-
seluent TO the cold. Many growers ara ex pect-
ing J-tnirds OF a crop. T1e most cOnse va
tive pls 1e the crop Mt SO psr cent of the average
wed. Young plants are comparatively untn.
Jured, and the old plans will recover their full
Yigor III II few months.
ORANGE RATES REDUCED oNE-HALF
John /. Howard, general freight agent for
Florida for the Clyde steamship line, received
Il telegram yesterday from The New York office
stating thGt the Grange rate would be reduc q
ono-baif /, but that tins was a prepayment rate
This viii make the rat fIom Jacksonville TO
New York and Philadelphia l71a cents per
box.
FsuIT BUYERS LOST HE AvGLY.
BOWLING GREES, Jan. New Years day
was accompanied in by P hsavy frost The
ground as covered with frost, but it did not
stay On loag aft r sunrise. 1t probably did no
damage, az the ir .ezes of last week left vary
lit g bahind them that frost would hurt.
frobAolya.l ths oranges are ruined, though
few may have escaped There are some hopes
for gra aefruii. Lemons are ruined, pro oably.
small Olauge tees were killed down to the
ground unless they we're wrapped. 1t il not
probable that large orange trees are injured
very severely, though most of the leaves viii
probaby fall oil, Next years crop may be
short, Several fruit buyers have proba bly, lost
heavily.
ONE OF THE HEAVIEST LOSERS.
SANFORD, Jan. 2.-J. E. Pace orange grower
and wholesale and retail merchant, has as
signed Tor the benefit of his creditors. He is
said to have ost $4,000 by the freeze
NOT D. sHEARTENED.
New SMYRNA, Jan. 2.-People here are by no
means disheartened over tn late freeze. The
| oranges on the trees are all frozen as matter
OF course; but the trees themselves, except in
very few Instances. are not injured beyond
losing their leaves. One result of he dCstruc-
ton OF the orange crop viii be that a much
larger acreage than usual will be put into
melons end vegetables This will be neces-
city for those who ware depending on the or
anges for ready money.
FREE SEED FOR FROST SUFFERERS.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Jan. 2-rhe Jack lonvil!e,
ST. Augustine end Indian River railroad has
issued circular, in which it offers to furnish
seeds to all farmers who are patrons of the
rond.
Tins offer me ms an immense saving to the
vegetable growers long the east coast There
ara trnckmen all along the liue, and the one
item of seed means great deal to many of
them. Oh course there are u mum Der of sue
ce lsful planters who can easily stand the loss,
but there arc many VINO ID nothing laid by,
aud were waiting to realize on their crops TO
meet back accounts at the StO,es.
Inc e was large acreage OF VegelAb es near
ly ready for the market in the Lake Worth
region aud uorthwRrd along the coast. These
farms will be immediate Y replanted. 1t takes
"A truck farmer but short time to recuperate
from setback by frost The wonderful rich
ness of the soil insures a crop OF ordinary vege-
tables in eight weeks, and already new seed is
even now in the grouud Attention and favor
able weather will force the crop to IN early
maturity.
FAILURE ONCE IN TEN 6EAEs.
Florida vegetable growers ana fruit growers
meet with failure once in 10 years. Even then
failure is not always general in its character.
They quietly accept the inevitable and put in
new seed, ard replace injured trees. When the
condition OF the poor farmers out in the North
western states, such as Nebraska, is considered,
the lot OF the Floridian should be happy in-
deed. Here even if the crop IN damaged there
is no danger OF starving or OF freezing to death,
a condition that Constantly conlronts the un-
fortunate man who labors for nothing in the
far north, where there is not only one crop fail
ure but three, four, and five i'll succession and
there they have uos the advantage of being
able to replsnt aud rise to their position within
two months.
Florida Will Immediately recover from her
temporary set back. The expo rience may
prove prontuble in the emf, for il is now gener
ally conceded that there is more money In
diversified crops than in devoting time and
soil TO one product.