The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-22

year has passed majority of the growers
of the entire line members of this organi-
cation. We would like to say all the grow
ers but this will be impossible for there is
no class of men so hard to get united and
remain so as the tillers of the soil There
will be some who imagine that their bust
ness capacity is SO much superior to their
neighbors that they can run their own
business alone and to better advantage than
if united with a lot of others and thus
prove hindrance to the whole cause.
The pineapple business generally is on
the increase and more attention is being
paid to raising the finer varieties and i'm.
proving their methods by erecting sheds.
Below Palm Beach the acreage under cul-
tivation is small which has been due to
lack of transportation Heretofore every
thing went to Key West and from there
was reshipped to the various markets.
The railroad however, has changed all
this and the growers now nave a direct
outlet for their crop and a saving in freight
of about 81 per ton on all fertilizers used
We spent day at Lemon City the guest
of Mr.. A. L. Ingerson, former resident
and orange grower of Paola. He has
made new start in this new section and
to him a new business and hopes in few
years to commence to renew his hank &C.
count. We also found here Mr.. Scott
formerly an orange grower Of Sylvan Lake,
who has engaged in the mercantile bust
ness and thinks that raising goods over a
counter is easier than raising oranges.
Those who have been used to stoneless
sandy soil find great change here for the
whole country is underlaid with coral rock
In many cases it is harder to clear a
field Of rock than it is to remove heavy
timber. The rock formation is very pecu
liar being full of what is called pot holes.
Some places the only soil is what is in
these pot holes and when this is removed
the rocks stand out in rough and ragged
shape and look as if they had at some time
been in a bed of rapid stream. In some
places it looks as if some one with augers
had bored big holes close together from one
foot to three feet deep. We saw one acre
which produced enough stone to make
stone wall all around it over three feet high
and two wide. Pineapples seem to like
this kind of soil and when they can get
little hold Of soil they do we'll The stout
est field of pines we have ever seen any
where is at Lemon City and on this same
rocky pot hole land. Here all the desir
able tropical fruits can be grown and the
orange, lemon and lime are still hourishing
having escaped the ga freeze. Lemon
City is very prettily located on Biscayne
Bay and is not bad pace for a summer
resort as we'll as winter home. The cool
ocean breeze makesit delightfully."- pleasant
At Miami five miles away everything is
hurry and hustle. -Four months ago This
town was vast pine forest but now build.
ings of all kinds and descriptions are going
up from the pioneers tent to the palatial
hotel costing hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Thirty stores of different kinds
supply the population with what they need
and contrary to the history of all boom
towns the cost of supplies is less than in
old towns. One who has previously trav-
eled over the state can find here business
man or laborer from almost any section he