The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-08-01
PEACHES.
Not the Chauneey Depew Kind
But the Nice, Plump, Juicy Kind
That

Special Correspondence.

AVON lark, fiorlda, July 20
saw a letter the other day bearin
date June 18th, 1896, in which wa
this sentence: Il sold that busht
of peaches for $40" That led IN
to inquire into the facts, as / kne,
that ten dollars for bushel of peach
es was too great price. The fac
of the matter was this, a genuin
Yankee came down here into tn
sand hills, part of De Soto county
Florida, built himself a rude cabir
and he and his newly welded wife
began life together seeking their for
tune in South Florida as farmers
Their farm was at least twenty mile,
from a railroad, they were contentec
and happy, they were working eael
for the other, and jointly for littl,
rosy checked boy that had become {
member of their family. All thi.
has but little to do with a bushel Of
peaches that sold in the northern
market for ten dollars. When this
sand hill Florida farm was purchas
ed,as an experiment, the owner plant
ed out few peach trees, grape vines
and other things oflike nature. That
was about four years ago; now, in
this year 1896, peaches grown upon
that sand hill farm, twenty miles
from railroad, sold in the northern
market at ten dollars bushel, and
all because those peaches were ready
for shipment in May and June.
There is no reason why the cheeks
of the baby should not vie with the
rose, and why the young mother
should not be happy. They each
had something in South Florida 9TH
er than perfect climate, in fact the
father, mother, and baby were bless
ed with all the necessities of life, and
not cursed by the non essentials of
an unlucky society, loaded with
debt.
If | were a farmer, or knew enough
about agriculture to successfully con
duet farm, instead of being an I'M
fortunate scribbler, would prefer
a good large peach orchard in
South Florida than twice the amount
invested in any newspaper. / know
something of the profits of news
papers. / now daily see some
thing of the profits of the peach
orchard. Twill take the peach orch
ard. My idea is, buy parcel of
land on the sand hills, do not allow
railroad men to influence you to pur-
chase flat woods" land because it is
by the side of the railroad. Do not
fail to get sand hill land, then you
will produce peaches, pine apples,
grapes, and the various citrus fruits
and vegetables; clear the land and
plant great many peach trees; be-
tween the rows of peach trees plant
grape vines and pine apples. Now
you have something that will bring
certain income.
| do not say confine your hus-
bandry to peaches, pine apples and
grapes. | would never fail to have
my tomato field and other vegeta-
bles. l would have the necessities
of life for the comfort of family and
self and then something like peaches
intermixed with grapes and pine APP
pies as a money maker. Ten dol
lars bushel cannot always be had,
but generally the south Florida peach
finds market that is profitable to
the producer. The earliest the peach
the greatest the profit.
What kind of peaches will grow in
south Florida? Certainly not all
the hardy kinds from the fro
zen north. Some of the hardy
northern kinds will grow here, though
none of the sub tropical peaches will
grow in the cold north. / here give
list of those that are successfully
grown in South Florida:
Bidwells Early. Cabler's Indian.
Bidwelfs Late. Climax. Countess.
Colon, Red Cevlon. Early Cream.
Ferdinand. Florida Crawford Florida
Gem. Honey. Imperial. Yum Yum
Angel. Lagnifiuue. La Refine. Mao
gle, Peento. Powers September. japan
Dwarf, Sangmel, Taber. Triana. Vic
toria. Constant additions are beino
made to this list. as now the peach
business in south Florida is an i'm
portant industry and is much stud
led.
In the north | believe the idea il
that the people in the south do moth
ing but talk politics In this imme-
date locality. one southern born is
rarity. Our northern people who
live here. come for the nnrpose Of
lettering their condition: thew are
interested in the political questions
of the day. We are of course inter
ested in financial questions that
seem to be raising riot with the no
litical parties. Some Of our peonle
scorn and some believe in the free
silver idea. but all are interested in
the great battle for broad and INIT
ter. and are here because they he
lieve they can better win their bread
and butter battle mon the sand
hills of south Florida than upon the
clay and gravel soil Of the north
We have no millionaires: million
aires do not attempt to produce
peaches. millionaire il the result
of speculation. A GOOD percentaoe
of paupers are the result of that
which makes millionaires We have
neither millionaires or Planners here
as neither bv their own labor nro'
duce peaches or ANYTHING else
Some ono rauarLs tha+ ~ ovorv