The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-31
FLORIDA WINES.
Some of the Vineyards Which Are
Attracting Attention.


Sanford, Fla, March 3O,-Northbound
travel has assumed such proportions that
there can be no doubt of the fact that a
great many northern people have been in
South Florida this season. There is an
unusual tide of travel down the st, Johns
river, somewhat owing to a desire to see
the blockade of many points on the river
by water hyacinths.
Bicycle paths are following rapidly in
the wake of good clay and shell roads
A striking example Of the bicycle craze
is seen in the case Of the Hoequest Broth
ers of Forest City, who have a branch
carriage shop and a livery stable at Lake
Maitland, and yet, at their own expense,
they have made a bicycle path four miles
long to connect the two places. This
shows in a remarkable degree how the
bicycle is superseding the horse and buggy
even on the part of livery stable men them
selves.
The Seventh Day Adventists have Sc
cured a strong foothold in Florida and
made Orange county headquarters. Their
rooms at Orlando are especially attractive,
being the depository of their State Tract
Society, where a full supply of Advent
literature is always to be had. Elder L.
ii. Crisler, who is in charge of the work
in Florida, makes these rooms his central
point of labor, and the recent meeting of
the executive committee showed a large
amount of Sabbath school and tract work
accomplished, with a widely growing in
terest in the cause
The time MAY a is near at nand for the
annual meeting of the Florida Horticul-
tural Society, to be held in Orlando. In
some respects 1t viii be a sad gathering,
for the hearty, well known greeting of
President Dudley w Adams and tho al
ways welcome presence of Maj. r. p.
Rocks, of Fruitland Park nurseries, will
be missed For some twenty years be-
fore their recent deaths they had been
wise counsellors and Jealous workers, and
much of the society's success was due 10
their efforts. President Adams mantle
has fallen upon the shoulders of Mr..
G. l.. Taber, the well known nurseryman
of Glen st. Mary, and with A. II. Mann
Vile as secretary, the society ought to
hold to its slow but steady Increase in use
fulness and growth. Both are men Of
rife experience, fine takers and instruc-
tive writers, and hold the respect and con
fidence of their associates in a large meas
ure.
l have often spoken of the vineyard of
Mr. j. b, La Montague near Winter PARK
and the splendid exhibit he made of his
wines at the horticultural fair. His rare
| success is another evidence of the imports
duCe OF properly preparing even me pro-
ducts for market. More than half the
| failures have come from improper market
ing Of products otherwise desirable. In
this case, Mr.. L. gives the best OF care
to his vineyard, then he manufactures it's
products with an eye single to excellence,
and lastly he puts up his wine in as hand
some style as the imported wines come
to our market. Like Mr.. p J. Berckmans
of Augusta, he is a cultivated gentleman,
thoroughly In love with his profession
and every branch of il is carried on with
a feeling Of pride in every evidence Of inn
provement. Within a few days a very
high compliment has been paid Mr. La
Montagnes products. EX-United States
Senator J. N. Camden of West Virginia,
whose private car was side-tracked for
week at the Seminole hotel, at Winter
Park, carried home some of the wines for
his own use. So well pleased with them
were several wealthy neighbors that they
at once ordered a supply. And Monster
Dubois of the Ponce de Leon vineyard,