The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-08
FLORIDlANA.

he had been to have a bullet extract
ed from his head.
Gen. w. 2. HaZen. at TnOnOtOSaSsa,
shipped from his grove before the
freeze $500 boxes of oranges, and so
little damage was done to his grove
that it is believed he will ship as many
more.
At Everglades. on the Ten Thou
sand islands. the citrus fruits are not
hurt by the cold. The alligator pears
and other tropical -ruits were not hurt
on some of the islands and Oh others
were xii ed.
H. l.. Johnson. of Dover twelve
miles northeast of Tampa. saws that
the strawberry farms there we".. 1ro.
tected with grass and pine straw and
were not injured in the least. Berries
have been shipped every Cay since tile
freeze at big prices.
|. S. GiddenS. of Tampa. owns IN
orange grove Of 500 trees one mix,
north of West Tampa. H. is agree
ably surprised to find that his grove
is not damaged beyond losing the
leaves. and in very many instances
Tot that much.
MI IeOUcICS. VI AuSUStI. \xd.. tIle'
mammoth melon grower and shipper.
who managed the Melon Growers
Union in Ocala last year. was in town
yesterday on his way to his melon
ground. He is putting in 800 acres of
melons at Gambler. Summerteld and
OXfOrd.-Ocala Star.
Vegetable growers in and around
western Lake are rushing in the seed
for the second crop. and some of them
are reported as paying eXOrhitant
prices for seed on account of scarcity.
In one instance SO was paid for a
bushel of Refugee beans and in an
other $40 was refused for two bushel
bag of Valentine beans.
Tropical Sun: Pineapples here were
not killed by the cold but those not
shielded had their leaves frozen, and
some of the more advanced fruit was
ruined. So everybody now is arrang
ing to shed their fields of pines as fast
as possible, as those under the sheds
were not hurt in the least and no fires
were built to protect the plants.
One hundred and fifty thousand
cabbage plants have been sold to the
farmers around Gainesville recently
Some farmers have decided not TO
plant cabbage on account of the late
ness Of the season, and because they
think that the worms will give them
much trouble this time Of year.
Farmers are not the only losers by
the heavy and continuous rains. For
the pasteseveral weeks the phosphate
plants in Alachua county have not
worked their men but about half the
time on account of rain in the phOs-
phate pits. The heavy rains of the
past few days has compelled them to
shut down for several days.
Palatka is infested with an organ
lied gang of thieves. For the past
two weeks houses nave been entered
and things stolen, but up to Wednes
day night of last week only eatables
were taken. That night the residence
of NJ. Loeb was entered and sum of
money taken from the pockets of B.
L. Lilienthal. who is visiting there.
Gainesville Sun: ]. j. Tinsley is in
receipt of a letter from Lakeland in
which he is informed that the straw
berry growers there saved nearly all
of the bloom in their fields and will
ship berries in large quantities i'll
about ten days. If this is the case the
freeze has not hurt that industry in
that part Of the State. as it has EN-
abled them to get to market much in
advance of the growers farther north.