Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1906-12-07
Fruit and Vegetables
In ST. Lu6l6 6Ountu
North End in a Flourishing
Condition.

urday has an interesting letter from
its staff correspondent who visited the
north end of ST., Lucie county as follows:
Quay, Fla, Nov, 30-Every town one
goes to In Florida has some noticeable
attraction, sometimes within sight Of
the station but more often away back
out OF sight. Quay has both. The first
one the writer ran up against was w.
R, Copelands beautiful home one mile
out In the sticks. Did say sticks? l
mean among the palms. This place is
90 hidden by huge palms and live oak
trees that one has to be within few
rods TO see the house and then hunt for
hours among orange and grapefruit
groves TO find the owner, but it pays TO
find him for more than one reason.
Here In plot Of fifty acres Is a wilder
ness Of the finest fruit trees that Flor
ida can produce so loaded with fruit
that one wonders how the trees can
hold It, Back Of this grove is the veg
etable farm of tomatoes, elephants
and beans, which are being shipped
daily. Oranges and grapefruit are sell
dom shipped from this section until
late in winter or early spring as there
10 no danger Of freezing here and the
fruit In this grove as we'll as others is
allowed to remain on the trees until
thoroughly ripe, which is no doubt the
main cause of Indian River oranges
superior quality.
The second noticeable attraction mem
toned is e. G. Walkers 1877 acre plan
tation right here in town, with beau
tiful home site on Florida mountain.
A Florida mountain is merely hill
bdt = .saers are so few hills here when
one sees hill it looks like mountain.
This place has acres of fine orange
land and grapefruit groves and is one
Of the most desirable places in the
State, especially for one who wishes
home for beauty as we'll as future profit.
J. NJ. Morgan & Co., general mer-
chantc, are doing fine business here
in all kinds of supplies-crate mate
rails, etc.
J, NJ. McCullers is one of the early
shippers of beans. He is already re-
ceiving returns for shipments which
are netting good profits.
Going from here across the Indian
River two miles to Johns Island one
finds some beautiful homes and hos
pitable people. When upon first land
ing one is not allowed to go further
without first taking dinner, 1t is quite
natural that we fall in love with both
the country and the the people. This
was the case at F. G. Poppell's beauti'
ful home on the banks of the east shore
Of Indian River. Here one finds beau
ful scenery fresh ocean air and plenty
to eat. Mr. Poppell is one Of the many
winter vegetable growers here and is
shipping beans in plenty, but the most
attractive part of his place is the fine
young orange and grapefruit grove
back in the center OF the island. This
grove is but from three 10 five years
old We. there are hundreds of boxes OF
the finest quality of the golden fruit
among the dark green foliage Of per-
fectly healthy trees, which goes to
prove that this island country is as
good for fruit growing as vegetables,
Z. S. w. Holland is another large
grower of beans having nine acres for
winter shi ping, with ten acres to plant
for later crop; ten acres of young or
ange grove, guavas and other tropical
fruits.
Among the other growers who are
making daily shipments Of beans from
this place are b. b. Whiddon, w. X.
Kemp, j L. Chambers, Charles Harris,
G. J. Reams apd j. T, Je8kins.
% the island at Orchid A. b. Mi
chael has forty acres in all, principally
In beans
Frank Forster has the largest orange
and grapefruit grove on this island, "a
acres and OF the finest quality.
w. I. Jones is another grower here
With five acres for winter and ten acres
for spring-beans and tomatoes.
I. H Jackson is shipping beans, TO-
matoes and peppers.
Toledo is another good point on this
line two miles south of Quay. Here
w. II. Wig6eld has a 6ne orange
grove and nursery. e. v. Walker has
fine grove here ard some of the best
vegetable land in the State.