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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
New Giant Lettuce.

The lettuce growers of this state
variety, as described by the Carolina
Truck Grower, and test it as soon
as seed can be obtained.
The Department of Agriculture,
after interesting experiments, has pro-
duced hybrid lettuce which will be
of great value to greenhouse plant
growers. Standard varieties are eros
sed with wild lettuce plants i'm the eX-
periments, and the new hybrids are
described as nearly three feet tall, and
entirely free from disease. Each leaf
is perfect. Side by side with the new
hybridS were grown plants of the old
varieties, and the latter were blighted
with disease, while the former were
perfectly healthy.
A brief review of the experiments
may prove interesting to the readers
of this paper. Seed Of healthy winter
lettuce was planted, and when at the
proper stage the plants were crossed
with wild lettuce. Millions of seed of
these crOssbred plants were sOwn i'm
beds containing thousand each, and
three of the largest and best were
taken, while the others were destroy
ed. From the extra large, early and
fine heads another crop was raised,
from which only the best were saved;
from the seeds of these plants it is
expected that the department will be
able to furnish seedsmen with
sufficient supply to warrant the grow
ing of the new hybrid variety-a va
riety which will perhaps save from
ruin the winter lettuce industry, which
for three years has been threatened
with gradual extinction by the lettuce
disease
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
Plant Protectors.

The Rural New Yorker tells how to
protect tender plants from wind and
cold. Such protectors as are described
would last for several years if proper
ly cared for and housed when not in
use This would reduce the expense
to a mere trife, though the first cost
would be considerable, but that may
be looked upon as an investment
A correspondent inquiries how the
tarred paper plant protectors, mention
ed a short time since, are made. We
buy the paper by the roll, choosing
stiff, heavy grade, one yard wide.
Unroll it upon the barn or shop floor,
and with carpenters square and sharp
knife, mark and cut the paper into
different sized rectangular pieces, as we
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
Whale-O Soap and other Insecticides For SA"
E. O. PAINTER FERTILIZER CO., Jacksonville, Fla

wish different sizes in the protectors
For tomato plants we cut the pieces
about 12X27 inches; another good size
is 9X2O. Then cut as many square
pieces as you have of the rectangles.
using a 1O-inch square for the largest
size and an eight-inch one for the
smaller. The ends of large pieces are
brought together and Tapped about one
inch being secured by brass fasteners
This forms hollow cylinder much the
size and appearance of half-length
of st0vepipe. When fearing frost
these protectors are put over the
plants, lightly pressed into the soil and
covered on top by one of the squares
of tarred paper A handful of soil or
small stone holds it in place. We find
these protectors very useful in cold
windy weather to prevent tender
plants being whipped to pieces or
stunted in growth. For this purpose
we leave the covers off, so the plants
get benefit of sunshine and air. while
fully protected from harm by wind.
Among the flowers or very small
plants, empty tin cans, flower pots, or
paper pals come i'm very handy.
Plant growth should never be checked
from start to finish if we wish best
results, and Oftentimes a cold wind or
rain will give the plants setback
from which it seems hard to recover.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
Truckers Receiving Immense
Prices.

The Gainesville Sun reports that the
truckers in that part of the state are
realizing very good prices for their
produce this season.
Growers of caulifiower and lettuce
i'll this section are certainly fortunate
this season. as both products are
bringing large returns, and the sea
son, having been favorable, yielded to
the growers heavily.
The latest reports, which were the
reports of Saturday, from the Balti-
more and New York markets, quote
caulifiOwer at from $3.50 to So 30, and
lettuce from $3.50 to SHE per basket
This means Il great deal to the grow
erS of this section. as lettuce and cauli-
flower movements have been heavy
for the past few weeks, and the extra
good humOr of the growers is evidence
that they are satisfied.
The recent warn weather, however,
has had tendency to defer the head
ing of the lettuce, which promised ten
days ago to mature with the greatest
firmness. and much which should have
been ready for shipment at this time
will probably be delayed several days
on this account.
One trucker near Tacoma nearly a
month ago, cut from one acre of cauli
flower 100 baskets, which netted him
in the New York market, 50 basket.
This was not all the crop, but only
that portion which had matured.
The shipment of protected, or can
vas lettuce, which is said to be extra
choice this year, will not begin for
several days yet. 1t is expected that
this product will net easily So a
basket, and growers who have the
protected lettuce are anticipating a
big thing
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
A New Sweet Potato.

An item i'm COleman's Rural World
says that our California neighbOrs
think, or at least some of them do,
that they have found new sweet
potato that will keep as well as an
Irish potato. We certainly hope that
it is true. and that it will not be
long finding it's way East.
A sweet potato that will keep as
well as the Irish tuberS is what Prof
e. J. WicksOn. of the Department of
Agriculture i'm the University of Cali
fOrnia, hopes he has discovered. 1t
was picked up i'm the LadrOne Islands
by skipper who took aboard a lot
of most eXcellently favored sweet
potatoes last April, and, finding them
still in good condition upon his recent
arrival in San Francisco, gave speci-
mems of them to Professor WicksOn.
They will be propagated in the hope
Of working i'm the commercial world
of potatoes a revolution that will be
worth many millions of dollars to
California and boon to the rest of
mankind.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
An Orange Wrapping Machine.

Those who have large crops of Or
anges to wrap for packing would do
well to investigate the merits of a
machine described by COleman's Ru-
raj World. If it will wrap even 10000
i'm 10 hours it would be a good thing
if it is as well done as the article
claims. !
At this season of the year, when or
anges are coming into market in large
quantities, information concerning a
new machine for wrapping oranges
is especially interesting. Some of the
oranges coming from California are
wrapped with labels bearing stamp,
''machine-wrapped fruit; not handled
by hand.'' The machine is attached
to the end of the grader and receives
the orange direct 1t is simple i'm Ope-
ration, compact and perfectly auto
matte. 1t receives the fruit on an
endless chain, attached to which are a
series of cups, felt-lined and separated
by rubber partitions. The wrappers
are cut from a roll, after the manner
of a printing press, and after being
printed, are cut the desired size, when
they are ready for the orange. A
unique device twists the paper perfect
ly tight about the orange, which is
held in place at the top by rubber
plunger, while the other end rests on
felt-tOpped rod. So closely is the
orange wrapped that it is believed that
it will be practically imperviOus to
moisture. To prove that the machine
will not mar the skin. of the fruit,
eggs have been run through the ma
chine and wrapped without cracking
shell. The machine has capacity
of wrapping seventy-twO oranges a
minute, or 10000 every ten hours. 1t
would wrap carload in a day and
half.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07

the sO-called orange belt several hun
dred miles north. The fruit is very
thin-skinned. of exquisite flavor and
will pack from $50 to 22O to the box.
The color is more red than yellow and
shows up very handsome when packed
or on the trees. As the fruit begins
to ripen i'm October, which is the time
when the market is almost bare of
oranges, it will always command a
good price. Owing to the ease with
which the segments separate and it's
fine quality it has no superior as a
dessert fruit
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07

Mr. Brownlee is one of the most sue
cessful strawberry growers and farm
ers of this section and has entered the
stOck-raising business as side line,
but is meeting with such pronounced
success that he will probably devote
more time to it in the future. He
could hardly find a field i'm which he
can become more easily a benefactOr
to the county, and everyone will wish
his stock farm continued prosperity.
Mr.. BrOwnlee belongs to the class
of farmers who believe in making the
farm produce i'm the largest measure
possible everything that its occupants
need.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
Cattle from the Brownlee Farm.
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Mr. J. NJ. BrOwnlee, who is devOling
considerable time to the breeding of
fine cattle, had two of his HerefOrds
on exhibition in town last Saturday,
and they were greatly admired by
everyone who saw them. The well-bred
Hereford is very gentle and tractable
and the pair from Mr.. Brownlee's farm
led in by cOlOred employees on horse
back and carried first to the platform
scales at J. G. AlvareZ's store to be
weighed. The bull, splendid speci-
men and only three and one-half years
old. weighed 1892 pounds. and the
four-year-Old COW tipped the beam at
1000 pounds
These weights show very conclusive
ly the advantage of raising improved
cattle and should stimulate others of
our citizens to new effort along this
line.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-02-07
Satsuma Oranges in Texas.

The following item is from the Ocala
Tanner:
Houston. Texas, Jan. 13.-The Sat
sunni orange is bound to play an i'm
portrait part in the development of the
gulf coast country of Texas. 1t is I'M
dOubtedly the hardest variety of edi-
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05

through the advice of Mrs. Pinkham-
of Lynn, Mass, which is given to sick
women absolutely free of charge.
The present Mrs. Pinkham has for
TWENTY-FIVE years made a study of tl9
ills of her sex 4; she has consulted with
and advised thousands of suffering
women, who to-day owe not only their
health but even life TO her helpful
ADVICE
Mrs Fannie d. Fox, of Z Chestnut
Street, Bradford. Pa, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
81 suffered for a long time with female
trouble. and finally was told by my physician
that / had a turnOr | did not want to
submit to an operation, so wrote you for
advice / received YOUR letter and did as
YOU told me- and to-day / am completely
cured My doctor says the tumor has disep-
pcared and am once more well woman.
believe Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the best medicine in the world.
The testimonials which, we are con-
stantlypublishing from grateful women
establish beyond doubt the power OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound to conquer female. diseases
Women suffering from any form OF
female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass. She asks
nothing in return for her advice. It Is
absolutely free. and to thousands OF
women has proved to be more precious
than gold.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05
LETTERS IN THE HANDS OF
OAKLAND RELIEF COMMITTEE

There are letters in the hands of the
Oakland relief committee at the Cham
Der of Commerce. Twelfth and Franklin
streets. Oakland, for the following:
R. B. Boehnke Arthur Boetner, Mrs.
Johann nnh Bgandstetter. 9on @ % IA burger, Mrs. rs.
Maria Brook, Franz BocksleitRer, Adolf
Beer, Franz Bauer.
Rudolf Czermak, Miss May Carson.
D. David, John Dabcovich. Mr.. and
Mrs. Josef and Anna Dinic, Sam Dicker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam and Antonio Fisch-
er, Sigmund Fischer Rudolf Felix. John
Miss Evelyn Gillies. Siegfried Grun-
berg, Siegmund Grosslicht, Mrs. Rosa
Goldman, Captain Clifford.
Hucher, julius Hecht Otto Hennings.
Mrs. Elise Kofer, Herminn Harreisser,
S. Honig.
krmin Rohn Josef Sasaor Repes julius
Mrs. Leo and Maria Doris Kraker. Mrs.
Maria Kaindl, G. II Kahn, sigmund and
Mrs. Freda Lehmuth, David Landau.
Deward Leopold, Paul and Max Leder.
Mis- Helen Leyon, Mrs. l. d. Late, Louis
Mate Mattarolla, Mr.: and Mrs Paul
and Amelia Meinhsrdys Gustav, Mecht-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles and Anna Mel
son. Con M. Nolan. Nicoio Nikoletich
Mrs. Amelie O'ConHof, .. II. Oliver.
James E. Porter, Pierce Jefferson.
Hugo Pulitzer, Kafnillus Pomeisl, Aug
ust Peter. John PaterHost, Ernest Purt,
Victor Papper.
John c. Quinn.
Chris Rosen, John Ritter, Franz Roth
bauer, Miss Herminn Roth, Mr.. and Mrs
Franz and Anna Rainer,; Lewis B. Rog-
erss - 'ss.erts
N. Stenson, Mrs. Stone, It. Scheff &
Bros. w. w. Scott, Alexander Smie-
ry Sehwarz, Miss Madge Sandison DR..
Desider Stapler, Mrs. Elizabeth Sour
dry. A. F. St. Sure.
Miss Gertie Thieler, Mrs. Kielia Tesra.
Luka vlajki, Heinrich and Richard
Werner, John Drayton Whitney.
Charles Wellisch, Mrs, Til. Williams.
Otto Wild, josef Wiedermann, George
Wachtler.
Carl Zuckermann, Mrs. Maria Zisch-
ka a Zaskovsky, Mrs. Helenn Zilmor.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05
MISSION CITIZENS
FAVOR THE PLAN TO
WIDEN CAPP STREET
Protection Club Sends Out
Circular Supporting the
Burnham Plan.

The Mission Protection Club is send
ing the folIowig circular out to prop
erty owners fronting on Capp street
and elsewhere along the line of the
proposed extension of Van Ness avenue:
The Burnham plans for the improve
ment of San Francisco contemplate the
extension of Van Ness avenue southerly
into Capp street and the widening or
Capp street to Bernal Heights. This
will make a beautiful boulevard bisect-
ing the Mission and rendering such a
sweeping confiagration as has Just
devastated the city practically lmpossi-
Bile. II on April Is. 1905, San Francisco
had been Nintersected by such boule-
wards as now exist in Chicago the hre
which followed the earthquake would
have been confined to comparatively
narrow limits.
The public committee which has had
in charge the matter of making recon-
mendations as to the alterations in the
little attention to the Mission. 1t be-
hooves the Mission owners TO bestir
themselves if they DO not wish the
present unsurpassed opportunity for
Improvement TO be lost for them.
To the end that the Mission shall not
be neglected, a number of owners of
property fronting on Capp street and
elsewhere in the line of the proposed
extension of Van Ness avenue are form
ing an organization with the special
end in view of promoting this improve
ment. Many of them are willing to do
nate the necessary land.
The purpose of this letter is to ascer-
tain what is your view of the proposed
Improvement and what you are willing
TO do to assist il.
inclosed postal card and mail il without
delay.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05
PASS ALL
motions
To PRINT
Supervisors validate the
Ordinances Made in
Emergency.

In a resolution adopted yesterday
the Board of Supervisors legalized the
acts of that body during the days that
followed the earthquake on April is.
All of the emergency measures adopt
ed by the board during those days
were passed to print yesterday. The
vote was unanimous except as TO
granting of the franchise to the Home
Telephone Company. Five opposed this.
The telephone measure was taken up
separately. Supervisor Boxton, who
has been opposing the company, spoke
against passing to print the measure
granting it a franchise, but though
four of the board stood with him the
motion was adopted.
The committee on hospitals and
health was ordered to look into the
condition of the Sanitary Reduction
Works. Several members of the board
suggested that if the company could
not carry out its contract 1T should
surrender its franchise.
The Downtown Merchants Associa-
tion suggested that the board should
secure a salt water system for the pur-
pose of fighting fires. They recon-
mended that reservoirs be located-on
the SUBMITS of the larger hills.
Resolutions were adopted in respect
to the memory OF Samuel Braunhart.
ex-Supervisor. This is the second time
the board has adopted such resolutions.
The first were introduced upon the
premature announcement of his death.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05

by the bureau for clearing up the in
surance situation in San Francisco
One of these firms is incorporated in
New York and the other is Incorporated
in Southern State
Secretary E. F. Mohrhardt of the
General Adjusting Committee has noti-
fed the companies interested in three
of the large losses that have been ad-
justed to meet at the ferry building to-
morrow to proceed and determine the
question of their liabilities and devise
plans for payment. The first loss to
be taken up will be that of the Baldwin
Jewelry Company. Nine insurance
have been summoned to meet at 1920
a. m. Wednesday.
TAKE UP FIRST LOSS.
1t was expected that the loss of the
California Wine Association would be
the first TO be taken up and settled by
the companies interested. but this loss
was assigned by the Fire Underwriters
Bureau before the general adjusting
committee of fifteen was appointed The
Baldwin Jewelry Company's loss was
the first assigned by the general ad-
justing committee. and that is the rea-
son a meeting of the companies in
volved in that risk has been called first
by Secretary E. F. Mohrhardt. Two
other meetings of companies interested
in large losses have been called for
Wednesday. One is to take place at
11:30 q. m, and the second at 2:SO D. M
The place of meetings. of companies
interested in the large joint losses will
be determined TO suit the convenience
of the companies concerned. II there
are ten companies interested in the
loss and seven of these firms have
Offices in Oakland, in all Likelihood the
meeting to decide on the liability and
method of payment Will be held there
If the reverse is true. as-to the .loca-
ton of the Offices of the companies the
meetings will probably take place in
San Francisco.
One hundred and FIVE losses were as
signed to the adjusting board by the
general committee of fifteen yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05
FIRE CIsTERNS WERE SUCKED
DRY, SAYS CHIEF MURPHY
Says Department Knew Where They
All Were, and Made Use of
One.

A story that the Fire Department
overlooked some water that might have
saved property during the great fire
that water in several covered "reser-
voifs"-the firemen call them cisterns-
that have been kept filled for years to
meet emergencies was entirely over
looked-the firemen standing directly
on top of it and only escaping being
drowning because the covers of the
cisterns did not break under their
weight.
I'VE used the water in every cistern
that held any" said Battalion Chief
Thomas Murphy yesterday. Property
owners may rest assured that nothing
thin enough TO run through hose was
overlooked. We knew exactly where
every cistern- was and sucked every one
dry. Besides pumping this water on
the fire. we used it in the boilers of the
engines pumping water from the bay,
as salt water can't be used in boilers.
"A few of these emergency cisterns
had been condemned and had not been
filled for years. Three of these were
at FiIbert and Powell streets, Broadway
and Dupont street, and Ohio street. They
were built to hold about 10000 gallons
each. but in later years had become
sieves, and could not be,filled.
4 superintended the pumping out of
all the cisterns in the commercial dis
trict myself. Chief McCluskey, Captain
Cook of Chemical and myself saw that
the water in those elsewhere was used.
Some of these eis,erns had not been
drawn upon for fifteen years. All save
the condemned ones were always kept
FULL and they have all been refilled and
are full now. This fire demonstrated
that they are of great value and that
we should have more of them. The one
at Vallejo and Dupont streets entirely
checked the fire, and it didn't cross Pa
ciic street at Dupont. but got across
farther up"
Chief Murphy gave the location of the
serviceable cisterns. their capacities and
the days on which they were used. as
follows: April 1s. Montgomery and
California streets. $4,000 gallons: Mont
gomery and Commercial. $4,000; Mont
gomery and Sansome, 10000; Pacific and
Stockton, $4,000; Fremont and Mission,
5000: First and Folsom, 10000. April
19-Stockton and Broadway, 10000;
stockton and Vallejo, 10000; Dupont
and Vallejo. 10000; Broadway and
Powell, 14,700.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05
TRYING TO Find Her SON.

Mrs. Carrie Gibbs of 224 East Pico
street. Los Angeles. is anxious to as
certain the whereabouts of her son
Louis H. Gibbs, an electrical worker
At the time of the earthquake Gibbs
resided at 12e Hyde street, and his rel
atives have not heard of him since that
time. Gibbs wife is critically i'll in
the southern city. The mother requests
the assistance of the Electrical Wire
Workers Union in locating her son.
Rev. Karl w. G. FIillen Jr., pastor OF
the First NJ E. Church in Hampton
Neb.. writes to the Coroner to ascertain
if the fate of G. NJ. Coffin, formerly a
jeweler at 3l4 Sixth street, is known to
the authorities.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05
become. Insane After shock.

Mrs John Connolly. whose husband
has been missing since the morning of
the earthouake.s received information
Yesterday from John Carroll of 2010
Folsom street that the man she sought
had been seen two days after the shock
and had been arrested for insanity by
a soldier Carroll says that he met Con-
molly at an engine-house on Seven
teenth street, near Folsom. and that
the man was in a demented condition.
Inquiry at the engine-house showed
that Connolly had lost his reason and
been taken into custody by a soldier
Where he was sent to will be ascer-
tanned today by the authorities.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05
Handsome Frame Struc.
ture in Union Square
Is Taking Shape.

The building of the temporary st.
Francis annex is well under way,
Though the structure is to be only a
temporary one, the architects of the St
Francis, Bliss & -Favilb have spared no
pains to make it attractive. They want
to prove that a temporary building can
be made pretty.
The annex will occupy the major part
of Union square. Permission to use the
property was obtained several weeks
ago. Many globe-trotters will flock to
this city when they are certain they
can secure accommodations.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05
stndtfcld seriously Ill.

w. c. Stadtfeld. director of the
Loring Club. is. stricken down with
pneumonia Stadtfeld is living at 241e
Ashby avenue, Berkeley. where he went
after losing his home in the conf1agra-
tion.
The Loring Club was to have given its
next concert in a few weeks. but this
sickness of Mr.. Stadtfeld may delay the
date. ss.ss4 sl,ss.ss
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05
Mottrom-Tnuba wedding.

John Mottrom, former manager of
the Golden Gate Stables. was married
yesterday afternoon to Miss Matilda
Tauba. The wedding ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Father Harligan
of st. Mary's Cathedral in the residence
of the priest adjoining the church.
The bride is well known about the
city as a musician of considerable note.
She formerly sang in the choir of ST.
Mary's Cathedral