The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-03-01
FROM FERTILE FLORIDA.
What is Going on In the Land of
the Grapefruit. and the Pine.

J. f. Jones is a prosperous truck
er at Terra Seia.
r. H Emerson is shipping straw
berries from Hastings.
Simmons Bros. of Estero. have two
acres OF very fine beans.
Strawberries are being shipped from
Galloway.
Many Orange Springs growers are
planting their Irish potatoes.
E. D. Chambers has three acres Of
tomatoes and one OF beans.
B. F. Hull of Jensen. has thirty
five acres in beans which he IS ready
TO ship.
Green beans are being shipped By
\. Hoffman. Of DeIray. who has i've
acres.
Al Delray P Henderson Is about
ready TO begin shipping from his acres
OF beans
Oranges and vegetables are being
shipped in large quantities trom Co
Goa.
G. J. Johnson = growing some very
fine cabbage on his hammock land
near Abbott.
J. G. MAY. OF Fort Pierce, has 300
baskets Of string beans which are
ready TO be moved.
very fine Bermuda onions as we'll as
some extra large cabbage
c. B. Foster is shipping some very
fine oranges from Ca!ooSa.
About the middle OF March Nora
Lang. OF Esmeralda will begin shipp-
ing cabbage, beans and cukes.
Strawberries are claiming the atten-
ton OF l.. r. Lyles, OF Griffin He has
one and one quarter acres.
II. B. Hudson, of Clay Hill has quite
an extensive strawberry patch. but
has not commenced 10 pick vet
F. s ChesbOrO. of Deerfeld. is lin
ing up his accounts preparatory to
shipping his tomatoes during March.
G. Pink. of Cairo. ILL.,, has a fine
orange grove near Lake Conway.
which he says is in a very thrifty con-
ditiOn.
Strawberries are on the market at
Bowling Green. but the supply is very
short. owing to the long drouth.
Peach trees at Bowling Green are
showing a very heavy bloom and the
largest crop on record is looked for.
I. r. Funk made the fret large ship
ment of grapefruit from BoyntOn. 1t
consisted of thirty-six boxes of fancy
fruit
\ meeting of vegetable growers and
shippers was held at Palmetto Satur.
day to discuss matters of interest.
All vegetable and fruit crops at
Lemon City are looking well now and
many Of the growers are expecting to
ship soon.
/ Carl Snyder. OF Jensen, has been in
Pompano looking over the ground with
view OF putting up q packing house
there.
The Waters q Carson Grocery Co.
al Kissimmee, has packed nearly 40.
! coo boxes OF oranges and grapefruit
! this season.
Despite the COO, weather al Alya
manw Of the orange groves are show
ing a good bloom and heavy shipments
are being made daily.
{. B. Stevens. Of Lemon City. re-
ceiyed good returns from his beans
and he is going 10 plant another acre
in the same crop.
Oranges are nearly all shipped
from Eau Gallie and at generally fair
prices. The number OF boxes was
much in excess Of last season.
Richard Sparrow. William Beaver
and F. W. VI. Baker have purchased
twenty acres of land near Sanford
which they are preparing to plant TO
tomatoes and celery
: c. B. Hall & Co. of Sebastin. shipp-
ed some fine beans a few days ago.
grown on their Klondike grove. They
expect to be sending out heavy ship
ments this week.
Cold weather retarded strawberry
shipments from Starke. but as the
weather is warmer now the berries
are ripening rapidly and shipping is
being resumed.