The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-06-14
MORE ABOUT
FAIR FLORIDA
Winter Sanitarium and Pleasure
Resort of the Nation"
TO TIE FRONT
As Vegetable and Fruit Growing State
Florida is Only Beginning to
Roll Up tier Sleeves.

j. Yates Peek, in the Standard Union
of Brooklyn, N. Y, writes the follow.
ing:
"Florda, the open air winter sanitar-
ium and pleasure resort Of the nation,
has also become our great vegetable
garden and fruit orchard, pouring into
our markets the abundant and varied
products of her soil and sunshine, so
that we no longer need build forcing
frames and hot houses to supply our
ia )les in the winter. We get from
Florida what we want at less cost and
of better quality, grown out Of doors
AMI sent us by train loads fresh from
that wonderful peninsula that thrusts
it self down toward the tropics that it
might be able to supply us with good
things to eat Ill the Year round.
IF any Standard Union readers de-
sire to be thoroughly Informed concern
ing the farm products of Florida, they
may write to Mr.. b. L. McLin. Com
missioner of Agriculture, Tallahassee,
and they will receive copy Of the
third census of the State, book Of 300
pages brimful of the most interesting
facts and figures a veritable eye
opener showing in tabulated form the
phenomenal agricultural achievements
Of Florida and she is really only just
now beginning to roll up her sleeves.
"Florida farm products footed up in
1905, $50, 900, 900. The orange crop
nearly SO, 600, 600. Brevard county the
home of the Indian river orange, fam
Gus as the best in the world, received
1920, 900 for the crop. The State being
so large and the soil and climate so
diversified. gives weight to the claim
that no other State can as proftably
grow as large variety of farm pro-
duets. The fruit list includes lines,
pineapples, strawberries, peaches, ba-
nanas, grapes, pears, Japan persim-
mons, avocado or alligator pears, figs,
m lngoes, guavas and other less known
fruits. Last winter on the keys we
TO md that lines were Indigenous and
at Miami We're used as hedges about
the fields. The first barrel shipped
this season, as reported by the East
Coast HOmeseeker, sold for SIT, The
n It list includes pecans, peanuts and
co,oanuts. Pecan growing in Florida
promises to become very successful and
the growing of tobacco under shade
pr ,ducing the finest grade of Sumatra
is already enriching entire
but it will require more
than one column to tell the story Of
Florida tobacco and that must be re-
served for another article.
"The tomato output is something
really astonishing, reaching in 1905
81, 900, 235 in value. Of this vast SUM
Dade county received $GlS, rs more
than half, L. is the leading crop of the
country, although many other crops are
successfully grown. Walter Waldin,
Of Orange Glade, this winter, from
Hastings, the noted Florida potato
section, brought So. 80 to 81 per barrel.
They can be easily grown in Dade
county, and being earlier, will bring
better prices.
Through the courtesy Of Mr.. ]. +.
Ingraham, of st. Augustine, and the
permission of the Fast Coast Railroad
officers, we were permitted to inspect
tn building of the extension Of the
road now being vigorously pushed to-
ward completion over the keys and the
water to Key West, under Mr.. Flagler's
personal direction and active super
vison. 1t is a great work and is being
we'll done. We have never seen large
numbers of workmen so happy and con-
tented, so well cared for and well fed.
Applepies, fresh beef, iced water,
stone china dishes, fourtined forks,
graduated sugar at the very outposts
of the advancing industrial army in the
heat and tug of the battle This sub
ject will receive more extended notice
in another article.