The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-09-13
CITRUS FRUITS
WEST OF TOWN
Nearly Six Hundred Acres In
Oranges and Grapefruit
PROSPECTS BRILLIANT
Many Trees Bearing at Third and fonrta
Years and Present Crop viii Cover
Total Outlay, Including | and.

fort i'leice as an orange and grape
irult center Is not proposition that
mas been reckoned with in the past, but
within the next three years viii be one
OF the most important points in the
State.
For years our people were content in
raising pineapples but recently Il few
have discovered the wonderful possibli-
ties OF the country west of Fort Pierce
at Ten.Mile and Five-Mle creeks and
at White City as an orange and grape
fruit producing section and have quiet
" been at work in making groves until
now nearly six hundred acres have been
planted, nearly half of which Is bear
ing It's first crops of fruit.
In company with ID. Il. Austin and
Judge Otis K. Parker, lRIBTNE rep
resentative visited the Ten-Mile creek
section Monday and investigated the
orange industry at that place. TO say
that we were surprised at the extent of
the groves, their magnificent condition
and splendid load of fruit, but half ex-
poesses it. No section of Florida can
today show groves that are superior in
color, extent of foliage or splendid
growth, to say nothing of the load of
smooth, bright fruit that now re-
qares numbers of props to support the
young trees.
We visited each grove in the Ten
Mile creek section and could not find
any tree that was not magnificent
specimen of what can be produced here,
and all promise Il handsome return to
their owners in a very short time. At
this point there are one hundred and
fifty acres in orange and grapefruit
trees. nearly half Of which is now in
bearing and the crop on the trees will
produce enough to pay for all cost Of
land, clearing, trees and work that has
been put on the grove
The largest grove in this section is
owned by the Alapatahatchee Fruit and
Vegetable Co., and comprises fifty
acres, with nearly half of which is now
bearing its first crop Of oranges; the
next largest is that of Capt. w. j.
fucker, the promised Land" which
'as twenty acres of oranges and grape
'ruit. Capt. Tucker also has nearly
hree acres in Waldo and Jewell peach
IS, now two years old, which will put
q shame any ive-year old grove any
where. The promised Land will be
me- of the show places of this section
When the new rock road is built to Ten
'llIe creek, as the Captain is constantly
{ work adding new fruit trees Of var
Dus varieties to his place, as well AS
an ideal farm.
The young grove of Daniel Il. Me.
arty's ranks third in point of size,
nd contains seventeen acres, the old
st Of which is but thirCy months, while
We acres are but six months old.
What we say Of all the groves IN this
action applies equally to Mr. McCarty's
it is magnificent. The older trees
ow have Il fair crop Of oranges, and
ithln three years tn" entire grove will
p valuable property. Mrs, t.. Carl
ms twelve acre grove is the fourth
rgcSt, and some Of the trees in this
rove are the oldest in this section, be-
e nearly nine years old, and while the
'ees are planted 20X20 they are now
piping each other and are loaded with
splendid crop of smooth, bright fruit
hch will bring handsome sum when
aced on the market. j. ID. Almonds
rove of ten acres ranks fifth in point
size, and in point of excellence some
dges say that ii ranks first, but all of
e groves in this section have reached
lch a high point of excellence that
HE TRIBUNE man does not feel COM
'tent to pick out any grove as being
perior. But Mr.. Almond sold some
ms lruit the past season for So a
*, and none of it went begging by
" means, which speaks well for his
owe.
Among the groves of less than ten
res is that of G.. $. Tucker with nine
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