The Florida agriculturist., 1907-09-04

sea the tru1t store OF HICKS, OH ZOLn
street and Broadway, and there saw
beautiful display of Mulgoba Mangoes.
Surprised and wondering what place
was going to outdo Miami in the pro-
duction of this fruit, Mr. Weddell went
into the store and discovered that the
mangoes in the show window were
from Miami.
In conversation with Mr.. Hicks, Mr..
Waddel1 states that he is ready to
take all he can get Of that particular
fruit, and has sent samples of those
he received from Miami to all of his
customers, doctors, lawyers, clergy
men, and the wealthiest people of the
city.
The Hicks fruit store has the rep
utation Of being the best fruit store
in the United States, catering to the
Wealthiest class, who alone are fnan-
cially able to consume the higher
grade fruits from the Hicks store.
Besides the mangoes, there were the
avocado pears in the window, from
Miami, and Mr.. Hicks told Mr.. Wad-
dell that he received 50 and IS cents a.
piece for them and the same for the
mangoes. When leaving, Mr.. Hicks
told Mr.. Waddell to have all the Null
gobas in this section sent to him, that
he would take them ALL
There must be a great difference
between these mangoes and those
offered on the street stalls Before
we came to Florida we bought one at
street stand, but could only eat a
little Of it, afterwards when we read
P. w. Reasohers description of
seeding mango, "a ball of candle
wicking soaked in turpentine," we
thought that it was certainly an apt
comparison.
Lately we have seen, in some of
our state exchanges, squib processing
to give a comparison, which is still
worse We did not see the item in
the Oca1a Banner, but it must have
originated there, as two editors take
it up and proceed to set him straight
The items have no practical value,
so that those who do not enjoy a
little nonsense may skip the balance
of this. The two items are as follows:
Editor Frank Harris gives in the
Oca1a Banner this recipe for an arti-
fcial mango: "a man doesn't have to
live on the East Coast to get the bene-
fit of the mango. Just get ball of
cotton yarn, soak it in kerosene and
then dip it in castor oil and suck the
strings and you have a most excellent
limitation Of the genuine mango. Go
to any fruit stand and see if the by
standers can detect the original from
the counterfeit" We pass him over
to the tender mercies Of some of those
lower East Coast editors DON'T al
Jump on him at once-Ex
Sure, we'll be easy on him. He
cannot Justly be censured for his utter
lack Of taste and discrimination Was
it Bro. Harris who condemned the
watermelon because some guy pre-
sented him with a pumpkin?- st.
Lucie County Tribune.
Speaking of Editor Harris of the
Banner of Oca1a, we are reminded to
say that we have been keeping his
picture in the "over seven" album
but things now look as if we might
be obliged to change it to that of the
"easy marks" for evidently some wag
has been striking him to a finish on
the mango question. It hurts to think
that so good man should be roped,
thrown, and tied by any such an idea
as the following which recently ap-
peared in the Banner Read it ye
epicures. Read it and weep:
"a man doesn't have to live on the
East Coast to get the benefit of the
mango. Just get ball Of cotton yarn,
soak it in kerosene and then dip it
in castor oil and suck the strings and
YOU have most excellent imitation