The Ocala banner., 1907-12-20
FROM FERTILE FLORIDA
What is Going on in the Land of the
Orange and Grapefruit

: Orange and Grapefruit
Large shipments OF pines are still
being made from Stuart
Oranges, figs. strawberries and rice
are doing well in the AIgoa section.
over - cars of lettuce have been
shipped from Sanford up TO Saturday.
Sweet potatoes are selling at $L4g
bushel al Homestead and are rath-
er scarce at that
At Lake HeIen the thermometer
fell to 81, but neither beans nor to-
matO vines were injured.
Only a small amount Of vegetables
are being shipped from Fort Lauder
dale now. comparatively speaking.
Quite a number of DeLand orange
growers are fertlizing now for heavy
growth and bloom in the spring.
During the last mango season, c.
y. Pettigrew of Palma SOla sold from
three trees over $50 worth OF fruit.
The first shipment of beans from
Boynton went forward one day last
week. There were in all 40 crates.
! Coleman growers expect a cabbage
crop this season OF 500 cars. The
crop is 20 per cent. greater than last
season.
! Barnett & Sons, who recently NOV
/ ed 10 San Antonio, are cultivating IS
acres for the purpose of planting wa
CeTmelOns and cantaloupes.
y. 0. Penny and F. c. Clifford have
a nine-acre grapefruit grove az VerO
from which they expect to get be.
tween COO and 700 boxes this season.
/ VI. A. COye, the Alvin tg grower.
raised 400 cases Of figs this year.
which brought him 81 a case. They
were raised on one and one-third
acres.
The packing houses at Lake Helen
are all running full time, and full
forces, and by Christmas the fruit
will be well marketed. Some late va
rietes viii go over in 1908.
W. {. Summers Of High Springs has
raised on his farm on the outskirts of
that town, a crop Of sweet potatoes.
the average weight Of each being TWO
and one-haf pounds.
Some Of the Estcro growers have
been compelled to rush out their IAN
/ gerines on account of the cotton bug.
that have appeared in great quantities
and which soon ruin the fruit.
Farmers are commencing TO break
ground for tomatoes. Boynton Will
have about the usual tomato acreage
this year, but much larger acreage
Of various kinds of vegetables.
The Monarch Orange Company Of
Coleman viii ship 10000 boxes of or
anges this year. They are sending off
car day and as they ship good
fruit they are getting excellent re-
! turns
| The orange crop of Mt Dora, the
largest that place has ever had. is be-
ing removed rapidly. About 10 cars
week have been shipped since the
| season started. The trees have suf |
fered from lack of rain.
! J. Sakai Of Yamato, the japanese
colony in Dade county. is making a |
shipment Of two crates Of large and
extra choice pineapples to the rival
family at Toxic. This will be the
first green Florida pines to 90 10 the
Japanese empire.
K. Linke, who lives near ReevjJle !
sold sl75 worth of oranges from 14i
trees on his farm, after having used
all his family and friends wanted.
They We're Of the Satsuma variety
and the trees had been killed to the
ground nine years ago.
Recently P. J. HERS and S. x. Du-
puis OF Wauchula bought an acre and
half of beans for $3.50. They are
now through shipping. They shipped
2o7 crates from the patch, which net |
tey them an average of s1.65 per
crate, or s341.75 for the lot.
a six weeks drouth at DeLand was
broken last week by a good rain, The |
rain was preceded by slight cold
spell that caused the oranges to rim |
en- up. and heavy shipments are being
made daily. Four packing houses are
running full crews and about five cars
are leaving every day.-New York
J Produce News.