Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-03-13

rgr following paragraph appeared in the editorial column Of
N, Prta Guda Herald last week
notwithstanding the decision OF the oisc> 10 ,ng Tn
-ry COMMITS, oer Crouch insist, that la,1to county hH
the largest finest and best exhibit OF Idheap}N 81 Uiy az
Fair and thai this wa, tA"ora'n Ola "' WV b, p
~ thc ,ioc~ to award The pineapple premium 20 ST. Lnae
county MAY We not Of the Tampa papers to inquire"
the Judges and publish their reasons.
Nov Editor Jordan is usually willing admit defeat when he
i, defeated but This he stands UP ANA h mat something
was yrog with the awarding Of the prizes Brother jordan evident
Is, wrote that a. filler wanted 10 see how the words arg nhcsI
ana hest would harmonic He not at the a ne Na" neither
Stos or St uce pineapple exhibit therefore we al To see by
what right questions the decision o the Judges III awarding Us
tho zc ON pip.pp It's De@oto county had nice exhibit
of pines and handsome specimens they were but when it comes
to saving that the 'as' finest ara pS EXHIBIT Of pine
annie AT the fair beg differ with him as did the judges
We happen to know what talking about for unlike
Brother ordl an the ground for eighteen days handling
o. same 7ineappe DeSotOs exhibit We are also
wiling to give them having the largest pncappe for they
made specially Of the smooth Cayenne under sheds while
ours were principally the Red Spanish grow" III the open fields with
o covering except blue canopy Of heaven The former variety
and method growing viii produce larger fruit than the latter but
for commercial purposes have them skinned mile Just in
This connection We would like ask the Herald they ship their
mines 10 European markets get good returns for arrival there in
good condition? We can and do
This however subject for DeSOo county, for Turing
former fairs she has carried first hono for growing Of pmeappes
This Of COURSE this section Of the State was not in compe
titon for the premium 1t Is hard admit for little upS like
81 ce county not yet three years Old jump and take the
craving pineapple, the world beaten When DSOto county
shs carload pncpps the whole state told about it in double
c,nmu head lines When St. Luce county ships anoad a day
for six veeisas she every thinks remark
able,
Then again other DeSoo county papers besides the Herald
accused the fair Judges playing ayoites and nal ing love-
other section, to heueft Tampa We
ak what earthly excuse could they have for mang love" tn st
c county at the expense Deoo Tampa expect to gain
ANYTHING but the other hand could gain by 'akn
love 70 DeSoo They are soIe-thai all
Now the edGcation instruction and entertainment
Brother Jordan DcSoto county well for the benefit on
own people these things reproduce
Gls from the report Hon B. f. Mc, commissioner agrim
tire on the crop 1905 He shows his pineapple table
entire state crop crates of which Lucc county pre-
ucd PSI so crates all other counties State Mex
came Dade then Lee, followed by Hshoo and fifth list az
reae tbe great DeSoto with the magnificent number
10 $50 than twenty seventh Of St Lucie croT
These figures apply the 1905 crop and by correc
estimate of the present crop hundreds pante
and come into bearing since then and it Conservative estimate
call the crop half million crates Now willing
rive Deoto doubling her output which would
crates which greater propoOtinate gain than Gee
Brother Jordan will here show him pineapple
than his widest dreams imagined They plentiful tina
fish in his own We show him hundred of pin
appes in one eldand that something he would hon
in hundred years While the editor OF The Tampa
charge Of the LUCE county exhibit hundreds Of residents Hill
or Polk and DeSotO told him they once started in
pineapple business abandoned it because profitable
that section. 1t is profitable here
This of away from the original question iudg
aid not award prizes what county could they did
and put up exhibition St Ice county put up the largest
host pineapple exhi9 and the prize its merits therefore il
~ to Editor Jordan Desoto admit defeat and down
gracefully as possible ,N