Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-13
FLORIDA MELON
CROP WAS SHORT
CantaIcupes and Watermelcns Not 50
Plentiful as Heretofore.
Day wEArHER IS THs CAUSE

Crop Was Generally Short This Sea-
son Throughout ReIt--vesetabies
for FaII and Winter viii Be tx.
tensivsIy Grown This Year
The Ocala correspondent Df The
New York Packer. the leading repre-
sentative paper Of the fruit and yege.
table interests. makes the following
resume OF the situation IN this sec.
ton:
Ocala. the capital Of old Marion
county, located to be the capital Of the
State, is always one OF the most IN.
teresting places to visit IN the most
tropical State In the Union. OcaIa
Is thoroughly metropolitan and up.tc-
date and the improvements OF the past
year make this LITTLE city second to
none OF any size or location IN the
South. All its business streets are
brick paved and it's residence streets
have the best Of macadam and ce-
ment walks throughout. Ocala has
two daily and weekly newspapers, The
Banner and The Evening Star. up-to-
date and progressive publications, also
nne hotels and some OF the best
mercantile stores IN the State.
Everyone knows the land in old
Marion county Is Of the best IN Flor
ida, and as a result some OF the best
growers In the State live here. Many
OF The Packer readers are no doubt
interested in this State and its pro.
ducts. and while Florida Is generally
credited with the production Of tropi-
cal and semttropicaI products, yet
many staples are grown here with
entire success.
For example, Munroe 4 Chambllss
are the leading bankers here, but z.
4. chambliss a Co. are no doubt the
most extensive and uptodate farmers
in Florida, owning the Palmetto Park
farms here OF 1900 acres, G. d. strick.
LAND manager, and 1000 acres at Mar.
tin. Fla. g, p, Howell manager These
farms are combination Of fruit. yeEe.
tables and live stock. shorthorn cat
ale are the leaders to the number Of
100. with grade stock OF 800 70 400
and many scrub OF native cattle 70
breed up from, also hundreds OF sheep
and goats for purposes quite neces.
sary on ranch Of this kind. This
vast farm produces plenty OF feed for
all the stock and q surplus OF corn
and other grain for market. While
''baby beer and spring lamb are
apecialtles from the live stock depart
mont. the cantalouae crop this sea
son was no doubt the largest on rec
ord In the state Palmetto Park
farms, ocala, having 30 acres. from
which were shipped S,is7 crates OF
fancy sizes. the Martin farms OF GS
acres In cantaloupes shipped s156
crates also large fancy sizes; very
few ponies shipped from either place.
These shipments are exclusive from
other fields operated by choppers, Of
which there were many on this vast
plantation The Wilson Produce Co,
Of pittsburs handled the bulk OF this
crop and satisfactory results Is the
pronounced verdict here. The writer
bad the pleasure OF the season IN an
afternoon carriage ride with 2, G.
Chamhllss over this, the finest planta.
ton Of ita kind IN Florida, the Pal
metto Park farms.
other interested growers and bust,
mesa people here who read The Pack
or and appreciate Ice value include ..
NJ. livingston a Son, real estate deal
era Ia farm and vegetable lands. or.
ange grove properties and everything
elae In tho real estate line. J. N.
Livingston a Son are no doubt one
% the largest and most reliable real
estate comnanies In the Flowery
state.
Martin a earns are seed and pro,
ance dealers who supply most 81 the
growers Ia thls vicinity with seeds
for All crops and seasons
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