Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-03-12
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|. Exhibit at Jacksonville
cal Visitor at the Exposition-Fai air writes
Of Our County's Display.

. of St. Lucie county's observant
Appreciative citizens has this to
I the splendid exhibit at the Ex-
ion.Fair in Jacksonville;
I county commissioners, public
led set Of men, in conjunction with
Board OF Trade of Fort Pierce, a
men alive to the county's inter-
decided to make an exhibit of the
WIS resources at the Jacksonville
Inter Exposition and appointed
8 E. Andrews, X. B. Raulerson and
Austin a committee to get up
an exhibit. Mr.. Andrews was sent
cksonville to place it. st. Lucie
ty's space is to the right Of the
entrance on the main aisle as you
the building and occupies space
feet, over which Is erected three
pied booth in white and dark blue
Ing. In one corner is miniature
lpple field set out in the ground in
atural state, with plants In all
IS Of fruitlng, from the plant, red
the first blush of bloom, the bud
ing the apple just forming, the
grown apple, the half grown APP
he three.fourths grown apple and
nature apple, showing color, and
bully ripeued fruit. This field is an
% of great curiosity to the tourists
those who have never seen pine
field growing. At one end can
BEN the white sand and the slips
Set out as young field is begun.
bis field can be seen the several
Bites most cultivated, the principal
urse being the Red Spanish, then
Abakka, Smooth Cayenne, Porto
Egyptian Queen, Sugar Loaf and
d, also one wild pine.
ong the same side bearing banana
IS with several lunches Of bananas
melon pawpaw, which is an OBJ
Of great curiosity, few ever having
this tree growing with its large
on it and many questions have 10
nswered about it. From this view
can be seen a bunch of mammoth
cane, the stalks being IL to 20
long. Walking around the end
pee an oblong square erected, on
eh are hung many beautiful pict-
Of the various industries of st.
Q county.
be about five feet long is a panor-
view of the town Of Fl. Pierce and
& the observer very correct idea
e town. There are shown the va
scenes of the progress of pine
3 field from one clearing and set
a field, view of fully 200 acres OF
5, the apples ready to be picked, .
'ing scene, q packing house scone,
Ping the fruit being packed, 1860
les standing on one platform for
sment. Other scenes Of orange and
pefruit groves with the fruit on,
b potato field, 80 acre tomato field,
y cane growing, and fishing indus
. One picture showing over $4,000
hds Of Spanish Mackerel caught
hook and line In one day outside
Ian River inlet, all very lastly
,g and arranged. These picture
? all taken and prepared by the
fida Photographic Concern Of Fort
pee, which was the official photogra-
r for Mr.. Flagler on the East Coast
West extension and which IS an
Portant industry Of Fort Pierce.
r the corner opposite the main en-
pee is erected a large sloping pyra-
table l8x22 feet on which is de-
led by all to be the prettiest show
Pc whole Exposition. AT the base
piled FIVE pyramids Of spotless
|petruit without blemish. Between
|n In the form OF q diamond the
|utiful red gold Indian River orange,
p without spot or blemish, the point
me diamond running nearly to the
OF the stand, extending downward
|ween the two points OF the oranges;
|garines in their beautiful dark or
Ee color, in a half diamond or inTer-
pyramid, the top capped with q bor-