The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-03
REMUNERATIVE FLORIDA CROPS
State Has Many Advantages That
Have Made it Famous

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Florilas -ryat diversity Of pro
e.i.ts hiss made the state famous. nm
r. is Il reason The State extends
lerih and south throuah IL miles
attitude. Il narrow peninsula. pro
= i'ti on the east, west and south by
.ler bodies of salt water. Standard
TOPS u all SORTS Of Vegetables and
iHits. including many tropical ana
mi-tropical varieties. can be raised
every month in the year No other
state or territory in the Union can do
- much
/ It was not until recently that Flor
Ida was considered seriously as a corn
j reducing state. but statistics now
show that it can hold its own with
the best i'm the South Skill and in
telliScnce have been incorporated with
soil and climate, and as Il result S.
and 90 and even as much as 10
bushels of corn have been raised to
an acre. 4 high grade tobacco is also
raised in abundance on some of the
Florida soils As much as LOO to
Zoo pounds to the acre have been
harvested, and this is far from being
an exceptional production.
In the middle tier of counties good
crops OF corn, cotton. tobacco and SUI
lar cane are also raised. but more
attention is given To truck farming,
particularly to Strawberries water
melons and eanialouprs. II is ems.
tGmary for some one territory To give
particular attention to some one crop
For instance. HASTINGS farmers give /,
most OF their attention To Irish pGia Il
tees, but recently they have been /,
raising sea island cotton and also find
some of their land well suited tn
Strawberries. In anothcr district,
such as Sanford celery is raised. In
still another section, Lakeland and
Plant City, for example, Strawberries
are given the preference. In these
localities the buyers come to the
growers and pay cash for the crop n.
the station and in some instances In
the field.
The southern counties of Florida
are making rapid progress at present.
Citrus culture and truck farming are
receiving the greatest attention. All
sorts of vegetables can be raised al
most every month in the year on
the same land that is maturing the
I itrus grove. The most profitable
vegetables grown in many localities
are tomatoes, peas, beans, eggplant,
taulillower, celery, lettuce. potatoes,
cabbage. okra, etc. Hundreds of
thousands of crates of these vcgcta-
bl"s are shipped by express and fast
freights TO Northern markets all
through the winter and Sprinr
J. onthS, when The soil i'm the vas,
majority of the country throughout
the United states is frozen and coy
cred with SNOW
The soil OF Florida aided by the
climate offers another decided adyan-
taee in that several crops can be
raised in one year on the same piece
tf land Two vegetable crops and
Dne staple crop are unusual. For in
stance, Irish potatoes are dug, sweet
POTATOES are planted and when the
last crop is gathered ton of has
an be made 10 the acre. Celery fol-
Ows lettuce and then potatoes on til
'amc land followed by "A crop of hay.