The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-08-07
CITRUS FRUIT CROP
FOR COMING SEASON
BumperG Grapefruit Crop with
Fewer Oranges and
TangeIineS.

uIudy ldHJ we CLIP tne 1OllOWlng eSCl-
mate Of the coming citrus crop in
Florida as gathered by the State rep
resentative OF that paper from num-
Der Of large distributors, none of
whom operate in this section the
jacksonville correspondent Of The
Packer says:
There seems to be a wide differ
ence Of opinion as to the citurs fruit
crop Of Florida for the season 1914
-. To sift the matter down The
Packer man interviewed a number oil
the largest fruit distributors in the
state.
H. c. Schrader, of the H. C. Schra-
der Company, this city, says:
There have been a great many re-
ports sent broad cast that the citrus
crop in Florida has been cut very
short by the severe drought. | have
just returned from trip throughout
the entire state and the crop is not
very short. 1t is true that the
drought has caused great deal Of
dropping but the bloom was UMPIRE
cedently heavy, therefore the trees
could well afford to be relieved Of
some of their fruit. | believe that
the total number of boxes will be full
~ as large as last season. There
may not be as many oranges but the
size will average larger. Although
in some sections the total shipments
may be less than last year, in others
there will be an increase to make up
for it, We are now enjoying copious
rains and the weather in every respect
is ideal for making a fine quality OF
fruit. Early shipments Of oranges
will begin to move some time dur
ing October.
THE grapefruit crop will exceed
last years yield by at least 90 per
cent perhaps 100 per cent. The out
look for fancy quality is good at pres
ent. Some time ago we received sew
e1al reports that many groves were
infected with lemon scab, which
spois the appearance of the fruit,
but now it seems that this scab is not
Sc bad as was reported and Florida
will produce very healthy crop of
grapefruit which will be pleasing to
the eve as we'll as being of good eat
ing quality. Shipments will begin
IN september. 1llc GailSSlihN WV
will be short"
S. s. Dewson, of the Southern
Growers Company says: From
information we have received through
out the state, the grapefruit crop
will be considerably larger than last
year. The orange crop, while short
in some sections, we believe, will ne
fully as large as the season of 1915
IA, There is a large acreage of both
grapefruit and oranges that will come
into bearing this year and while tie
Weld will not be large on these new
groves it still helps to swell the total
number of boxes throughout the
state. The tangerine crop is quite
short as compared to other seasons
but we believe that the total citrus
crop for the season 1914-15 will be as
large if not larger than last season.
Shipments will be early as we have
lot of fruit in the Lake Harris sec.
ton which promises early shipments,
One of the men representing one
Of the largest transportation compa-
MES in the South Atlantic states said:
81 have carefully gone over the STU
alton and in the territory reached by
cur line there will probably be about
the same amount of fruits as last sea-
son. The oranges will run some less
but the grapefruit crop throughout
the state is heavier"
The prevailing opinion from rela-
BILE sources places the citrus fruit CROP
about the same as last season and no
doubt if weather conditions remain
favorable the estimates are correct.
There have been local showers In
about every section of the state and
trees are in excellent condition.
In Pinellas county, Kramer Potter
president of the Tampa Bay Packing
Company. reports that "the ccoming
season will be one of the most prolt-
able that has been enjoyed for years
hv the citrus fruit growers. In the
northern part of the county where the
main crop of fruit is grown the
drought cut the size of the crop con-
siderably but the entire crop will be
an unusually lcrre one. both of Or
anges and grapefruit. The fruit has
hung well to the trees and the sur
plus that has fallen off left Just
enough to mature WELL