The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-11

PRODUCING :. f.Cd nj
plantations on the main lana ..
p l:Inr;ds are at two points on
! aLe Worth and on epoint on
Biscavne bay, near the s''e
old Fort Dallas.
The Guava.
The Florida guava is to the
people of this state, what inc
beach Is to Georgia. To those
accustomed to the use OF TINS
fruit there is nothing IN inc
pantry filled by any fruit that
the guava will not fill as wei.
No better Jelly was ever mace
than that from this fruit, ana
the ripe fruit itself is delicious.
The dried or evaporated guava
is scarcely known. and yet from
the best testimony it seems
likely that this process is deS-
tined to add very much to the
commercial value of the fruit'
The guava tree is in size and
shape and manner OF growth
not unlike the peach tree ana
does about as well in the south
ern counties of Florida as it can
anywhere. From its fruit is
made the guava Jelly of COM
mercc. so widely and so favor
ahlv known over the world.
The taste Of the fruit like that
/ Of most tropical fruits, is an ac.
! CURED one but when acquired
is fully endorsed.
Sapodilla
The sapodilla is grown some
hat extensively along the
coast Of south Florida and upon
the keys. Its profitable culture
will probably be confined to
the same limits with the cocoa
nut. The tree grows at first
quite slowly, but when once es-
tablished it grows more rapidly
and soon makes conical tree
about twenty feet in height.
The leaves are thick, smooth
and very glossy, with marked
tendency to form dense termi-
nal clusters. The flowers are
small. The fruit is formed on
terminal shoots frequently i'll
clusters of four and five.
i The Mango.
i The mango is a native OF
India. and doubtless its origin.
1t has been highly esteemed by
all who have become familiar
with it, from ancient times to
the present day. 1t is a fruit
OF peculiar flavor. apparently
combining the havors of many
fruits in one, blending them to
a perfection not known to any
other fruit. Not only. is it d
delicious fruit, but i'll many
: counties especially in the east
5 it is staple article OF food fol
=, man and beast. Besides being
t eaten raw it is made into jellies
on the west coast. This fruit
not only has value at home but
S soon produces large regular
/. land preserves, and even starch
\ and glucose are manufactured
J., from it. This fruit has beer
a growing for many years at St
r Lucie, on Indian river, as alst
it can be sent to all Northern
I markets and will bring goot
S prices. No one has to leari
Y to like the mango, and the de
e mand will be limited only b,
e the supply.
Avocado Pear, or Alligator
Pear.
This tree is a tropical ever
;, green with large, glossy some
= what curley and leathery leaves
a often very much crowded on tn
J, terminal shoots. 1t makes
: tall and erect tree, like the hick
: DRY of the North, with some
v what irregular branches, an,
hence becomes a marked object
a either upon a lawn or in
a grove. 1t frequently fruits a
;, five years old from the seed, an
n crops. The tree will endur
| about the same temperature a
q the mango. The culture of tn
: avocado is gradually extendin
, along the coast belt on bot
!. sides of the state. There ar
;s many trees fruited on the KEY
e and a few as far north as LAX
> Worth. The fruit finds a read
=, home market. as it always is i
m demand where known. TIL
r fruit is generally pear shape,
,e brown or purple when fully ril
and frequently of two pound
weight. The tree, ladened wi,
its fruit. crowding seemingly il
E. to dense masses OF leaves, is a
s. attractive object. The pulp
k, of a greenish yellow color r
e. sembling in consistency, and
er taste perhaps as much as an
en- thing, the yoke of a hard boil,