The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-16
(Tampa Times, Nov. Z, 1910

anges and grapefruit as money Pre-.
ducing crops for Florida.
In comparisons they have tried to
show that cattle and hogs, potatoes
and tomatoes, naval store and lum-
ber, phosphate and lime had taken
the ascendancy.
Now these statistical sharks have
got to take their pens in hand and
beat a retreat, for the citrus grower
has gone over the top" and has
proved the superiority of fruits in
the money producing contest. k
If the reports that Hastings potato
growers after their successful season
this summer would only buy six cylin-
der and eight cylinder automobiles
are true, the automobile manufac-
turers had betterr take our top right
now and begin the manufacture of
2O-cylinder car that will meet the de-
mands of our farmer friends in the
citrus belt.
Because, oh man, there's going to
be something doing when the or
anges and grapefruit are all off to
market and the growers begin to won-
der what they're going to do with so
much much money and the wife gets
to looking longingly at the Fierce
Sparrows that glide by her door on
the wonderful Florida roads.
Citrus fruits that bring two to four
dollars a box ION the tree" mean
some of the luxuries of life as we'll
as the comforts for the growers there
Of.
And while we're singing this little
song Of forthcoming prosperity, allow
us to call to your distinguished atten-
tion the fact that dollar-equipped
tourists are at present rolling into
the State as they have never rolled
at so early a period before. The
war has brought prosperity to every
State in the North, East and West,
and thousands of those who have dol
lars to spend are going to "come early
and stay late" The railroads report
a record business, hotels are opening
much earlier than usual, and the rush
will be on in earnest before the pres
ent month ends.
Floridians, regardless of what the
war may have done to them hereto
fore, are going to have winter of
the milk and honey" variety
Get ready for it.
Only Croakers Fear Over-Productlon
! Every year live citrus growers add
to their groves and new growers plant
acre after acre of orange and grape.
fruit trees, and every year the "rav-
ems" sit around on their fences and
croak about how ''over-production
every year those same ravens
mourn about the high cost of living
while the growers buy new cars.
And it will be the same this year.
Lots Of well-meaning men may be de.
tered from starting groves by the
croaking of the pessimist, but where
one man gets "cold feet" there will
be 100 who are wise enough and far
seeing enough to plant new groves or
add to their old ones, knowing full
well the great strides in marketing
citrus crops since the advent Of the
Florida Citrus Exchange soon will in
sure uniform distribution of Florida
fruit throughout the country and that
the big advertising campaign carried
on by the exchange will make more
people in the United States want Flor.
ida oranges or grapefruit for every
additional box that is produced.
Florida is surely coming into her
own. The extra quality Of the Flor.
ida citrus fruits-their supremacy in
flavor and goodness over others-is
being proved every year and it is de-
cidedly up to the grower to see that
their supremacy is maintained. The
starting point of the supremacy is the
nursery. High bred. true-to-name
trees of Buckeye origin are responsi
BILE for much of ii. For 81 years
Buckeye Nurseries have been exclu
sively propogating citrus stock, build
ing up the virtues and eliminating the
defects until every tree they Offer
has come to be regarded as Like {
Government Bond"-a good invest
ment because 1t is absolutely safe anC
pays good dividends.
They who do not listen to thu
"croakers" are the backbone of Flor
ida's future wealth, for it is up t.
them to make Florida able in the fu
ture to maintain her citrus supermac,
and supply the ever-increasing ant