GEOGRAPHY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 153 



The leading crops in Brevard County in 1909 were oranges (over 

 half the total), grape-fruit (about one-eighth), "vegetables," sweet 

 potatoes, Irish potatoes, pineapples, corn, cane syrup, and hay. 



In 1913-14 oranges (nearly two-thirds), grape-fruit (nearly one- 

 fourth), (string?) beans, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, tomatoes, 

 watermelons, cucumbers, strawberries, cabbage, peppers, guavas, 

 bananas, onions. Japanese persimmons, egg-plants, and lettuce. 



In 1917-18 oranges (about five-sixths), grape-fruit, Irish pota- 

 toes, velvet beans, string beans, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, 

 sorghum, dasheens, cabbage, lima beans, cowpeas, onions, and grass 

 hay. 



The average farm in 1909 produced only 43.3 gallons of milk, 



Wk 4.5 pounds of butter (and sold 1.5, leaving only 3 pounds per farm 



family per year). 25 chickens. 86.5 dozen eggs, and about one. cow 



and one hog, but led all the rest of central Florida many times in 



honey, producing 72.2 pounds per farm. 



