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The Loquat, a Japan plum or Medlar : We were shown this 

 fruit upon the trees that were very large, and vigorous bearers ; 

 I should judge ten bushels to the tree. This fruit will soon be in 

 the market. This will be rather out of season, a plum in the 

 spring. 



The Strawberry also has a natural place in her soil. This 

 fruit was shown ripe in boxes and also on vines in the semi-tropi- 

 cal building. One thing in favor of the strawberry here is its 

 length of season, which is nearly four months. The berries are 

 so long in maturing that the flesh is harder and therefore more 

 dense, and bears transporation better. Th^y come from Florida, 

 fifteen hundred miles, in better condition than from New Jersey, 

 two hundred miles from market. 



The Pine Apple to quite an extent is grown here of very fine 

 flavor and large size. We saw the plants setting their fruit. 

 They are propagated by slips mostly. The pine apple is one of 

 the most important fruits grown in Florida. 



The Banana is found in the southern portion of the State, 

 where it bids fair to compete with, or rival, some of the imported 

 fruit. 



The Cocoanut is found in the region of the banana. The 

 three last named to be successfully grown must be below the 

 frost line. 



A Peach has been found indigenous to the climate, bearing 

 the queer cognomen, '■'•Peentor It is doing wonders. Mr. 

 George L. Tabor claims to have shipped four hundred bushels in 

 one season. It is flat in shape, high color and when fully ripe is 

 very good. I saw some very fine trees of this variety full of 

 peaches the size of pullet's eggs. 



Since writing the foregoing. Miss Bess Huestis, the owner of 

 these trees that I describe here, has received for seven bushels of 

 them $100. 



The Le Conte pear is also grown here. The tree is the most 

 thrifty-growing of any pear tree yet found. Young trees will 

 grow from eight to ten feet in height in one season. I could 

 learn nothing of its fraitfulness, nor praise of its quality for 

 table fruit. 



