44 FLORIDA: ITS CLIMATE, SOIL, PRODUCTIONS, 



wine, it will produce 2,132 gallons, which, being rated at the low price of 30 cents per 

 gallon, will produce $639.30 for a man's yearly labor. As olives, capers, and almond 

 trees require no particular culture, they may be planted in ranges, at 30 feet distant, 

 in the vineyard, where the mildness of the climate allows the plantation. In Georgia 

 and Alabama these four productions may be raised on the same soil. 

 Vines, olives, capers, and almonds, planted on the same ground: 



5 acres in vines produce, as before stated, for a man's yearly labor $639 30 



175 olive trees, at thirty feet distant, will yield, after seven years of age, 

 about one gallon of oil each, which, valued at the low price of $1.50 per 

 gallon, is 262 50 



45 almond trees, 25 caper trees produce, valued at $1.50 105 00 



Yearly proceeds of a man's labor 1, 006 80 



I shall now suppose that, in the course of 30 years, we may employ 50,000 persons in 



the culture of vines singly : 



They will cultivate 250,000 acres of land, which will yield an animal rev- 

 enue of $31,965,000 



50,000 persons in the culture of vines, olives, almonds, and capers, on 



250,000 acres of laud, will yield an annual revenue of 50,340,000 



Total 82,305,000 



Cocoa. Fifty thousand persons engaged in the culture of cocoa will cultivate 

 200,000 acres of land, which will yield an annual revenue of $26,420,000. 



Coffee. One hundred thousand persons engaged in the culture of coffee will culti- 

 vate 200,000 acres of land, which will yield an annual revenue of $88,200,000. 



Recapitulation of the preceding estimates : 

 100,000 persons cultivating 500,000 acres in vines, olives, &c., produce. . $82, 305, 000 



50,000 persons cultivating 200,000 acres of cocoa 26, 420, 000 



100,000 persons cultivating 200,000 acres of coffee 88, 200, 000 



250,000 persons cultivating 900,000 acres, produce 196, 925, 000 



The home consumption of this country may be estimated to be annually : 



Wines, olives, &c $17,305,000 



Cocoa, &c 6,420,000 



Coffee . . 13, 200, 000 



Home consumption 36,925,000 



Leaving an immense surplus of exportation to foreign countries of 



Wines, olives, &c $65,000,000 



Cocoa 20,000,000 



Coffee i 75,000,000 



Exportation 160,000,000 



FIELD CROPS SUGAR CANE. 



Florida, both in climate and soil, is peculiarly well adapted for growth 

 of cane ; the earliest colonists cultivated it, and successive occupants, 

 French, English, Spanish, American, have grown it successfully; the 

 long period of warm weather, and the absence of cold, give a longer 

 period for the cane to mature. During the English occupation many 

 large plantations were opened, and later, since Florida became United 



