FLORIDA 



diflferent regions vary considerably. Among tliose 

 adapted to western Florida we have Alexander, Early 

 Cream, Elberta, Florida Crawford, General Lee, Im- 

 perial and Powers' September. For eastern Florida,— 

 Angel, Bidwell's Late, Colon, Ferdinand, Honey, Im- 

 perial, Oviedo, Taber, Triana and Waldo. For central 

 Florida, -Angel, Bidwell's Early, Bidwell's Late, Mag- 

 gie, Peen-to, Waldo and Yum Yum. For .southern 

 Florida, -Angel, Bidwell's Early. Bidwell's Late, Mag- 



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gie, Peen-to, Yum Yum, and othi 



Plums, as a whole, are adapted only to west 

 eastern Florida, preferring hammock and 

 flat-woods land. Burbank does well 

 the western section. In the eastern sect 

 Babcock, Botan and Burbank do well. 



Pears.— Kieffer, LeConte and Sni 

 pears do well in western aud eastern Fl 

 ida on hammock or flat-woods land. 



and 



Pineapples find their most congenial habitat on 

 scrub land. Soil from pineapple fields contains a large 

 percent of sand aud insoluble matter,-as high as 98 

 per cent. The land must be well drained, free from any 

 standing water, even during the rainy season. The most 

 extensive pineapple area is located on the sand hills 

 near the coast. The character of the vegetation and 

 physical condition of these hills or dunes is essentially 

 that of the scrub land of the interior. The slat sheds or 

 pmeapple sheds, which are constructed to afford a half 

 shade, serve a good purpose in summer as well as in 



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ItRapes fjnnv nii>i(lly, but need careful attention to be 

 kept in good lie;irinK condition for a period of years. 

 Hammock hind is pref.-rable for them. The 

 varieties gn.w to an immense size and produce great 

 quantities of fruit with a minimum attention. Of V. ro- 

 ti(inlif,,i:,i. Ih.- Scuppemong and Thomas grow luxuri- 

 antly in ;ili s.-,ti..ns. Flowers grows well in western, 

 east.i-ii an.l .■,-ntral Florida. Of the true Vitis section of 

 this i.'.'iins, Cynthiana, Ives and Norton do well in west- 

 ern Florida; Cynthiana, Ives, Niagara and Norton do 

 w,-ll in rast.rn Fhirida ; Cynthiana, Niagara and Nor- 



Kaki (.Tapanise Persimmon). — This fruit needs good 

 hammock laud or well drained high, or more or less un- 

 dulating flat-woods land. It is better adapted to west- 

 ern, eastern and central than to southern Florida. The 

 following varieties do well in western, eastern and 

 central Florida, and under most favorable nirnumstancrs 

 in southern Florida: Costata, Hvakuiiir. oliani.-, Tal. 

 er's No. 129, Tane-nashi, Tsuru, Yedd.i-irlii and Vi nion. 



Miscellaneous Tree Fruits.— I'd. hi- favi.ial.h- au- 

 ditions Jennings and Red Astraclian a|i|.hs may iiu 

 fruited in western Florida; Santa K<- apricot in western 

 and eastern Florida. Figs d.. laiiiv w.ll lur home use 

 and for canning or camlyiii- in .a-t.,-,, an.l central 

 Florida. They need a compact, liii.- textured soil. The 

 following varieties fruit more <ir less abundantly: 

 Black Ischia, Blue Genoa, Brown Turkey, Bruns- 

 wick, Celestial, Green Ischia, Lemon and White Mar- 

 seilles. 



Mulberries will grow on hammock or good quality of 

 flat-woods land in all sections of the state. The following 

 varieties have given good crops : Do^vning, Hicks and 

 Stubbs. Pomegranates make a more or less ornamental 

 fruit. Acid, Purple and Sweet do well in western, east- 

 ern and central Florida. Pecans do lie-t ,,n h.w liam- 

 mock land, especially in western Florida, i'li. \ ^uccei'd 

 well in eastern and central Florida, but luive'idi hi-en 

 introduced into southern Florida sutflcieutiv t.. i.ermit 

 definite statement. 



Strawberries. -The growing of this crop is con- 

 trolled largely by efScient and reasonable transportation. 

 If the crop cannot be placed upon the market promptly 

 it is worthless. The development of this industry is', 

 therefore, coincident with that of efficient and reason- 

 able railroad transportation. Probably nine-tenths of 

 the fields of the state are planteil on moist flat-woods 

 land, or what is locally known a- -ill 1 . n v flats. Such 



land is cleared and thorou-ii ■, means of 



open ditches. On such lan.l -; ; .in to ripen 



in January and continue uin il M ; i , it properlv 

 cultivated, though the seascu ,_.[ ji-iii; i.]e shi]>men't 

 rarely extends beyond the middle of April, E^peciallv 

 prepared refrigerator cars, so constructed that tlie ice 

 tank is filled from the outside, the water melted iieiu it 

 carried off without entering the car. keepiiu; the ajiart- 

 ment occupied by berries dry and cool in transit, are 

 now carried by some railroads on express trains. The 

 plants are usually set out every vear, in August, Sep- 

 tember and October, and bear a good crop the following 

 spring. The most successful strawberry growers con- 

 tinue to cultivate a ].ortie,i ,,f the old field to secure 

 new plants to be used the lellMivin- fall for planting out 

 the new field. Cloud. Newua.i, I.adv Thompson and 

 Wilson do well in western, eastern and central Florida. 



Citrus, hardy varieties 

 Citrus, once productive 

 Citrus, now productive 



Strawberries 



Pineapples 



winter. I: 

 slats reduce the 

 sunshine that 

 plants and conseq 

 the intensity of heal 



frost. The slat shed is a simple 

 structure, the essential part of it 

 being the roof or covering, which 

 is made of boards or slats fastened 



so as to leave an opening between y<ff 



the boards or slats equal to the * w* 



space covered by them. These vary 824. Horticultural zone 

 in size from a common plastering of Florida, 



lath to boards i inches wide. The 



height of the covering above the ground varies from 6 

 feet to rarely more than 10. The most extensive fields 

 are located in southern Florida. Smaller areas have been 

 planted in central Florida ; nearly all of these are pro- 

 tected by sheds, some of the sheds being so constructed 

 that the roof may be closed completely. The islands 

 or keys underlaid with coraline breccia form one of the 

 most suitable habitats for this plant, while the low, fer- 

 tile islands or keys are worthless for a pineapple plan- 

 tation. Red Spanish is cultivated more extensively than 

 all the other varieties combined. It is a hardy variety, and 

 one suited to extensive planting with a minimum amount 

 For extensive culture Egyptian Queen, 

 IJice and Ripley Queen do well generally. 

 Ill iv ].iomising, because not spiny. The 

 ! Iriiii ju-odnced annually varies consider- 

 ,rei,:,i,|v II. .t evcppded 100,000 whole barrel 

 Il c ' .1, i. ,,mIv a fraction of the possl- 

 m' pple growing in Florida. 



' I ! : .il>' for local markets, but 



"I c'li.il. luljle revenue to a number of 

 lilaiitatiuus. 'Ill, IiihI best adapted to them is a low, 

 nii'ist haiiinieck er a liay head, especially such soil as 

 is c, .111)1(1^1.1 lar-. ly ..f muck. Barajoa (Red Jamaica), 

 Caveii.lish, (H.hhn, Hart's Choice and Orinoco ("Horse 

 Banana") are leading varieties in southern Florida. 



GuAVA.-The guava has attained considerable im- 

 portance, though as yet it is not cultivated exten- 

 sively. Plantations exist in various portions of the 

 state, but the greater quantity us.il in canning and for 

 .ielly is collected from uiicnit'ivate.l .ir from originally 

 native growth. The native vari.ti.s t'row well on any 

 fertile soil that is well drained. IVrtile soil on cora'l 

 breccia is a favorite spot for the wild guava. The most 



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