1006 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
FROST AND PRECIPITATION FOR FLORIDA 
Frost Precipitati’n 
Average Date of Date of 
Station Annual 
First Kaill- Earliest inches 
ing in Last in Killing in Latest 10 
Autumn Spring Autumn Spring 
De Funiac Springs........ Nov. 21 Mar. 13 Oct. 27 Mar. 29 67.8 
Pensacola..............4. Dec. 5 Feb. 23 Nov. 12 Apr. 6 56.8 
Talahassee............... Dec. 8 Mar. 4 Nov. 4 Mar. 28 58.8 
Jacksonville. ..... Si neeeee Dec. 6 Feb. 19 Nov. 12 Apr. 6 53.4 
Archer..............000-- Nov. 28 Mar. 9 Oct. 24 Apr. 16 54.9 
Eustis... ...... 0. cee eee eee Dec. 28 Feb. 18 Nov. 28 Feb. 24 49 6 
New Smyrna............. Dec. 24 Feb. 17 Nov. 28 Mar. 18 51.1 
AMPS.......... eee ee eee Jan. 9 Feb. 8 Nov. 28 Mar. 19 53.1 
Bartow..............000: Dec. 21 Feb. 16 Nov. 18 ar. 17 54.5 
Jupiter...........0..0000. Dec. 29 Feb. 14 Nov. 18 Apr. 7 58.7 
Myers... . 0. c ccc ce fee cece cece cele ecu e ee eues Dec. 21 Feb. 14 55.1 
Miami. ..... ole cee cence cle cc cevcacccalecnceeeeuees Feb. 19 58.3 
Key West... . 0... ccc cc lec c ec eee claw eens eeeeealeenveunees re 37.9 
Nort Firorma. For bloom period of Food How Cooked H.M. 
woe Pork, fat and lean. eee eee Roasted ........ 5:15 
Apples, see Lowisiana. Pork, recently salted... Stewed ....... 3:00 
Pork, recently salted................cc0 De C18 4:15 
Potatoes, Trishu.........csccssessensusuccesees Baked. ...........- 2:30 
F ood Potatoes, Irish... eeecssesseeseeees Bolled _.......... 3:30 
Salmon, salted wecaneccsnseucsseneuuceeasanaee Boiled eeeenganeous 4:00 
. . ® Sausages, fresh... cccccereseuereavecns roiled .......... 3:20 
Time Required for Digesting SOUP, DOAN ...cccccecesrecsecuseseeenecusseseusre Boiled oo... 3:00 
Food How Cooked ELM, Soup, chicken... eesseeesseeeees Bolled ............ 3:00 
Apples, Sour, Hard... esses RW coceceeececeee 2:59 SOUP, MUttON one eeeacneneneans Boiled ............ 3:30 
Apples, sweet, mellow... RAW vocccecnccceee 1:39 Soup, beef, vegetable... Boiled. ............ 4:00 
Bass, Striped ..--..ssccsccssceseceeceonseceocece Broiled 3-99 Trout, salmon, fresh......0.000.. 1. Boiled .... ....... 1:30 
Beans, DOG. .....cccccscsccsccssensececereseere Boiled .......... 2:30 Turkey, domesticated ................. Roasted 2:30 
Beans and Breen corn.............. -Boiled 3:45 Veal, fresh OANA eee ee Boiled eee encewenen 4:00 
Beef oo.ececccesseeseaceccsuceesscsecesesenoeeeeceesece Fried cc. cess. 4:00 Veal, fresh... ccsssecereteeneennnenes Fried ............ 4:30 
Be@etSteak .......2-.sescccceecnereencesenerntnenen Broiled .......... 3:00 
Beef, fresh, lean, Ary... Roasted ........ 3:30 FORECASTING Frost. See Frost. 
Beef, fresh, lean, rare.................. Roasted .. ..... 3:00 
BOC  -W-sncseerseeccernsensensceenseaceesneaenastense Boiled _ .......... 3:45 FREIGHT Rates of MoveMEentT IN. See 
Bread, COV. .seccccsccsecseeeareaccrressetereee Baked 3:15 . . . 
Bread, wheat, fresh ....... .. Baked 1130 Reduction of Waste in Marketing wnder 
CADD ASC  .W......:0-succenerersnacsneccsqnecsorenen Raw cesece scenes 2:80 . 
adiebe with vinegar........0........ R&w  wcvscceeee ae 2:00 Marketing . 
ADDARE]  ...eccscensnnenccencsenesrenecearnmnenceee Boiled ... 4:30 
Carrot, OTAN GC... cccancncccenccennasnnce Bolled 3:13 F rost 
Catch — --.eese-recnesecsernecescsseennnenecenenen Bried «2... 3:30 . . 
Cheese, old, strong ettceseneneeseaeeeneeen Raw raene a 3 +30 Frost is frozen dew; the moisture of 
exen, fu TOW aseeccce  cevecunannne Tricasseeé enesde ° 
Codfish, cured ALY eececeee  ceccecenenes Boiled ........ 2:00 the atmosphere crystallized by the cold. 
Ducks tame Roasted”. “afop Young and tender plants are often in- 
Duck, W11G...0.0..--ssnssacesenscssosnnnesesenees Roasted 4:30 jured by the frost, thereby causing much 
Eeges, LreSh ioe. se ecsssscecensnercnecnnees R@&w  onieeeseneee 2:00 . . 
BXgS8, PLLOSD.A.....sesecenccececneneeensecereene Zcrambled ...1:30 loss to the farmer and horticulturist. In- 
Rees, freshen son boned 3:00 2S8mMUch as the wealth of the world is 
BES, LESH... -ecesecesecnecnecennennees Hard boiled..3:30 mainly produced from the soil, all kinds 
Eges, Pre@ST i.e esnsscecenseensecsene Fried ............ 3:30 . 
Fowls, domestic..................... Roasted ......4:00 Of business and commerce are therefore 
reshed freehe nt Yesetabies.... Warmed - 33) affected by frost conditions and all classes, 
MIL eceececsneceeeen anutessenenceestceuneees vosneen BOULGA .eeseecesees 2:00 as well as the farmer and horticulturist, 
MILK ~.ncccccsnneceurannansusseepennrancoenanneesennen FRROW  cesne seneeeee 2:15 
Mutton, fP€Shoocececccoseoeeeeceen, Broiled .......... 3:00 Suffer loss. If, therefore, we could know 
Oysters, fresh oeeted 27283 the conditions and provide against them, 
Oysters, freslia.......ccsscsceeeceeeasereeere Stewed .......... 3:30 it would greatly lessen the uncertainty 
P@PrsnipS ~uscsoscceccncersececeucrennce pineenwacea Boiled. ........... 2:80 
of crops. With 
our present knowledge 
