March, 1900, 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
const, all of which w ill yield a good di al 
of fruit this sea-, m. There will 1m- i.ratic- - 
far lie low pslatka, even d'.wu the riser to 
Jacksonville There will l* Soiruitr-iv (1 ? 
Hasting* and f'Jleu St Mar> . It..- tr> • ir. 
now from five to eight ft-. -t high, «n>l «-s- 
eeedlngly vigorous 
The Pineapple Crop. 
Lee county sent on this rear, it l« *»t 
mated, a boot 4v000 crates of i In*-, -.ti.u-i, 
netted Die growers about $12 mv>. 
Around Tntnjm flay, >-p. -i.illy m th- 
PlneltHs petilnstiln, there ur< ■ r- - 
t-red plm ,-rle* which are doing all that <-ntild 
he asked or expected. «Jro‘ «d tin* oldest, 
thnt of Mr. Heard. has yielded thU v. ,r 
probnblv *7,000 worth of fruit, tb< nth* ', 
ore nearly all too young in t^nr jh or*. 
The crop on Indian river and Ijttr 
Worth, owing to the cold Winter, wa« 
about one-fourtli that of ttie pr>redlt«s *• -t 
son, say 25,000 crates 
The pineapple Industry tl. runabout tie- 
state Is flourishing The east const will 
produce 150,000 . rates ibis e.imn, 
Not long ago we published n letter from 
a correspondent on the Kt Lit rle-r, .-it 
Ing name and acreage of , very creo-.w m 
that station, and for u rndl'i* of .. r*-rol 
miles around, and his total* .-icnoonted to 
aeventy-Hve acres, nil covered and. Micro 
fore, nil Insured for > crop This is only 
one point, he It remembered. Tlu-e pin*- 
rles. rapidly being covered, crotch al"t,g 
ibe coast for ISO mile*. 
The covered pineries nl Ortaudo and for 
n radius of six or eight mile* number 
170, and include about nlnely-slx icrro 
Fruit and Vegetables. 
At our request the railroad oomtulsaltin 
ers kindly furnished <uch statist!.-* u. tb*j 
had at command, showing the qunni't!.-* 
and principal productions of the s'a'o 
moved by the trunk lines of railroad ilttr 
lng Ibe year ending June 30, 18X1, * * ' 
According to this n jiort there won- moved 
by the Irutik Hue. I1T,»*T»H l..u* of frut and 
vegetables. 
This does not Include the shipments made 
by express, which would pmlntMy It* 
crease the above figure* by 25 pet cent, 
tnnbing a total of six': ton* l.*tlmatln* 
the average pnekag. iruhglug from b.rr»|« 
(loWU to one peck <nt tel »t i weight of 
fifty pounds, we hov. t.2f . 2 .v>*i packs gt-s 
moved. These probably netted I tin -tow 
i rs Ji lts n package, which would rove a 
total aggregate return »f ¥l,Hlt, 100 i To 
this doubtless should lie added st leas! 2" 
pel cent to cover the hhipnieuW made hi 
other trunk line* .ml by * 1 . nori- from 
Jacksonville, Key AV-»t and Tampa This 
would give a grind total of about 
000 received from the fruit amt %-g. dalle 
crops, IncludtUR ttie omnf<* shipped a year 
ago. 
Vegetable, Teacb and Strawberry Crop 
The t'otnmUaloncr of Agrhuittn* e*n 
mate* tiir Florida crop for lies* to Save 
been as given tndon 
Tomnioe*. about lisutsm emit*, worth 
about $1.23 per crate art 
Dean*, aliout 400.000 ctntc*, worth about 
00 cents per crate. 
Strawberries, about 2,t*X».dOO quarts. 
Worth aliout 20 cents per quart 
Irish putah-t about 220.ots> bushels, 
worth about $1 2f* i~-r bush. I 
I'ntibage, 170,000 barrel* worth about 
$1.10 a barrel. 
Peanut*, MOjOOO bushel*, valued at snout 
,*! st btiabel 
< ucumbetrs, 80.000 crates, which pmb- 
ably netted the grower about $ 1 . a crate 
lettuce, 50,000 baskets, worth about. 
$1-25 a basket. 
Peach* lOO.COO bunk'd*, worth about 
$1 50 a bushel. 
Barts, .15.000 crate* wrtb a beat Si a 
crate. 
was the a,„*. i , Trr saw I* there net a 
Variety call* - 1 * Midland ’ -w a trim! that 
• lit k. p alt water. H. ft Puller 
Puller * question - Kd. 
Will not some of our readers answer Mr, 
GOOD rOHATOHS 
In the February, 1 ,% 0 . report, RnHetln 
17". of the Michigan Rtpevin.'-ni jttatjon. 
a review l* given of the pt|tsrlm«nt made 
Sacks) Pear Trsa st Urh-ma. Ill 
Kggfdaut*. 90.000 barrel*. worth 92.50 a 
tarral. 
WatennrhxM. 2,200 mrloada, worth about 
$tl" a carload. 
Cantaloupe*. 50.000 bam la. w».nh $1 .10 
a barrel. 
Heels. 88.000 born-ls. worth UN a bar 
rot. 
iiiorn pros, 00,000 ftii.-*, worth atwut Cat 
cei l* a crate. 
Vegetables. 
WANTS WINTER CABBAGE 
AVuverty, la FeU 12. HW0 
American t'nili j> d Vogvtahj.- Journal' 
tlentleuicn I think that yowr pA|V r will 
till a want f*>r a <mtrf«Md veirotahl*. ami 
frutt Journal tv thla latitude 1 s«d it d. 
* Ira We to grow vegetabtea in eoBUM-t'oi, 
with »n.*ll fruit* There b a front rail 
Err sqUAsk, pur* nips. |K>Utoes and rate 
bayr l hav.- great sal* f.-r th.se as w-'ll 
m« for bprrte* loot ante t.t li> b»»! num- 
ber entbhnl Thatlkg U worth 
U3*>o*i I hair proved it* truttifulu... I 
t'li til .si four It'S-* lu»l Jn:te amt pbn'c.1 
di'.-p. using dild.il- • to make .tides with 
Nearly every plant beaded up aid tb* patch 
m test log t Weill J- **Ue varleltes of Urn; etc*. 
of which I kin •tium.nry U mad*' 
Earilnt la ..f th* i-st .‘arty ripemsg 
vartetie*. Att« title and Ruby follow Caro 
lk-»t amt the fruit » ar* of iargsr *.a» 
Advance H one of the best early k! da 
twartng *«>»» fruits, teroe Heanty ls»- 
mlu-ju lnj, Lciu.imn IVrfartWia amt Pro 
ta to l*-af IgmiUun iro svrth ut f«w <b* «»•* 
era! crop 
tioMen Qnrou rod li-.hl** «'Jfc>ry aro 
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