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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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DADE COUNTY , FLORIDA, FAIR . 
While the Northern States are still 
wrapped in tlie chilling- embrace of Winter 
the horticultural fair of the. east coast of 
Florida is being held at Miami. It was 
open to visitors from March 9 to 12,was well 
attended from start to finish and was 
highly creditable to the country represent¬ 
ed by the exhibits and to those who made 
them. At this time of year there are thou¬ 
sands of pleasure seekers from the North 
and West visiting southern Florida, to en¬ 
joy the lovely climate and many other de¬ 
lightful things that are only to be found in 
such a region, and they gladly made use 
of the chance to see the fair. It was a 
fair pure and simple, with no side shows, 
no fakers, no races and, strange to say, no 
entrance fees nor admission charge. It is 
supported by the nurserymen, the business 
men and the East Coast Railway. 
It may not be known to all that there 
are a few regions in our country where 
the climate and soil are such that the Win¬ 
ter season is one of luxuriant growth of 
vegetables, fruits and flowers. The lower 
east coast of Florida is one of this char¬ 
acter, and Dade County Includes most 
of it. From Roekledge the native and cul¬ 
tivated vegetation begins to have a tropical 
appearance, and at Jupiter it is decidedly 
so. The cocoanut and mango are seen on 
every hand and the farther south one goes 
the larger and more luxuriant they are. 
Pineapple fields are as common as those of 
potatoes in New York. Tomatoes, snap 
beans, egg plant, sweet and white potatoes 
all grow with safety. Very little cabbage 
is grown because other crops that will not 
endure frost and that bring better prices 
can be grown just as easily. Miami is in 
the center of the county where the Winter 
truck growers are operating and where the 
strictly tropical fruits and flowers are at 
home, and here the fair is held each year. 
It has been only about eight years since 
the railroad reached this point and when 
quick shipments could be made to north¬ 
ern markets. Before then the only way 
was by coasting vessels of light draft that 
could enter Biscayne Bay through the 
natural inlets. Now there are deeper chan¬ 
nels cut and at the present time the Gov¬ 
ernment is beginning to dig a new 18-foot 
channel from the bay to the ocean, and to 
build substantial jetties to keep it open to 
the safe passage of big ships. The present 
status of the fruit and trucking industry 
was well represented at the fair. Better 
tomatoes, egg plants, potatoes of both 
classes, peppers, beans and many other 
substantial articles of commerce have not 
been seen by me at the northern fairs, and 
the possibilities of this line of horticulture 
are only dawning upon the minds of those 
who are engaged in the industry. The 
lands are ample for growing them, both 
on the marl and muck flats next the bay 
and on the glades and prairies on the edge 
of the everglades. I have inspected all of 
these varieties of land and location and 
know there is room for thousands more to 
engage in the business. Nearly all who 
now live here are from the North. On the 
drier lands, where pine trees and scrub pal¬ 
metto is the principal native growth, the 
fruits are planted. The orange does very 
well, but I do not think the grade of fruit 
is quite as high as a little farther north, 
but the pomelo (often called grape fruit) 
is at its best. The establishment of a large 
orchard of this fruit is the cause of my 
being here at this time. The show of both 
oranges and pomeloes at the fair was ex¬ 
cellent, especially of the latter. Kumquats, 
which are dainty little oranges, were shown 
in quart berry baskets and the display was 
fine. Great clusters of cocoanuts were 
hung about the building in very imposing 
yet attractive style, blended with their 
giant , ostrich-plume-like leaves. There 
were some guavas, melon papawas, Anonas, 
pineapples and many other tropical fruits 
shown, but as it was the off season for 
most of these and entirely so for the 
mango and avocado; they could not be seen 
at all. These two latter fruits are of the 
most easy culture here, the trees being 
found growing on every farm or village lot 
in luxuriance, and their fruit is of the most 
substantial and delicious character. Im¬ 
proved varieties are being introduced and 
discovered among the thousands of seed¬ 
lings and propagated by budding, so that 
there will soon be much better fruit pro¬ 
duced than at present. The display of roses 
of every hue and of the most delicate va¬ 
rieties was enchanting. The Lantana, 
Vinca, heliotrope, jasmine and many oth¬ 
ers were also seen in abundance. The 
whole out-of-doors Is a conservatory, 
which makes potted plants unnecessary, 
except where interior decorative plants are 
desired for special reasons. There were 
almost no ordinary farm crops shown, ex¬ 
cept a few squashes, pumpkins, water¬ 
melons and a little of forage crops. The 
fair building is built on a jetty in the edge 
of the clear blue waters of Biscayne Bay, 
with waving cocoanut trees and oleander 
and African Hibiscus bushes loaded with 
bloom in front and on either side. Truly, 
this was at once a unique and lovely fair. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Seedling and Budded Pecans. 
E. L. /?., Due IFcaf, S. C.—I wish to set & 
few pecan trees, and as is so clearly 
brought out in the article on page 50, one 
is liable to be imposed on by unreliable 
nurserymen. Are grafted or budded pecans 
preferable to seedlings when difference in 
price is considered? What are some of the 
best varieties? Is 50 cents for seedlings 
and $1.50 for grafted or budded trees ex¬ 
cessive? 
Ans.— Most certainly grafted or bud¬ 
ded pecans are preferable to seedlings, 
irrespective of price. Why expect more 
from a seedling pecan than from a seed¬ 
ling apple? For my own use I would 
not set out seedling pecan trees if they 
were given to me, although I know of 
many parties who consider seedlings de¬ 
sirable. Seedling trees should not cost 
more than 10 cents each, while the graft¬ 
ed or budded trees two years old should 
not cost more than 50 cents each. There 
has been of late such a demand for 
them, however, that the present price is 
$1 each. This I consider very excessive. 
But at the same time I would not hesi¬ 
tate paying a dollar for a budded tree 
rather than a seedling at any price. 
Some nurserymen “guarantee” their 
trees to bear in three years after set¬ 
ting out, provided three-year-old trees 
are purchased. This is cpiite possible, 
but the “bearing” consists of two or 
three nuts to the tree. It is only after 
10 years that the trees really can be said 
to bear. h. e. weed. 
Applk Eating.—L ong live the Apple Con¬ 
sumers’ League! What the Hope Farm 
man says about eating apples made at least 
one fellow feel better. In our family there 
are four apple consumers and we are well 
toward the bottom of the third barrel for 
the Winter. I was wondering the other 
night if we were not eating too much for 
our good, when I ran across the account of 
the Hope Farm man’s evening in which he 
got outside of five apples while writing a 
short article for The R. N.-Y. Then I felt 
better. Oranges have been very cheap in 
the Minneapolis market this Winter, more 
so than I remember seeing them before. 
They are mostly from California, and are 
good in quality. J. M. d. 
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