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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
Watermelons: 281 acres; 83 carloads; 
value, $12,400. 
English Peas: 2 acres; 120 crates; 
value, $160. 
Beets: 4 acres; 740 crates; value, 
$870. 
Beans: 16 acres; 1,530 crates; value, 
$2,195- ! 
Oranges: 414,135 bearing trees; 71,- 
570 non-bearing trees; 386,100 boxes of 
fruit; value, $383,000. 
Grapefruit: 26,220 bearing trees; 3,- 
020 non-bearing trees; 25,970 boxes of 
fruit; value, $33,920. 
Japan Persimmons: 219 trees; 197 
crates; value, $291. 
Guavas: 576 crates; value, $709. 
Pecans: 1,461 bearing trees;* 5,060 
non-bearing trees; 392 bushels; value, 
$1,176. 
Strawberries: 22 acres; 51,680 quarts; 
value, $8,775. 1 
Pears: 1,074 bearing trees; 200 non¬ 
bearing trees; 650 barrels; value, $1,- 
II5 ‘ 
Peaches: 53,520 bearing trees; 7,735 
non-bearing trees; 31,270 bushels; value, 
$30,420. 
Plums: 140 bearing trees; 200 non¬ 
bearing trees; 130 bushels; value, $130. 
Grapes: 51,500 pounds; value, $2,575. 
And so the list goes on: Figs, horses, 
colts, mules, goats, cattle, honey, honey, 
honey, sheep, hogs, milch cows, and so 
on, a great long list. Think of what a 
tremendous output, taking the county as 
a whole, this official list of products of 
this county shows. 
RESPONSE BY PROF. P. H. ROLFS 
Mr. Chairman , Ladies and Gentlemen : 
“Early to bed, and early to rise, 
Read your Bible, and advertise.”— 
(Laughter and applause.) 
Dr. Hulley, I thank you very much for 
the very hearty welcome you have ex¬ 
tended to the Horticultural Society. De- 
Land, you know, is the Athens of Flori¬ 
da, and we are especially happy to get to 
this Athens. We have tried a great 
many times, but you know we could not 
quite make up our minds. We have tried 
it several times, and almost got here, but 
just missed it a little bit. Now, I can 
tell you how sorry we are we did not 
come all the way. This time we did 
come all the way, and we are very glad 
of it. 
We are glad to have discussions, and 
in the past have had all sorts of ques¬ 
tions excepting those touching upon poli¬ 
tics and mercantile ventures. The last 
time we shaved pretty close to it, because 
the President said we were discussing 
what he thought might be termed by 
some a mercantile venture, but I believe 
he was overruled. However, we got 
along all right. 
As our friend Mr. Skinner said, we are 
to have some interesting discussions this 
