FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
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output of Florida. Last week, coming 
through the Hastings region, I looked 
out on either side of the car, before 
reaching Hastings, and after we left 
there, and saw the whole region being 
put under cultivation. I saw that 78,000 
barrels of potatoes were grown in the 
Hastings region this past year. What a 
tremendous crop! 
If you go to Sanford, the Celery City 
—what an output there is from there! 
Then down around Fort Pierce; do you 
see the acreage given over to the culti¬ 
vation of the pineapple? Go a little fur¬ 
ther down and you see the tomato plants 
grown in the crevices of the coral rock. 
Over in Webster they grow 'cucum¬ 
bers ; in Manatee you see lettuce; in 
Plant City, strawberries; in Quincy, the 
specialty is tobacco; around Tampa, you 
find oranges; in other parts of the State 
you find sea island cotton, or Long Is¬ 
land cotton, I don’t know what it is. 
(Laughter.) And every other section of 
the State has its specialty. 
Now, my friends, on behalf of the 
growers whose welcome I am extending 
to you this evening, I want to say in this 
favored county of Volusia, we grow all 
these things. (Laughter and applause.) 
Go out and ask John Alden, who courted 
Priscilla; he can grow anything on his 
place. 
Let me give you a few statistics of 
what was done in the county of Volusia 
during the past year: 
Corn: 3,071 acres under cultivation; 
yield, 39,690 bushels; value, $31,852. 
Sweet potatoes: 604 acres; 77,150 
bushels; value $46,290. 
Sugarcane: 69 acres; 477 barrels syr¬ 
up; value, $7,145. 
Field Peas: 323 acres; 2,536 bushels; 
value, $5,072. { 
Field Pea Hay: 69 acres; 63 tons; 
$1,260. 
Hay, Native Grasses: 950 acres; 859 
tons; value, $17,180. 
Millet: 6 acres; n tons; value $180. 
Peanuts: 81 acres; 1,350 bushels; 
value, $2,025. 
Wool: 8,340 fleeces; 27,270 pounds; 
value, $5,455- 
Velvet Beans: 67 acres; 385 bushels; 
value, $770. 
Velvet Bean H&y: 291 acres; 362 
tons; value, $7,240. 
Cassava: 12 acres; 53 tons; value, 
$410. 
Onions: 26 acres; 5,000 crates; value, 
$6,945. 1 
Lettuce: 37 acres; 7,195 crates; value, 
$7,530- 
Celery: 19 acres; 3,970 crates; value, 
$4,770. 
Pepper: 5 acres, 740 crates; value, 
$ 975 - 
Irish Potatoes: 607 acres; 70,822 
bushels; value, $89,758. 
Cabbage: 71 acres; 8,075 crates; 
value, $9,460. 
Tomatoes: 89 acres; 12,445 crates; 
value, $10,560. 
Squashes: 1 acre; no crates; value, 
$100. 
Egg Plant: 6 acres, 1,180 crates; 
value, $1,520. 
Cucumbers: 13 acres; 2,965 crates; 
value, $3,070. 
