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Notes on Florida Crops 
There seems to be more desire to sell 
orange groves than there is to produce 
fruit for the market. To be more ex¬ 
plicit, the apple growers of New York 
or Virginia plant orchards with the ex¬ 
pectation of raising apples to sell. The 
typical Florida promoter plants an or¬ 
ange grove with the expectation of selling 
it to some Northern person. This ie not 
in itself even to be criticized, except that 
it shows a certain luck cf heliec cn cueir 
own business. If orange-growing were as 
good a business as they claim, no one 
would ever sell a producing grove. When 
I came to know the situation a little 
better, I found that there are some groves 
which are set out to produce fruit, while 
most of them are set out in order to sell 
them. There is no great difficulty in tell 
ing good orange land, and anyone who 
buys white saud with the expectation of 
raising good fruit on it is headed straight 
for disappointment. In the region arounc 
Tampa there is a large sti*awberry-grow 
ing section which intei’ests me greatly 
as it furnishes the high-priced berries 
which reach our markets from Christmas 
on through the Spring. The plants from 
which theee berries are produced are set 
out in September, as soon as the Summer 
rains have stopped and the ground can 
be fitted. The land is laid out in rows 
3*4 or 4 ft. apart, and plowed into 
ridges 6 or 8 in. high, on the top of which 
the plants are set out. The soil is what 
yoti would call loose, deep sand, from 
gray to black in color. Fertilizer is ap¬ 
plied liberally in the row, and the plants 
make a quick growth. Not much culti¬ 
vation is given, as this is not the season 
when weeds grow most rapidly. By the 
middle of November the plants begin to 
blossom, and the first berries are picked 
by Christmas. About once every three 
weeks a furrow is made close up to the 
row, and additional fertilizer applied close 
to the roots. The season of bearing is a 
long one, and sometimes lasts until April. 
It is very rare that any effort is made 
to keep the bed over for a second year’s 
crop. 
Lettuce and celery are largely grown 
around the towns of Bradentown and 
Palmetto, which is also a very good 
orange-growing section. Here the soil is 
quite black in color, and in some cases 
might almost he called a sandy muck, 
indicating that at some time the drainage 
was very poor. The blacker the land, 
the better its quality, provided it is well 
drained. In this section irrigation is al¬ 
most universal, the water being secui’ed 
from flowing wells, which are found on 
every farm. Large pipes conduct the 
water from the well to the highest point 
in the field, and from there it is led by 
furrows between rows of crops. This 
water has a strong smell of sulphur, and 
contains a great deal of gypsum in solu¬ 
tion, making it very hard. In this sec¬ 
tion all crops are raised on beds or ridges, 
which are made high enough to give good 
drainage. Two rows are generally plant¬ 
ed on top of the ridge, leaving a space 
of about 12 in. between the rows, and 
then a space of 3 ft. to the next ridge. 
This method requires a great deal of hand 
labor, as it is not possible to cultivate 
the sides and top of the ridge except with 
hand tools. Large amounts of fertilizer 
are used, a ton to the acre being the 
standard amount. The basis of this fer 
tilizer is castor pomace, the residue left 
after making castor oil. This furnishes 
a slow-acting material, much like cotton¬ 
seed meal. In addition to this some acid 
phophate and much nitrate of soda are 
used. As m the case of strawberries, the 
fertilizer is applied at short intervals. 
The profits of raising celery and lettuce 
are often so high as to make the literature 
oil wells seem dull by comparison, but the 
chance. of loss is equally high, and one 
must average several seasons before com¬ 
ing to any conclusion as to the fair pro¬ 
fits to be expected. 
After the vegetable crops have been 
harvested and late crops come into com¬ 
petition with those grown further North, 
the land is frequently planted in corn, 
which can make use of some of the fer¬ 
tilizer left in the soil. It is a common 
statement that Florida agriculture lasts 
12 months of the year, but this is not the 
rule, for in most places the Summer 
months are the quiet time of the fanner’s 
life. July, August and September are 
generally so rainy that little or no farm 
work is attempted. About the first of 
October, when the Northern farmers are 
beginning to expect a killing frost, and 
to wonder whether they will be able to 
set the corn safely in the silo, the Florida 
farmer begins his season of activity, 
which will last until about the time when 
the Northern farmer is ready to cut the 
first crop of Alfalfa. During the Summer 
time the fields in Florida are allowed to 
grow up into a rank growth of grasses, 
only a few of which are familiar to the 
Northern farmer. This growth of grass 
is sometimes cut for hay. but for most 
part it is either plowed under or cut down 
and burned in order to make the ground 
ready for the crops of vegetables. Onlv 
a small part of the land is suitable for the 
growth of Winter vegetables. While 
there is still plenty of good land in an 
undeveloped condition, no one should as¬ 
sume that all of Florida is equally good 
or equally bad. h. f. button. 
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