Gleanings in bee culture . is withthe honey-bearing tupelo. In this connection permit me to say that,so far as I can ascertain, the tupelo growsalong the banks of all those rivers of North-western Florida, including the Suwanee Riv-er, made famous by that song that for manyyears has charmed millions and millions ofpeople. If it is true that the tupelo andthe gallberry grow in these regions it is awonder to me that bee-keepers of the coun-try have not known more about this territo-ry before; and it is a greater wonder to methat Northern people should be flocking tothe north and east coasts of F
Gleanings in bee culture . is withthe honey-bearing tupelo. In this connection permit me to say that,so far as I can ascertain, the tupelo growsalong the banks of all those rivers of North-western Florida, including the Suwanee Riv-er, made famous by that song that for manyyears has charmed millions and millions ofpeople. If it is true that the tupelo andthe gallberry grow in these regions it is awonder to me that bee-keepers of the coun-try have not known more about this territo-ry before; and it is a greater wonder to methat Northern people should be flocking tothe north and east coasts of Florida, wheremost of the lands are poor, when the soil inNorthwestern Florida, at least along theserivers, will grow practically any thing andevery thing. For the last few days 1 havebeen eating oranges sent me by my friendMarchant, near Marchants Landing. WhenI saw his beautiful orchard where he hadtaken off time and again from 1500 to 2000boxes of oranges, I said, Why, I didntsuppose you could raise oranges as far north. 1 .o. ... Another view of the home yard, showing the extracting house. Jan. 15, 1912 as this. I supposed that the heavy freezingthat you get here from time to time wouldutterly destroy the trees. Nonsense! It is a little more work andcare, but we think our Northern Floridaoranges are much sweeter, he said. Hardfreezes years ago did us damage, but wehave profited by experience. Here was an orchard 12 years old that hasstood all kinds of freezes. Indeed, I under-stand that the man who knows his job, thesoil, and the locality, can select a varietythat will stand hard freezing, and, what ismore, he can work the scheme of outsidefurnaces that are employed successfullyin the more southern portions of Florida tokeep off light freezes. The oft-repeatedstatement, that oranges cant be grown suc-cessfully above the freezing-line, is a jokeaccording to these northern growers. ButI will have more to say about this at anoth-er time. Let us now look over Mr. Marchants api-a
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