. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. FLORIDA FLORIDA 591 different regions vary considerably. Among those adapted to western Florida we have Alexander, Early Cream, Elberta, Florida Crawford, General Lee, Im- perial and Powers' September. For eastern Florida,— Angel, Bidwell's Late, Colon, Ferdinand, Honey, Im- perial, Oviedo, Taber, Triana and Wa
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. FLORIDA FLORIDA 591 different regions vary considerably. Among those adapted to western Florida we have Alexander, Early Cream, Elberta, Florida Crawford, General Lee, Im- perial and Powers' September. For eastern Florida,— Angel, Bidwell's Late, Colon, Ferdinand, Honey, Im- perial, Oviedo, Taber, Triana and Waldo. For central Florida, —Angel, Bidwell's Early, Bidwell's Late, Mag- gie. Peen-to, Waldo and Yiim Yum. For southern Florida, —Angel, Bidwell's Early, Bidwell's Late, Mag- gie, Peen-to, Yum Yum, and others. Plums, as a whole, are adapted only to western and eastern Florida, preferring hammock and flat-woods land. Burbanlc does well in the western section. In the eastern section Babcocb, Botan and Bnrbank do well. Pears.— Kieffer, LeConte and Smith pears do well in western and eastern Flor- ida on hammock or flat-woods land. Grapes grow rapidly, but need careful attention to be kept in good bearing condition for a period of years. Hammock land is preferable for them. The native varieties grow to an immense size and produce great quantities of fruit with a minimum attention. Of T'. ro- tundifoUa, the Scuppernong and Thomas grow luxuri- antly in all sections. Flowers grows well in western, eastern and central Florida. Of the true Vitis section of this genus, Cynthiana, Ives and Norton do well in west- ern Florida; Cynthiana, Ives, Niagara and Norton do well in eastern Florida; Cynthiana, Niagara and Nor- ton in central Florida. Kaki (Japanese Persimmon).-This fruit needs good hammock land or well drained high, or more or less un- dulating flat-woods land. It is better adapted to west- ern, eastern and central than to southern Florida. The following varieties do well in w
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