. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. FLORIDA diflferent regions vary considerably. Among tliose adapted to western Florida we have Alexander, Early Cream, Elberta, Florida Crawford, General Lee, Im- perial and Powers' September. For eastern Florida,â Angel, Bidwell's Late, Colon, Ferdinand, Honey, Im- per
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. FLORIDA diflferent regions vary considerably. Among tliose adapted to western Florida we have Alexander, Early Cream, Elberta, Florida Crawford, General Lee, Im- perial and Powers' September. For eastern Florida,â 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 Yum Yum. For .southern Florida,-Angel, Bidwell's Early. Bidwell's Late, Mag- FLORIDA 591 gie, Peen-to, Yum Yum, and othi Plums, as a whole, are adapted only to west eastern Florida, preferring hammock and flat-woods land. Burbank does well the western section. In the eastern sect Babcock, Botan and Burbank do well. Pears.âKieffer, LeConte and Sni pears do well in western aud eastern Fl ida on hammock or flat-woods land. and Pineapples find their most congenial habitat on scrub land. Soil from pineapple fields contains a large percent of sand aud insoluble matter,-as high as 98 per cent. The land must be well drained, free from any standing water, even during the rainy season. The most extensive pineapple area is located on the sand hills near the coast. The character of the vegetation and physical condition of these hills or dunes is essentially that of the scrub land of the interior. The slat sheds or pmeapple sheds, which are constructed to afford a half shade, serve a good purpose in summer as well as in P^ ItRapes fjnnv nii>i(lly, but need careful attention to be kept in good lie;irinK condition for a period of years. Hammock hind is for them. The varieties to an immense size and produce great quantities of fruit with a minimu
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