. 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 different regions vary considerably. Among those adapted to western Florida we have Alexander, Early Cream Elberta Florida Crawford General Lee Im- per al and Powers Septembei For eastern Florida â Angel B Iwell s Lite C 1 n Fer 1 1 H i e Im pe Hi O 1 T 1 T 1 Ti I 1 r 1 FLORIDA 591 Flo 1 ^ Pineapples fi
. 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 different regions vary considerably. Among those adapted to western Florida we have Alexander, Early Cream Elberta Florida Crawford General Lee Im- per al and Powers Septembei For eastern Florida â Angel B Iwell s Lite C 1 n Fer 1 1 H i e Im pe Hi O 1 T 1 T 1 Ti I 1 r 1 FLORIDA 591 Flo 1 ^ Pineapples find their most congenial habitat on scrub land. Soil from pineapple fields contains a large percent of sand and insoluble matter âas high as 98 per cent The land mi t I e well dra ned f ree f i om any Stan ling water eve 1 r tl e riiny season The most extensive p ne 11' 1 ite 1 on the sin 1 h lis near the co t II 1 of the \ egetit on an i physical con 1 I I 11 rd nes i essent ally tl at of the scr 1 1 I I or The slit she Is or pineapple she 1 1 1 tr ctp 1 to ft rl a 1 alf shade serve a good p rj ose. 1 nl -Thi f h no k li 1 r ell 1 ne 1 high d 1 t n^ flat wo lb Ian 1 It is 1 etter e ei tern in 1 central than to so 1 f 11 V r et es do well n w I FI r li nl nl r tf 1 1 H 1 ( II JMuIberries will grow on hammock or good quality of flat woods land in all sections of the state. The following varieties have given good crops: Downing, Hicks and Stnhbs. Pomegranates make a more or less ornamental frviit. Acid, Purple and Sweet do well in western, east- ern and central Florida. Pecans do best on low ham- miic-k land, especially in webtnrn Florida. They succeed well in eastern and central Florida, but have not been iiirioiiiK-ctl uitii simtheru Florida sufficiently to permit -The growing of this crop is con- ti rhi-ient and reasonable transportation, li III. Ml HI f he placed upon the market promptly It is «,,itlili-s The de^elippment of this industry is, tbi'ivfore. cipincident with
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