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Show Cocoanut Cnlture In Florida. It is probable that tho cultivation of tho cocoanut for profit will always, in Florida, be confined to the region on the Kovs and mainland south of the Caloosa-hatchio Caloosa-hatchio river, though tho palm will continue con-tinue to bo grown for its groat beauty, or a chance crop of nuts, in protected spots, even as far north as the latitude of Tampa and Cape Canaveral. The cocoanuts produced pro-duced in Florida are a trifle smaller than those of the tropics, and are not considered con-sidered so valuable for seed, hence most of thoso used for planting aro procured from Central America, more especially from the Bny Islands (Utilla, Bonaco ana Ruatan) and mainland of Honduras. The nuts that have not sprouted on tho vovage are sometimes planted hi nursery beds and transplanted when a year or eighteen months old. Only a small per ! cent, fails to germinate, though Bonie-tmies Bonie-tmies the sprouts aro a year or more hi appearing. The distance apart at which they are planted varies from fifteen to twenty-tivo feet; twenty feot is tho usual distance. The only cultivation given on tho Keys Is the occasional cutting of tho weeds and undergrowth in spring and fall. Thero is a popular saying that a bearing cocoa palm will produce ouo nut for each day throughout the year, but this Is 0 littlo overdrawn, tho best trees producing about 200 nuts per year.- |