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Show llorltealtural Obaarvatloaa, The annual returns to the State of Florida for fruits nnd vegetablea shipped ship-ped out Is said to be about J5.O0O.00O. This Is very much less than It would bt had the great orange graves not been cut dqwn by the severe cold spells of the last ftw years. It Is reported that there la cults a generaUmoyement, among the.Jruck growers, of Tex! for organisation. Thli Is tob lomraended, for by tucb comblnallons the better ehfpmett and distribution ot the products can be obtained. ob-tained. If the growers of vegetables nd fruit ever become fully organized , It will be poulblpo prevent Inferior goods bung.put on (he market. A writer, taya that Florida suffers more damage fronvfrost than any other stste, Tht cold waves this spring have killed large quantllloa ot early frulta ana vegetable.!. Beana and egg plants were extensively destroyed. In tho wldit of somo of the vegetable gardens Jht thermometer dropped to about 20 below, the freezing point-' Florida is Hy In'a hard position In this regard. Her product Is of valuo In the north-n north-n market only because of Ita earll-nss. earll-nss. Yet to get these early vegetables the work of growing them must begin early In February, at n time wlsn cold waves art possible. Wert tie growers to wait till later, they would find no msrket that would pay a profit on coit of production and transportation. transporta-tion. Tht apple exhibit at Paris Is likely to attract a good deal of attention from Europeans. It will not consist of the short-keeping varieties to any extent, but ot those apples that are known aa commercial apples, and that will stand long rarrlage Our apple trade with the Europeans Is growing, nnd the exhibit ex-hibit at the exposition will doubtless bsve the effect of enlarging the market. mar-ket. The only trouble that we see ahead Is the difficulty of supplying tht demand, (loot! coropierclal applet art ery high In our markets tht yesr louml, and of course will bt much higher In a foreign market, where tht cost of transport, handling and additional addi-tional profit mutt be added. Without With-out doubt, there Is no more encouraging encourag-ing field for Investment than In the lint of apple growing There are certain ectloni of the country that art par. tlcularly adapted to the growing ol apples-sections whert land Is cheap and uniutted to the production of anything any-thing but fruit. |
