300 FLORIDA.

damp localities. In all these respects he would do well to
observe and follow the customs of the more intelligent
"natives."
 A fruitful cause of failure among new-comers to Florida
is their greed for vast possessions; they want a hundred-
acre grove at an outlay not sufficient for ten acres. Re-
member, it costs money, labor, and tedious time to produce
an orange grove ; ond a snug, well-cared-for, thrifty grove of
five acres, with say three hundred trees, all brought to quick


and prolific bearing, is a fa
vestment than one three or
not be kept in an equally h
servation has shown that a
bearing from:two to three
proportionate expense of m
large one. One reason of t
werk must all be.performe
small one the owner is quite


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r times as large which can
state of cultivation. Ob-
11 grove can be brought to
s sooner, and at much less
r and labor, than a very
;, that in a large grove the


Lby-hired laborers, while in a
likely to do much of it himself.


The fertilizing, too, for a large grove must all be purchased,
while on the small grove the barn-yard and stables, the
pqultry, the dwelling, all contributp--until the amount to
be purchased is very small.
 If you desire to engage in vegetable-gardening (a very
profitable enterprise, if rightly conducted), you must use
good judgment: select good black or dark-brown ham-
mock soil, not too wet; shelter it from the east wind, if on
the Atlantic coast; and locate close to some established line
of transportation. It will be thuch the wisest policy to pay
a high price for five or ten acres located convenient to ship-
ping facilities, than a low price for larger acreage too far
from market.
 If you desire to engage in the culture of purely tropical
 fruits, such as bananas, pineapples, etc., there is but one es-
 sential direction to be observed-it is to go south, beyond
 the region of frost-visits, select any cultivated soil, pine or