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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1936
Page
8
Tomatoes are praised as inexpensive versatile kitchen assets. The article extols their visual appeal and flavor across dishes from soups to desserts and shares a frozen Tomato Cream Salad recipe serving eight, including steps with canned tomatoes onion sugar gelatin and cream.
A Detroit Free Press observation notes social judgments begin with the car. A woman watches for the wash on the line as a measure of domestic life and status.
J C Hiatt of Lake County and the University of Florida Extension Division spoke at multiple citrus control meetings. He covered the economics of the fruit situation in Florida in Brooksville, Dade City, Bushnell, Ocala, and Gainesville during the week as part of the statewide campaign.
Free trial packets of African squash seed will be mailed to the first thousand Florida residents. Seed planted in 1932 by George Hickey has shown good yields and suitability to Florida conditions. The squash can be used for table or silage and tastes like sweet potato. Plants resist stemborers but are susceptible to root knot. Write the Agronomy Department, State Experiment Station, Gainesville, to request seeds. Eighteen UF College of Agriculture students seek CCC summer work according to Major Floyd.
The report notes big week for citrus with heavy arrivals at auctions and price changes. Florida outsold California in oranges by 12 cents a box last Monday with Florida at 3.01 and California 2.89. Overall two week comparison shows oranges averaging 3.00 then 2.93, grapefruit 2.42 then 2.58. Day by day Florida oranges ranged from 3.01 to 2.81 and grapefruit from 2.54 to 2.53.
WPA approval funds building 121 markets across Florida to help farmers market products. Large centers will offer processing, wash rooms, and cold storage while smaller markets provide stalls for display and sale. The project totals $250000 and aims to support farmers without competing with prime industry.
A Chariton Iowa Herald Patriot gag highlights advertising power by claiming Pike's Peak dominates Colorado peaks in publicity. The quip urges local businesses to embrace aggressive ads to attract customers, warning rivals may suffer from neglect.
Potato composition shows about four-fifths water with significant food value. Analysts note high energy content and body-building potential from starch and nutrients.
Substantial activity reported in Ohio and Florida real estate. Key deals include Bostonian buyer Charles B. Pierce purchasing an 80 acre grove north of Clermont, and Dr. Arthur E. Morgan acquiring 80 acres near Groveland. Other sales involve Henri D. Hall, J. W. Hookstra, and multiple grove and home transactions across Clermont, Umatilla, Mount Dora, and Eustis.
County Agent C R Hiatt will display citrus fruits and vegetables at the 13th annual Lake County Flower Show on April 4 and 5. Mrs Lucie K Miller, county home demonstration agent, announced the trophies offered by Lake County merchants were not all listed in the premium book.
The brief fragment notes a hopeful tone from the Ville Citizen Observer about England’s prospects, implying a looming success or triumph despite uncertain conditions. The source text remains scarce and ambiguous.
In a Fort Myers lab, Thus A Edison perfected inventions for mankind and pursued a final project to create an emergency rubber supply for wartime. He spent 47 winters in Florida. the Surinam-Cherry plant yields two crops yearly with a fragrant bloom and a prolific fruit under favorable conditions.
Work begins on a $3,000 WPA project to enlarge and beautify Camp McQuarrie near Astor Park serving Jacksonville to Miami. The upgrade adds three sleeping cottages, re-roofing, new foundations, docks, recreation field, landscaping, and road work to host about 1,000 youths, opening June 2.
The new federal plan seeks to expand cropland under soil roving and crop conservation from 100 million to 130 million acres this year, aiming to bolster soil health and productive capacity across regions.
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