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The fruit growers of DeFuniak have had a far better crop than they expected and have received good prices. The Fruit Growers' Association held their first fruit display in the opera house, July 24, which was well attended, and somd small premiums were paid as a beginning. The collection comprised peaches, ranging from deep golden yellow to rose color 1 and crimson; there were Kelsey plums 1 as large as goose eggs, from the semi-1 ripe to the full ripe in their glossy blue brown coats, mammoth I^Conte I and Kieffcr pears; apples from Col 1 W. J. D. Cawthon’s farm near Lake View, Ala., whose superiors could not be found even in Michigan, the great apple country. Of grapes there were the delicate green Niagaras, light red Delawares, purple Concords and Ives seedlings. Watermelons and pumpkins weighing 45 to 50 pounds were plenty. Though called a “fruit” exhibit, several enterprising folks sent vegetables now in season, sweet |W)tatoes as big as quart meas ures and tomatoes 12 to 13 inches in circumference. The small fruits were strawberries, figs and “everbearing” blackberries.—Pensacola News..1 it ur-___
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Jacksonville Florida Farmer and Fruit Grower
Jacksonville, Florida, US
Thu, Aug 04, 1892
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