Four Hundred Carloads of Stokes Celery
Dublin Core
Title
Four Hundred Carloads of Stokes Celery
Alternative Title
Stokes Seed Farm Co.
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Agriculture--Florida
Celery
Celery industry
Description
A newspaper advertisement about the estimated amount of 400 carloads of celery that will be shipped out of Sanford in 1917 by Stokes Seed Company, which was also one of the first vendors to lease a stall at the first Sanford State Farmers' Market when it first opened in 1934. The celery consisted mostly of Golden Self-Blanching Celery, but also included New Easy Blanching Celery.
The origins of Sanford's connection to celery farming began on December 26, 1894, when a freeze damaged the area's citrus groves. The city began to recover during a warm and wet January which promoted new shoots, but a second freeze hit on February 7, 1895, practically wiping them out. The 24-degree temperature was the coldest known in Florida to that point. The freeze was so intense that the sap froze inside the trunks, many of which split open, sounding like gunshots, and crashed to the ground. The population quickly dropped from 5000 to 2000 as the groves were abandoned. I. H. Terwilliger stayed after the freezes and is believed to have planted the first celery grown in Sanford in 1896. J. N. Whitner and B. F. Whitner, Sr. planted three-fourts of an acre in 1897 with celery imported from Kalamazoo, Michigan. By 1898, celery became the crop synonymous to Sanford, also known as "Celery City."
The origins of Sanford's connection to celery farming began on December 26, 1894, when a freeze damaged the area's citrus groves. The city began to recover during a warm and wet January which promoted new shoots, but a second freeze hit on February 7, 1895, practically wiping them out. The 24-degree temperature was the coldest known in Florida to that point. The freeze was so intense that the sap froze inside the trunks, many of which split open, sounding like gunshots, and crashed to the ground. The population quickly dropped from 5000 to 2000 as the groves were abandoned. I. H. Terwilliger stayed after the freezes and is believed to have planted the first celery grown in Sanford in 1896. J. N. Whitner and B. F. Whitner, Sr. planted three-fourts of an acre in 1897 with celery imported from Kalamazoo, Michigan. By 1898, celery became the crop synonymous to Sanford, also known as "Celery City."
Source
Original newspaper advertisement: Market Growers Journal: The Market Gardener's Trade Paper, Volume 20.
Publisher
Market Growers Journal, Inc.
Date Created
ca. 1905-03-31
Date Copyrighted
1905-03-31
Date Issued
1905-03-31
Is Format Of
Original newspaper advertisement: Market Growers Journal: The Market Gardener's Trade Paper, Volume 20.
Is Part Of
Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
Market Growers Journal: The Market Gardener's Trade Paper, page 209.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
89.1 KB
Medium
1 newspaper advertisement
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Market Growers Journal: The Market Gardener's Trade Paper and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
Market Growers Journal: The Market Gardener's Trade Paper. Louisville, Ky: Market Growers Journal Co, 1913.
Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth. S.l: s.n.], 1975.
Document Item Type Metadata
Text
1 newspaper advertisement
Collection
Citation
“Four Hundred Carloads of Stokes Celery,” RICHES, accessed May 20, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/3016.