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Title
Isleworth Grove Collection
Alternative Title
Isleworth Collection
Subject
Windermere (Fla.)
Butler Chain (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Description
Chase & Company was established by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere, Florida. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes. Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a><span>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span>
Is Referenced By
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">A Guide to the Chase Collection</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Weaver, Brian. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
The displayed collection is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page typewritten letter
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase (December 1, 1927)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (December 1, 1927)
Subject
Windermere (Fla.)
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Citrus--Florida
Labor--Florida
Packing industry
Packing industry
Description
An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Joshua Coffin Chase and Sydney Octavius Chase. Topics discussed in the letter include the unsatisfactory results of the piece system of paying workers and fruit packing at Isleworth Grove and Wiley Avenue.
Chase & Company was established by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere, Florida. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes. Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Type
Text
Source
Original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, December 1, 1927: box 49, folder 20.91, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection (MS 14)</a>, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 49, folder 20.91, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Coverage
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Chase & Company Office, Sanford, Florida
Creator
Chase, Joshua Coffin
Date Created
1927-12-01
Format
image/jpg
Extent
142 KB
Medium
1-page typewritten letter
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase, and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=960" target="_blank">Joshua Coffin Chase (1858-1948)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=960.
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Transcript
December 1, 1927.
Mr. S. O. Chase,
Sanford, Fla.
Dear Syd:-
ISLEWORTH PACKING. The class of work turned out under piece system is not satisfactory if we are to continue to count on auction support. Competitors with no better fruit are putting out a more attractive pack. Hutchinson does not appear to be inclined to insist on his packers putting the necessary touches on the wrap and the pack that is necessary if we are to continue to get top notch prices for our fruit. It may be necessary to pay the packers on a day basis and insist that they turn out the work done in a manner satisfactory to us, and not expect them to put out more than 30 or 35 boxes per day. With a little extra expense on grading and a little extra expense on packing, we an more than get back out of the additional money we will realize on the sale of fruit. All of the fruit that is packed should have the paper pulled tight, smooth, and with a tight twist. If you will go into the packing houses of the American Fruit Growers and some of the other shippers who cater to auction, you will find that they are turning out a more attractive looking pack than we are. You do not have to take my word for it but can ask Rinck, or anyone else who puts in some of his time in these other houses. This is a matter we should handle together, so there will be no conflict of wishes.
The same applies to Wiley Avenue. Eubank is all right to get out a pack in a hurry but he is absolutely no good when it comes to fixing up a car for auction.
Yours,
JCC:H
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, December 1, 1927.
Digital reproduction of original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, December 1, 1927.
American Fruit Growers
auction
Chase and Company
Chase, Joshua Coffin
Chase, Sydney Octavius
citrus
citrus industry
employee
Eubank
fruit
fruit grading
fruit industry
grading
Hutchinson, Corbett
Isleworth Grove
labor
laborer
packer
packing
packinghouse
processing
Rinck
shipping
wages
Wiley Avenue
Windermere
worker
wrapping
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Isleworth Grove Collection
Alternative Title
Isleworth Collection
Subject
Windermere (Fla.)
Butler Chain (Fla.)
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Description
Chase & Company was established by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere, Florida. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes. Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a><span>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span>
Is Referenced By
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">A Guide to the Chase Collection</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<span>University of Florida, </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
Weaver, Brian. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Provenance
<span>Entire </span><a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a><span> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.</span>
Rights Holder
The displayed collection is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase (September 20, 1919)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (September 20, 1919)
Subject
Windermere (Fla.)
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Citrus--Florida
Grapefruit industry
Grapefruit
Freezes (Meteorology)--Florida--History
Description
An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Joshua Coffin Chase and Sydney Octavius Chase. Topics discussed in the letter include Sydney's report regarding his visit to Isleworth Grove, the insufficient coloring and maturation of grapefruit, and a prediction of a very severe freeze by December 15, 1919.<br /><br />Chase & Company was established by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere, Florida. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes. Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Type
Text
Source
Original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, September 20, 1919: box 49, folder 20.84, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection (MS 14)</a>, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
Coverage
Chase & Company Office, Jacksonville, Florida
Chase & Company Office, Sanford, Florida
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Creator
Chase, Joshua Coffin
Date Created
1919-09-30
Format
image/jpg
Extent
178 KB
Medium
1-page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase, and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
Warner, S.C. "<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
Hopkins, James T. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=960" target="_blank">Joshua Coffin Chase (1858-1948)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=960.
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
Transcript
CHASE & CO.
CARLOT DISTRIBUTORS
CITRUS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Sept 20 1919
Mr. S. O. Chase,
Sanford, Florida.
Dear Syd:
ISLEWORTH: Note yours of the 19th reporting on your visit to Isleworth. From your report the grapefruit is not yet sufficiently colored or sufficiently matured to give satisfaction to the customer. We wish we could do something to improve the color as that is the matter that counts.
Just as soon as you can give a date to start picking operations arrange to do so as we believe the bulk of the fruit now going forward consists of small sizes that have colored up and the large sizes will command a premium especially at auction. last year we disposed of the bulk of the Isleworth crop at New York auction.
Very glad to have such a good report on the general appearance of the trees and the fruit. Yesterday Mr. Skinner took the joy out of life by telling me of a prediction made by a man who foretold the Key West hurricane, that we would be visited by a very severe freeze on or before December 15th. This man gave very good reasons why this disaster should overtake the present crop. We hope Isleworth escapes.
Yours very truly,
J.C.C.
JCC/fs
Sunniland
TRADEMARK
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION LICENSE NUMBER G-04516
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, September 20, 1919.
Is Part Of
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> (MS 14), box 49, folder 20.84, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/88" target="_blank">Isleworth Collection</a>, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
auction
Chase and Company
Chase, Joshua Coffin
Chase, Sydney Octavius
citrus
citrus industry
citrus picking
cold weather
coloring
freeze
fruit
fruit coloring
fruit industry
grapefruit
grapefruit industry
grapefruit picking
harvest
Isleworth Grove
picking
Skinner
weather
Windermere
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https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/a47b0f32c37311c672c7cffae754a291.pdf
dcd11dfefabbd0c80d369426969275ee
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Florida Citrus Exchange Collection
Alternative Title
FEC Collection
Subject
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford, Florida, and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes.
Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.
Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/23" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/93" target="_blank">Citrus Collection</a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection items are housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to these items belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about these items should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
<span>"</span><a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a><span>." </span><em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em><span>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.</span>
<span>Warner, S.C. "</span><a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a><span>." </span><em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em><span> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.</span>
<span>Hopkins, James T. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a><span>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.</span>
<span>"</span><a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus" target="_blank">Franklin Chase, 'Towering Figure in Citrus Industry</a><span>.'" </span><em>The Orlando Sentinel</em><span>, September 30, 1986. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-09-30/news/0260060057_1_chase-isleworth-golf-florida-citrus.</span>
<span>Weaver, Brian. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43312643" target="_blank"><em>The Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State</em></a><span>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.</span>
<span>"<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>." </span><em>Florida Clearing House News</em><span>, August 25, 1930.</span>
Contributor
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a><span>, University of Florida</span>
Coverage
Arcadia, Florida
Babson Park, Florida
Davenport, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
Frostproof, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Penney Farms, Florida
Pierce, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Wauchula, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Document
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Original Format
1 page typewritten letter
Dublin Core
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Title
Letter from C. M. Tyler to Chase & Company Members (May 26, 1919)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (May 26, 1919)
Subject
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Florida Citrus Exchange
Citrus--Florida
Description
An original letter of correspondence written by C. M. Tyler to employees at Chase & Company in Jacksonville, Florida. Tyler's letter provides information about the internal organization of the Florida Citrus Exchange, a state organization comprised of a large number of Florida citrus growers. The purpose of Tyler's letter was to identify the weaknesses of the Exchange and to encourage growers to side Chase & Company rather than join the Exchange. While members who trusted the Exchange praised the organization as a united group of growers that promoted better distribution and marketing of their citrus products, growers such as Chase & Company were hesitant to hand over all of their power to a larger organization with poor marketing strategies.
Chase & Company was established in 1884. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century.
Creator
Tyler, C. M.
Source
Original letter from C. M. Tyler to Chase & Company Members, May 26, 1919: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 7, folder 14.10A, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Date Created
1919-05-26
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, <a title="A Guide to the Chase Collection" href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm</a>.
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Format
application/pdf
Extent
2,494 KB
Medium
1 page typewritten letter
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Wauchula, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Ft. Myers, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Spatial Coverage
27.547394, -81.811595
30.3167, -81.6500
26.640708, -81.872921
27.951345, -82.456627
Temporal Coverage
1925-05-26/1925-05-26
Accrual Method
Donation
Provenance
Entire <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm" target="_blank">Chase Collection</a> is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.
Rights Holder
The displayed collection item is housed at <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a> at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, University of Florida
<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Digital Collections (UFDC)</a>, University of Florida
Curator
Marra, Katherine
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
University of Florida, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>
External Reference
"The History of Seald-Sweet." Seald Sweet International. http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php.
Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." <em>Florida State Horticultural Society</em> vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.
"Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking." <em>Florida Clearing House News</em>, August 25, 1930.
Hopkins, James T. <em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em>. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.
"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." <em>Florida Citrus Hall of Fame</em>. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://www.sealdsweet.com/welcome/our-history.php" target="_blank">The History of Seald-Sweet</a>"
"<a href="http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1923%20Vol.%2036/198-200%20%28WARNER%29.pdf" target="_blank">Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida</a>"
"<a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00086639/00046" target="_blank">Mayo Dade Offers Helpful Aid on Fruit Picking</a>"
<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1219230" target="_blank"><em>Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959</em></a>
"<a href="http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=321" target="_blank">Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)</a>"
Transcript
C 0 P Y
On Train Fort Wauchula, 5/26/1916.
Chase Company Jacksonville
Gentlemen:
• accepted invitation to spew! Sunday in Fort
ors, knowing would set a straight line on the inside
works of the Florida Citrus Exchange. here it is•
Skelley was offered $15,000 to stay but he had sewed him elf up wit the new bunch and could not break hie agreement. Before they knew what he was going to do he had said he would not be competitive with the --Exchange, and the Exchange officers had decided to carry him on the payroll an extra month and give him a Cadillac an a good by present, but as soon as they got onto him he was taken off the pay¬roll ands he does not get the auto unless hi be it. Ham ner spilled the beans
Dr. Hoes salary has been raised from $2400.00
to $5000.00 have been 1n 5,9 per year
for advertising. They expect t reduce it 50% next season
atl'rst they expect out the 10¢ out on grapefruit to 5¢
per box • The following t11 give you correct cost to -grow fruiter
of putting fr t through the Exchange exclusive of picking, hauling and packing.
TPA RETAIN Orange sold at action 19¢, private sale 31¢. Grapefruit t auction on 26¢ private sale let. Thisi
nclusive 100 advertising for grapefruit • sub-exchanges
take from 2t to 40 for (district expenses which pays the sub danger clerks, rent, etc• than the local association takes
50 or an agreed sum for packing house building or replacement
fund. Chat is a local feature and regulate' by the memebers
of each association It adds up 2t to 30 for orange and
t 37 or grapefruit•
Exchange packing charges actual cost; in fact everything average charge last season oranges.
It would seem this information properly used by our agents, would hell, in getting contracts from growers who are looking for results and not ..working for sentiment.
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Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from C. M. Tyler to Chase & Company Members, May 26, 1919.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 7, folder 14.10A, <a href="http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/" target="_blank">Special and Area Studies Collections</a>, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/100" target="_blank">Florida Citrus Exchange Collection </a>, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
auction
Cadillac
Chase and Co.
FEC
grapefruit
oranges
Ross, John Harvey
Skelley, F. L.
Tyler, C. M