File:Jarvis Andrew Lattin (1853-1941) and the Isle of Pines Company in The York Dispatch of York, Pennsylvania on 16 February 1912.jpg

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Pineapple I Kumquats, etc. The Prici it 1 2 , can-! i i repre-4 I I $3,0'00 to $9,000 a Year Profit can be made from ten acres of our fertile, frostless fruit and truck land, growing 'Oranges, Grapefruit, Pineapples. Winter Vegetables, Banas, Tobacco, Cocoanuts, Coffee, rigs, Pecans, Kumquats, etc. The Price of This Land Will Advance in a Short Time ' Send For Literature To-day. wn a nome iat , ISLE OF PINES $35,000 Profit from this grapefruit gro7e le the estimate of Mason Brothers (the owners. formerly of Brooklyn. N. Y.) for this season's csrop. As their first shipment sold in New York this season at $5.75 a box. it seems probable that the net returns will exceed their. estimate. This means a profit of over $1:,100 an acre, and the grove is not yet in full bearing. ,., , , What a' Mail From Easton Thinks of the Isle ! , Easton, Pa.. February 13th, 1012. Dear Mr. Grant: After an-iv ing home from the Isle of Pines I have never let you know how much I thought. of the -place. Words cannot describe it. I found my land all that you claimed it to be. The money that can be made on a f-9 NV acres of ground is almost unbelle veable. The citrus fruit groves all over the Isle looked good. Grov es in bearing were loaded with fruit , of the finest kind. The Pineapples they grow there. are so large they can get only six or eight in a crate. Mr. Gowell . who was stopping at the Inn while I was there. was buying all the pineapples he coul d get for p a crate cash. A good many would not sell to him claiming they could do more by doing their own marketing. I have seen ; some marvelous ' cures which th ey claim were due to the climate of the Isle. The drinking water is fine, ; being as clear as -crystal. and you can drink from any stream. Well, I will have to close for I could not tell all in a month of writing. UNINES2 The Isle of Pines is 90 miles south of Havana. Cubaonly four days from New York by fast express steamers. It is an island of eternal June. fanned by ocean breezes and protected by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream from the blighting frosts which devastate the Florida groves. There are no frosts. floods, croughts, or earthquakes. -Irrigation for fruit trees Is unnecessary. No coughs, colds, rheumatism or feverno sunstroke or heat prostrations. An American Colony The Isle of Pines is In every sense an American Colony. You w1i feel as much at home there as in your own native State. Hundreds of Americans have settled there and , others have bought land, lookin?:.- forward to it as a future home. Over 99 per cent. of the island is already actually owned by Americans and more than half the total propulation is American. a- T CI imate Frostproof. There is a,bsolutely no danger of frost in the Isle of Pines. The thermometer has never fallen below .5o degrees, and the killing frosts that periodically visit Florida. Texas and California. causing thousands of dollars loss to the growers. have neyer been known In the Isle of Pines. Protected as It is by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, there is no more danger of trost than at the Equator. The climate of the Isle of Pines in summer is COOLER than that of many cities, OWING TO OUR FINE SEA BREEZES. Pioneer Stage Passed The pioneer stage in the development of this wonderful garden spot has been almost passed. The Colonies have General Stores. Sawmills. Blacksmith Shops. Good Hotels. Bakeries, Nursery, American Schools, Churches. Town Hall, scores of American Houses and Bungalows and a hustling American population which helps support a Bank, Wireless Telegraph and Steamship Company, and which is rapidly making the Isle of Pines a second California. Yours very truly. EDWARD SIGAFOOS. $500 an Acre from Potatoes , Extract from Mr. Lattin's letter:--I had a yield of about 200 bush el s of Irish potatoes per acre from first planting and sold them on the ground at four to five cents per. pound, amounting in $2.50 per bushel. I shall plant ten acres of my land in Irish potatoes next month-, andin January I will dig the potatoes and shall plant the same field In oats. I expect to harvest the oa tS the latter part of March or the 1st of April, and will plant to the same soil corn, thus taking three crops oft this one ten-acre field. . You'rs very truly, J. A. LATTIN. $3,000 an Acre from Pineapples Extract from Mr. Fowles letter: I have recently returned from a very agreeable and pleasant trip to the McKinley Colonies. I found my tra cts. Nos. 1661 and 1662, all that could be desired. Pineapples are a, source of profit and the finest in the world are grown there. I secured figures from a we II known grower and contractor of West ,,m,Kinley. and they may prove very interesting to someone who has never g-rven tpineapples a thought. Cost of one acre of pineapples, 8.000 Returns from one acre of pine- to an acre. apples. in about 16 months. 8,000 plants at Sc $640.00 8,00o fruit at inc ; 800.00 Preparing beds, planting, fer- 40,000 slips at 8c 3,200.00 ttliztog, labor, etc., for one Year, 305.00 Total $4,000.00 --- Total $945.00 I saw these prices prevail while on the Island. Sincerely Tours, F. P. FOWLE. Better Climate Than California Extract from Dr. Smith's letter: am thinking of going down a gain next month. as that climate Is beck- oning me to come. I have been we II over California and like it immensely, but in climate it cannot compare with the Isle of of Pines. Sincerely yours, 1 HL - ..,, DR. ELIZABETH a smITII. Enormous Increase Certain Everybody knows how land values have Increased In Callforina. Some years ago land sold there for $3 an acre When a Yankee Colonist proved they could produce navel oranges there by planting only two trees. prices rose like magic. A ten-acre orange grove th-ere in full bearing is worth $10.000, and uncultivated land sells at $200 to $500 an-acre. - With grapefruit groves and pineapple plantations In the Isle of Pines yielding large profits. It needs no prophet to tell you that California land prices will 13,60r1 be realized in West McKinley. Price of Land Advance The Price of Lan4, will positively advance in a short time. Don't wait until -this land is selling for $200 an acre. but INVEST NOW while you can still secure it at $50 an acre. payable $125 down and the balance In equal payments in 6 and 9 months. A discount of 10 per cent. is allowed for cash. making the net cash price $450, The co:upon below will bring you our beautiful book and Dill information if you mail it today. , Mail Coupon To-day Isle of Pines Company 225 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. Please send me FREE by Mail your printed matter describing your Colony in. the Isle of Pines, to gether with Maps and complete particulars. NAME Nuinber- and Street City State York Dispatch Feb. 16, 1912. Is , , . , 4, a - , , ' at vs , , r, 771 I ley , I 0 7 t, . i , v n , a 4 ome , ag- , baallA - - t ' - I 41 , - ; - IsLE oF pINEs , , i . , Lit gni ! a ear ProuL $3,0 0 0 to . $ 90 , 0 0 , I , i'l can be made from ten acres of our fertile, frostless fruit and truck land, growing Oranges, Grape- , ,.. fruit, Pineapples. N inter ,, Vegetables, Banas, Tobacco, Cocoanuts Coffee, rigs, 'Pecans, , . Kumquats, etc - 1 The Price of This Land Will Advance in a Short Time Is d F Send or Literature 'To- lk I . day. et in full bearing. at a' Man' From Easton Thinks of the Isle 1 Easton, Pa., February 13th, 1012. g-ro-Dear Mr. Grant: After arriv ing home from the Isle of Pines I have never let you know how much I : thought of the -place. Words cannot describe It. 1 found my land all that you claimed it to be. The i money that can be made on a fe NV acres of ground is almost unbeliveable. The citrus fruit groves all over the Isle looked good. Grov es in bearing were loaded with fruit , of the finest kind. The Pineapples they grow there. are so large they can get only six or eight in a crate. Mr. GoweIl . who was stopping II, at the Inn while 1 Was there . vvas buying- all the nineanoles he caul d opt for S2 n ern t P r a Rh A c

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