Indian River Citrus History

However the docent and her excellent narration of what it means to be indian river citrus and history of it made visit fascinating.
Indian river citrus history. Good way to spend 45 minutes while you re in the area. Answer citrus trivia questions and sort oranges. A little history on indian river citrus. Originally it was a rather loose organization sustained largely by the efforts of will fee and voluntary contributions collected by him.
Juan ponce de leon planted the first trees in st. Read a letter from the infamous freeze. Each piece of fruit is shipped within days of being picked off of the treee. The citrus museum is a room museum.
Fort vinton was built for this purpose near where the intersection of florida state road 60 near. Nature s finest citrus gifts. Growers packers and shippers of premium florida citrus. Growers packers and shippers of premium florida citrus.
Any amount or variety you choose sending and receivng a gift of fruit is one of life s simple. Over 7 5 million bushels are shipped around the globe every year. In brevard county douglas dummit established the indian river citrus industry on merritt island in the 1830s. Discover why indian river citrus is world famous indian river county is the citrus capital of north america and there is more than a century of history tied to the famous indian river citrus.
Packers of indian river. The indian river groves got started on the north end of merritt island in brevard county florida way back in 1807 when a man named captain douglas dummitt was searching for a place to call home for him and his family. The colorful history of the indian river citrus district goes back to 1807 when captain douglas dummitt sailing south along the florida east coast smelled the fragrance of orange trees and was determined to find these trees and to secure some for his not yet established homestead. Augustine between 1513 and 1565.
An official legal definition of the boundaries of the indian river citrus district was very difficult to establish. Indian river county benefits from the best climate soil and geological conditions to produce the perfect balance of sweet and acid in a citrus fruit. Indian river citrus fruit is the most famous and succulent of all the world s oranges and grapefruit. The indian river citrus league is formed.
Welcome to indian river fruit company. Indian river fruit in our humble yet popular opinion is the best citrus grown in the world literally. The second seminole war was fought in 1835 and from 1838 to 1839. Prior to 1821 the area of indian river county was part of the spanish colony of east florida in 1822 this area became part of st.
Johns county in 1824 it became part of mosquito county original name of orange county.