Title: Letter from Frederick Morse to Dr. Ethan V. Blackman concerning the castor bean industry in Dade County

Summary: Frederick Morse (vice-president of the Model Land Company) advises Dr. E.V. Blackman (President of the Dade County Historical Society) that castor beans should not be grown in Dade County, as they ruin the soil, and suggests peanuts and cotton instead.

Creator: Morse, Frederick S., 1859-1920

Collection Title: Model Land Company Records

Collection No.: ASM0075

Archive: asm00750000410001001.tif

Physical Description: 1 typewritten leaf

Container: Box No.: 17, Folder Title: Growing castor beans and cotton in Dade County, 1917-1918 (Special file 526).

Recipient: Blackman, E. V. (Ethan V.), b. 1845

Coverage Temporal: 1910-1919

Coverage Spatial: Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Date: 1918

Digital ID: asm00750000410001001

Genre: Commercial correspondence

Repository: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Series: Series: I Special Files

Subject: Agriculture

Repository: Digital Collections

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Source: From: Letter from Frederick Morse to Dr. Ethan V. Blackman concerning the castor bean industry in Dade County