Charles Delemere Haines (June 9, 1856 – April 11, 1929) was an American businessman and member of the United States Congress from New York, serving one term from 1893 to 1895.

Having first come to Altamonte Springs, Florida in 1913 for his health, Haines soon purchased property on the west side of Lake Orienta and began growing asparagus plumosa ferns shortly after World War I.

Since much of the area was under slat-roof covering to protect the tender plants, one over-enthusiastic reporter called it the largest industry in the world under one roof.

The fernery had thirty miles of irrigation pipe, a pre-cooling plant, and its own electric light and water system.

There was a complete company town with forty homes for employees, a commissary, a church, a school, a park, and a moving picture theater adjacent to the fernery.