Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-27

6 = 4 ~. r.sr
away these lrees, and the sans grount IN.
tsara would NOT support slagle family.
| "A pound Of oil, which can be bought iof
| cd or Id sterling, equiv aliens 20 many
p3undso of aesh BY the, Qpans''y -ot vegeta'
bles-it w;ltpsepare aaG render Fl, and eoai-
-ssfor,ab,e food. Without this tree the cauat
1 try of Provence, and territory OF 6enos.
would not supper, one halt, perhaps ] rot e.
one third, 'of their present ANNA i1stsnts.
IS The nature of the soil is of little fonse.
sequence if il be dry. The trees are Plaot
ised from is TO 90 feet apart, and when to-,
a.aersb.y good. will yield freu 70 % -
pounds of o;t yearly one with "aoo'heT.
Where are ysss 81 winch Yield Eluch more.
I 'Ihey begta . render good. crops q twenty
! ears old. and lsse till kiFsd by the cold,
: ssettairii happens at some. time or oSaeS, even
IN their best pesi,ions ,nsiFfance; bet
pat thew put out again froN their roots.
4In I,aly. / am told, they have Trees goo
years cid. They afford anreasy,' be- con.
slant employment ,hsaash the ysar and
,rsquire so little nonfshmen', thai u eaf
! so,lbe fit Tor any other Producueas !, may
be cultivated amongsae olive sl.ees without
figuring Them; Il
The northern lieai.s of thls .,ree are iI7
/ mountains of CevenDes, from about the
s.meridian of Carcasione 70 the ktfoue.;
from thence 10 the Alps aul Appentees as
far as Cocoa, knew, end how mach lar.
sfler am rot inforned. be shelters OF
/ these mountains may be ,conslderedeeu
lsnt tosa degree and shati OF lst''uae az
least; Because westward cfthes co'Hr1ehces
/ .is,cnI of the Cevennes, there are 40 GIVE
trees III, 43 IL degrees, orteven - degrees
Of latitude, whereas weshnd thsfano" G"
the Rhoue q, Pierrelat,e, IL a ahd = BALL
I degrees. and formerly they were at ANS,
.abope me n, 5nth OF the lsere ms &c
prtes, sheltered by the near approach OF
| the Ceyepnes and Alps which enI9 leave
these.a passage for the Rhone. Whether
such shelter exists or not 10 the SLATE oi
South CaroIlaa and Georgia, | know not
l~Hn, this -vie may say, that either II exists,
or that Ii ia noe necessary there; because
we kaow that they produce the orange ~
| omen air: end wherever the orange viii
stand at all. experience shews the :ohVe
| viii stand weEl, -berng harder tree. II
wilhs,anding the great quant'y>oi on mace
| IN France. they have not enough tor their
| owe consumption, and therefore impoH
| from other countries. / MS IS an a:ticle,
The consumption of which viii always keep
! pace With KS production. Raise and II
| bsrs,s i. own demand. 1Lit,le is carried
/ TO "A aerica, Because Europe has me Hss
! of il. iSu, cover the southern states Win
! il. and every man will become & cons& mer
of it, ~ithin whose reach II can be.l2roaGh :.
| 10 point Of price. 4 the menlnry u tkosE
persons is held in great respect an iSop'a
lCatolina, who introduced there the culture
| Of rice, plant which sows lie and death
with almost equal hand, what ob!'satens
would be due TO him who Should !o'roonce
the olive tree, and set an example OF IFS
culture! Were the owsers OF slaves 10
view it only as the means OF betterine 'ne'f
condition, how much would he briteE tfasi
by planting Que of those trees. for every
slave he possessed !, Hag1ag baen nnYseii an
! eyewitness 10 the Blessings which this tree
sheds on the poor, I never had ny wishes
so linaled for the ipuoducsion Of any arti.
Gle of new culture into eur own country
South Carolina and-Georg'a ,sPpear to, Rae
,o.be the states, wherein its success, IN IL
yorable. positions al least ~cou'd riot be
doubted {; and na,ter myself, Il swon!s!
rome within The views ofthe soce!y ior g.
oriculture TO begin tina experiments, which
are 10 prove it's praetlcabl!i'y, cSaFnassoae
is the place frron watch the p'ants may be
+ rost certainly arc cheePly obtained. = hey
can be sent By water from thenceto i'oE-
! tleaux, where they can be embarkedin YES
| sells bound Ter Charleston, There is too
t3;,,le intercourse between Charleston and
Marseiles, TO propose this asthe port OF
exnorta,iop. offer my serpice.to the So