Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-06


A friend handed me the following ac-
count Of the Hcligoland bean. l am in
ducsd to make il public for the benefit OF
these who have possessed them,elves OF
some of tins valuable article. They ap'
pear peculiarly calculated for the north
ern states, aud l have no doubt will
prove an advantageous substitute tor corn,
where frost is apt to ipjure that crop. a
small quantity has been sent for the be-
arfit Of the Agricultural Society, by Mr..
Robert Barclay Of London, they arrived
afsw weeks past, and have been distrr
ba,ed in various parts Of the state.
RIB.
The merits Of those beans consist in
their extraordinary prolific quality, their
perfect fuilness Of form, and thinness OF
skis, and in their ripening much sooner
Than the common sorts--they are short in
the straw, and the pods, which grow in
punches, commence very near the ground.
They will succeed on soiis not consider
ed stiff enough fer the common beans
and have produced generally, without
extra MANURE, from 81 TO 80 bushels per
acre. At the annual meeting IF the Agri.
cultural Society, Of Wiltshire, held at
Devices, July 20, lsl4-Mr. Phillips
produced two stalks which had on them
l4s pods, yielding 400 beans. To the
spring Of 1915, Mr.. Phillips planted q
bashel aud halt Of these beans, in hall
an acre Of land, "a poor clay,) at one
ploushipg, without manure, and they pro-
duced the astonishing quantity Of fifty
two bushels and half Winchester mea-
sure.
Several stalks of these beans were pro.
duced, and the committee declared them
to be infinitely superior in point Of pro-
ductiyeness and quality, to any other
sort ever introduced into the country,
and ielt it their duty to recommend them
not only to their own members, but to
the public at large, who they we're GER
tain would derive great benefit from their
introduction
In addition to the foregoing, the fol-
lowing account Of the ralavera spring
wheat, a sample Of which accompanied
the beans to this country, may not be un
interesting.
Extract Of letter from q gentleman in
England to his trend, dated Jan. 1917
] shall send you sample Of wheat |
am threshing, with some If the straw
my crop last year, one acre with another
wa IS bushels per acre. / have often
thought it is 4 sort thar might not be la
bic =" the destructive ravsges Of the Hes
sian Fly, because the straw Ia foil Of pith,
an, not hollow like the common wheat
straw; it is certainly not 80 liable to he
beaten down nor so SUI ject to smut or
miIdew, and il is much more productive
than any other species OF wheat we have
here.
1t is much applaudeJ saying Of Dean
Swift, thu, he who discovers how to make
two spires Of grass grow shere only one
grew before. is entitled to more real glo.
~ than the greatest Of heroes. For the
same reason it may be said, that he who
introduces ioto country new species
If nutritious cattle food gilmore than four
times the value Of any hitherto cultivated
in that country. merits the lasting graft
-tude Of every man in it. The public, more
particularly that part to whom the follow
ing a, ticle is addressed, and to whom it
will find ito way through the medium Of
OR country paper, will thankfully re
ceive il, and, we presume will, without
delay, avail themselves Of the informa.
ZION it so literally communicates.
" r. Evening Post.
TO FARMERS AND GARDENERS.
When l published, some tine aga. my
account Of the crops Of Ruia Basa, Of
Russia, or Swedish turnip, I was BY no
means aware, that I was exposing myself