The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-10-03

h made in any part of louisiana except IN Aacapas,
nd az much as can be made there. We can begin to
s.r;od earlier in the fall A ram in Louisiana renders
E gerv difficult to Get the cane out of the field on ac-
co,nt Of the muddy, alluvia soil cart can run In
nr fields in twenty minutes after our heaviest rains.
We have not much fruit except peaches which were
,eo hv The Indians They small but very well fla
yorej The trees are at this time loaded nearly to
brp,lno down. have been compelled to prop the
mbs al more than dozen trees to prevent their break
;nr nelqhbor of mine has the finest nectarnes that
! have ever seem None that have seen in the mid
die States would bear any comparison with them IN size
and the flavor is good. They were three years from
the stone We have three sorts OF VIVID plum one OF
them GOOD to eat the others only tit for preserving
nmber Of trees of the best sorts fplum have been
hronoht from the North, but have not produced fruit
t az The trees are too young. The wild crab apple
y ,sed onlv as a preserve. The cultivated apple will
nrohaby not succeed, will the cherry goosepery
or currant The apricot, almond, and all the Varietes
ofthe nlum will no doubt succeed Many persons are
raising a few OF them. Every plantation has a num-
her Of flo trees and in short time there Will be
rreot manv raised perhaps some for exportaton.--
bev are very large and much superior in flavor to the
Cir in MARYLAND great many orange trees have been
nlanted but have not as yet produced any rut with
,be eYcention of tree or two III Gadsden County.
have douhts of the sweet orange succeeding Inc Sc
vile or sour orange probably WILL Inc last winter
was so cold as to destroy down to the root nearly all
,be ORANGE and lemon trees The strawberry thrlVes
when planted in beds. 1t has very hne flavor, and
orows large. reared some which weighed IRON 30
n 100 grains They are more valuable to fanny
here than thew are in Maryland, from tile longer time
IN which they bear. With you they never last longer
than from IS to Fl days | have had them both last
wear and the present one, full three months They are
the native strawberry of the country taken OUT OF e
woods the fruit of of thom is Hat ana mas We
ny high flavor r,o g..
Onr woods abound in deer and turkeys. The for
ner are in my field nearly every night. Ihree nave
been shot in my potatoe patch within the last three
weeks The turkeys we catch in pens during the WIN
Tor and snrne They are fat and in every respect equal
to your domestic turkey.
All the cattle of the country go at large IN the "oous'
as no one has enough land cleared 10 keep
for them. The price of COW and cali IS ~. .
wears old steer S8. A yoke of oxen S4o we make
better butter taking the whole year together hah we
used to do in Maryland This may seem strange 70
YOU, hut Mrs - agrees with me that 1t Is certainly
So and accounts for its being SO good IN summer rom
the GOODNESS of the nights.
The price of land varies from to So Tor uncieared
lnd there beno no other for SALE and will probably
rema;n co for year longer Should the next crop OF
conc he oood one fear there will be rise In the
price. ,,,;,. ,,ost,n of nina
Tors and clapboarded on the inside and out The men
think them very comfortable, but the ladies take no
great delight in them, and willing to get RID OF them
az soon AS possible. There are a few frame houses
hu;lt nv some who had either more money, or VANITY
.lon the generality of the settlers. In tile