Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-10-12

h'a5le results And The doubts and disbelief lust
pressed, are indeed uniounded and unsound and New
England Is in truth well adapted for silk culture Then
sforttor so much the profitable must hr in Vir
gina, because ut our warmer and longer Summers We
have also other advantages (Which have several times
before gsd in far cheaper land and cheaper slave.
labor Many slaves could he producers no are
m rely consumers We now, us heretofore, and as
also frequently expressed anxious that the business OF
RAISING silk shall he properly commenced and pursued in
ptrCnin yet we have but little favor for, or confidence
IN, The newborn zeal for raising mulberry plants merely
10 sell at great profit 10 other PERSONS who will buy them
with precisely the same object.
''lhe Northern nursery have yet had the sup
plying OF the Southern demand for these plants although
1T dorbe the Prcest which far better plants have
been bought in Virginia. John Carter near Richmond,
ness for want Of purchasers had to dig up and throw
away thousands Of young mor"s mucauiis trees, after
they had grown large that he could spare them the
ground they occupied Subsequently, lie sold The rem
nant TO great Northern nursery man. al less han hall
the price at which these Tor much ones, if not
sheseD sent back from New York, and sold in Vir
gina, and in some probably 10 gentlemen not from
Richmond, but who had not heard Of any supply 10 be
obtained except from Northern nurseries The farther
North the plants raised and The careful and
more forcing their culture the worse they are 10 propa
gate FROM The Northern nursery.men endeevor TO re.
medy the defect Of their climate by using the richest
soil, and the most stimulating culture. The plants are
pushed in growth unnaurally; and when winter stops
their further vegetation half the increase OF wood
10 1maure and succulent and tender as TO be un
able nd the winter, and unfit 10 raise from, il
kept through winter sheltered from frost These imma
tire buds however ,o sell; and they fit for nothing
else Southern plant raised without forcing culture,
is worth 10 propagate FROM than hall dozen from
Northern nursery of equal size This has already been
fully proved in Virginia, by those who have bought
plants and cuttings from the North well as near home,
and subjected both 10 the like rea,men after being plant
ed
In subsequent article of the same No. of the Register
Tho Ociob M In
of the present Mulberry speculation lie states the re-
suit of fuher information that le demand tor plants
Of the Chinese mulberry has indeed so greatly increas-
ed at the North that plant and cutting now in
Vrenia may be sold this year to Northern purchasers
ut the highest prices To previous views and re-.
commentators therefore, ne would add The advice 10
nil who have plants 10 spare not TO sell any 10 specna.
lower than at the highest prices; to raise Us many
plants possible in $780, from the stock retained and
TO be prepared then 10 supply the whole country great
]y reduced prices and yet at greater profits than the
highest prices at present would give Every single qua
planted next Spring, and well taken care OIL will produce
from 10 to 20 budssay not cas than 80 on en- average;
and therefore al n half cent even quarter cent the
bud the stock Of 1889 will yield much greater sum
than the present growing stock cents the bud %
or 80 cents the plant But whether the sales are
made this year at the present high price, or Eext year
at much lower, gratifying tha, the course OF trade Is
completely turned, and that Northern purchasers are
now coming to the South for supplies and that this year
more money will thus be paid 10 Virginia, than all that
the Northern nurserymen have before got from US Tor
their immature and defective plants, with which This
Stale was stocked.
at is not merely the rage Of speculation, stimulated
by legislative bountes that Inns caused this great demand
at The North There real and grea, scarcity OF mo
rus 1puiticauS caused by the immense loss Of cuttings
by the wet and cold weather Of last winter and early
spring, and The drought Of summer
"Snce the both Of August the agents Of at eas, five
different, and distant muiraus dealers have visited this
place for the purpose of purchasing the plants which
in and Petersburg. Most Of these agents have
tlo Er.t nE liroc 60
pid and violent has been The rise of the mulieaus spe
cnation that monthly publication can give but a
faint idea of lis progress. For the last month"; almost
daily reports would have been necessary 10 show the
state of the trade and The extent Of The demand Cons
dernp that the Northern Sales the original seat and
still the principal scene, Of this specuation-lhe great
void which still is 10 FILL throughout both the North and
the South for actual as we'll speculative demand-te
difficulty with which young muicaulis plants raised
in the North and the far greater vgor in growing and
after.value Of those raised in Vrgniait will not be
strange Than the present state Of things If very
high prices should continue to be maintained through
another year. But all prudent holders and planters he
ought 10 be prepared 10 meet great reduction
of price The few persons who ure so fortunate as 10
have many growing plants Of course, will do right TO
make the most Of the present demand Tor their surplus
stock. But with view TO all interests, i will be better
10 plant Spring than to sell abroad now; cents
cents The tree, in 1882 will pay far better
profit, than sell the stock grown in 1885 for four times
those prices-which may now bs readily obtained
States by The mania for this trade and far and TO effect
general spreading of the multeautis which this mania
certainly WILL it will produce much benefit 10 public in
teresis But when the violent fever shall have subsidized
il is TO be feared that as great reaction Tor acon)
will follow the unnatural excitement and that the pro-
per business and regular and good profits Of silk culture
will be scorped and neglected.
And subsequent article states, that "a purchase has
very lately made of more than 20 600 young trees
unlrmmed, from J. Atkinson, Esq, Pitt county, N. C.,
n, 40 cents Only few oil them are of the second
years growth, nearly the whole being from cuttings Get
out last spring, QS3S But, slated by the purchaser,
the youngest trees uncommonly inc being nearly
or quite feet of average height; and some few Of the
youngest which grew on hogpen ground are nine feet
high. These strong evidences Of the superior and
remarkable fitness of the climate Of the Southern States
for this valuable tree II is matter of congratua
ton that this large parcel purchased for planting in
North Carolina. The demand of purchasers from the
Northern market has been great TO threaten TO
leave in the South but small stock to plant next spring.
"a gentleman who has a lot Of mnlticaus trees in
Petersburg has been offered and refused 10 take 81 per
tree (unlrmmed) for all the trees of more than one
seasons growth. These plants are OF the second and
third but not having been taken care Of as 10
proper soil and culture, they not six feet, average
height and of much less size than all ought 10 have IN
two seasons from the cuttings OF some Of the same
original stock, drought from the North when very
small and set out in spring Of 1872 but which have
stood in rich land few entire plants have been sold at
SIS piece. These were not the best. They had all
been OF the ground last fall and the whole Of
the present tops (now or feet Egh) Of this sea-
sons growth.
"Conlrac,s have recently been made here for some
thousands Of plants of The growth Of 1882 untmmed,
and TO be from 10 2 feet high, 10 be delivered in the
autumn of 1889, at IL l.2 cents the plant"
We do 70, grudge the space which we hive given 10
these copous extracts; because The subject is all
the rage among our Farmers, and the eminent source
from which make the extracts is of the first nu.
thoy in all matters relating TO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
we are rather more enthusiasts in favor Of all new
Inventions such the Italian Wheat, lhanou friend
of the Farmers Register; but what is enthusiasm
without experience The cautions which he gives
to young beginners in plungng heedlessly into any