Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-09-28
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win perhaps Ike 70 read tie tcHo".ng
descrip. ion Of The process q rsising 81 nee,
and repaiigg il ier marker, N tfaVnna,
which We extract from one OF the titer
taiaug, "8ieaglyphies," IN the New Or
ipans Picayune:
TIE q IS fr.s pIaut d u nursery,
~ !, were; wade Il . sfraaslng Up inio a
isue young tres or plant, the field Tor lis
transplnutiiiDn- somttlmes covering hun
ere Is III oeres-- is bsing weed d aus PEE
pared W hen The sapiingi atiain the
ptoger age snd gr1sih, they are t,ken
up and planted lor periGaacut purI os, Q in
the coffee Fl n. They ar put Down 10
rows a, distances from zach Other Of Fl N
four tosx feet lon snu iinaly, and from
six TO tight feet latluc naly. Here hey
rman until lfey are worn out, bearing
coffee 10 some Is fOr peti0d es long
pstweniy years. The field beng thas
pointed, the Whole 9th liners atttn-
1ien, ear sft, year, ~ 90" directed, fifst
{, keeping the pantiiIsn eileen, anu en-
tirely free from ", Is, Tar thus - njis
D nsaLlv necessary 10 The cool and
who Gao ne geowlh OF the trees, next IN
trimming the trees, so as TO prevent Ihrm
IRON reqchiog b CHER altitude them the
coli, can be plueked from them by tho
had, or extending Their bfanches 70
vile, thereby preventing The pickers fr3in
passing easily around them. Secondly,
10 plucking off the coffee berries from the
trec al the proper season; aud thirdly, in
preparing il fyr m .raei. The W ling is
done wi b great caae--not so much al T.
single bl ,de If grass is to be disc yefed
among the coffee tf,es, c vering entire
acres. and thus lie whole powers tf the
s2t, which is a mari Of heavy r. dd.sh
col r, are prose fved lar tteIf nearishmcnt.
Round the bounds OF the coffce fold, IN
at convenient distance ,hroug, them,
there are walks or avenues: Il G inarains
o. which are laid out with great IA l., aud
planted with p I'm, orange md other trees,
giving i. great beauty. Ind Ell coffee
plantation seems to be no hing marc or
less tIan en- overgrown, but well tended
gard n. 1t affords SUR assingly saeet
perfume, and when the trees are in flower
ar when the berries are red--sone Still
u ing gr en--.t IS pietlHslee beyond any
thug.
Az th1 tree doe, not senI fOtth al is
! ssoms simultaneously, a 0 tion Of he
Der les he one rite bffore the ST, and
b nee tn proc S, If pickios IS rtpo4ted
- diff mt p riods The ! ssoln fist
shoots 70 tn IN tn after pat Of ApiI ar
early ptft Of May, and NJ 81 in the latter
arr OF May or emily pat of Jun Thc
bfrty fret assumes a gfee1 he, an as
il b, mes more Ri o II changcs to "a &c p
rad. The lu'l.ng is perform II in August
and September. The general proc, s. 81
lr,pprug the cnffee for mfrket is this
It is first placed on glacer Of crcuIeI
shape and smoothly pateted surlaee,
b III expressly for, the purpose, N quan
tty ra'ng about twolsc inches n depth.
This ia cone for the furpess Of rot ipg
the shell or husk of the DerfIes, ~ ~ on.
OF which cantilOs two - t@i1 gtt Ills 81
cff,.e. Il IS next on tie same gllei r
hlt in les; quantities, dried y expoSu
10 tha sua; when led. il il put IN a cir
cnlar mil ~ 'rough, where whsel pts
siug Over II breaks otfthe ste mud ciears
tn grain from Il incurntrtnc It Is
next winuoAed by which The tr,li.b
husss arc blown off from the sraln, a4a
IaHly il is picked or ass ed, lie pjcke,s
using their hands a ore and having no
aid from machinery, dividing the crop,
grain by grain, INTO their differ en-, CLASSES
-Sufer o., middlng, ard inferior. 1t is
then pat up for mltket.