The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-10-30
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From the Yicksburg Wing.
Prolific Pomegranate" Cotton.


Mn. EDrToR:-For the last two wears
have heard good deal about Gen. G. D
hlrhell's Prolific Pomcgrana,e Cotton.
but thinking it was all humbug, would,
not 60 to see il until short time ago,
when, to my utter astonshment, / found
his whole crop infinitely superior to any
thing ever saw before in the way OF cot
Ton. His plantation is very much worn,
having been in cultivation, he unforms me,
Tor sixteen years. It was high, broken,
oakrdge land when first cultivated, and is
nowimll of washes and gullcs. Yet saw
''n It heavy stalks of new cotton perfectly
loaded with squares and hollis, many limbs
having from fifteen 10 thirty on them. |
have been planting cotton for many years,
and have seen all the best varieties of the
coun'ry-such as the Hogan, prout, null
,aholuA, hananna, the "hundrcd seed" &c,
hut Gen. Nlitchrll's pomcgranate is very
Misrepresentation all in its fruitful yield
lie deserves The encouragement and pa
iro'iage OF llscsGutton planters Of the Sou,n
sinliaia bio Snsln ~ in ihe,fsnlaG
udH DI MS ss6a lor The improvement Of his
cotton. -
jiany body. .isHbtss the superiority Of his
cotton over al others in the country, let
him visit Cen. Mitchell and examine his
crop for himselfas have done, and he,
will be convinced OF the fact. | would ad-
svis" all of!ny brother planters ro call and
.sFce for themselves. and if you visit the
a9irneralI will guaranty you Il genuine, un-
affected and true Mississippi hospitality.
a FLASrER OF WARREN Co
The above, from the pen Of an Old plant
cr, more than confirms our last years opin-
ion in rcgard,o tho lruitfulncss nf the "pro-
life pomcgranate," and is fully corrobora,cd
in that respect by what we saw few days
since in Gen. Mitcl,cll's fields. We saw
this truly prolifc species Of plant growing
on poor and rich land, and though it was
literally covered with mailed masses OF
bos in bo:h situations, It showed TO better
advantage where the soil was bare-many
little stalks, only a few inches in height.
growing by the hard beaten pathway in
what seemed but little else than mere sand,
displaying from fifteen to fifty splendid and
perfect bolls. In rich lands some limbs of
the plant exhibited upwards of forty fine
hollis, growing in clusters, and presenting
an exceedingly beautiful and rich appear
ance. We have not specifically compared
the "pomcgrnnate" with anything else in
the cotton line, except the Mexican, and
cannot tell how Tar "A Planter" is Just in
giving il so decided a superiority over every
other variety. We can say, however, that
his opinion agrees entirely with that Of dis
tInguishrd gentleman who is thought to be
one of the bcst-if not the very hcsr-cotton
growers in the South. Our opinion goes
no farther than the Mexican variety, which
we believe is thrown entirely in tho shade
ny the pomegrana'c, the latter producing
so much more cotton to the stalk and to
the acre. that lie who sees it growing once
and plants Mexican again must be set
down as infatuated.
We desire 10 enter into none of the
rarm controversies Of planters concerning
cotton seed. IL any one doubts our opinion
let hlm visit the ponegranatc, and he shall
have free use of our columns to express
the result OF his examinations We are
perfectly willing to examine any other va
rlcty, if opportunity he afforded us, and to
express our opini"n of it as fully IA we did
last year concerning the "Prolific Pomc-
granate.' AT present we can only say
that our high praise Of this latter, hereto
fore published, is hereby fully reiterated;
and sc think no unprciudiced man can sec
growing without admitting US to be just
IN saying that il is even grand and bewil-
dering in its frnitfuIness.
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HARD TO SUIT ALL.-At the Amcri
can Congress Of fruit growers. in lS4s,
fruitscommittce Of nine persons pre-.
pared a select list Of fruits worthy Of
general cultivation. Although many
hundred sorts Of the pear have borne
fruit in this country, nll perhaps pro.
ncunccd "crccHent" by the two nursery
men who sold them, yet there were only
tuo that the fruit committee could unari.
;mons'y agree upon to recommend,
namely, the Seckcl aud Bartlett.
DEEP Soil AND DEEP RonTs.-A. J
Downing says."l have seen The roots oi
strawberries extend fire feet down into
rich soil; and those plants bore n cror
or fruit five tunes, and twice as hnnd.
some aud good, as tho common product
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