New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-01
Planting of Tea Nuts and the Means OF Trans
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From the New-Orleans Picsyune, May ..

From the New-Orleans Picayune, May ..
The inquiries respecting the time and manner Of
planting the tea nut and the best mode OF inland
transportation are so general, that one cannot TAIL
perceiyirg that the total absence of experience on
the subject must necessarily produce such result
In this country we are compelled at present to
resort 10 foreign importation OF tea nuts aud must
be governed accordingly in regard To the time oil
planting. All nuts are slow in vegetatlng, and the
Autumn as general rule, is undoubtedly the most
suitable time for planting, especially native mats,
when the fruit pens at that season OF the year But
we cannot receive tea nuts OF last years growth in
China before Spring, and therefore We must adapt
our husbandry to the nature OF the case
If the nuts are planted early in the Summer,
they may terminate before autumn, AMI IN that
case as the seedlings are extremely delicate and
tender, and not sufficiently strong TO resist eXces'
sive heat or excessive cold, they Will require pro-
lection. II planted in October or November 10
this lstitute, they will require the same Winter
protection. In either case good coating OF clean
straw hay, or broom sedge, covered over the oed
of seedlings or nuts, raised from Immediate contact
with the earth by crossing few small STICKS over
the coating, and then throwing over all a smau
quantity of light mold sufficient to preserve the
covering in its place against the violence oil winds,
will be sufficient protection until the warmth oil
Spring and the absence OF fros, require It's removal
In the Summer bene ath the influence OF hot and
parching sun, this covering is essentially the same
as mulching the nuts nste ad OF the roots OF fresh
planted fruit tree. 1t checks evaporation from the
earth, and cakDg of the soil alter watering
have tea nuts now in the ground, planted last DC
tober. Just ready and only waiting a warmer and
more genial atmosphere to burst into sprouts
In planting, kind rich soil Of a sand mold sur
face and fnabIe, clayey subsoi should be chosen
for q nursery. The soil should be spaded two ieet
deep, because the top root Of Seeding tea plant
down ike carrot and the cslla,eral radicals
shoot out at a later period. When the seed bed is
well dug and raked clean and smooth, the nuts
should be planted about three inches deep, ana
two OF three inches apart is quite sufficient Ia
drouthy weather, water them with WATERPROOF
the evening moderately, jus. enough to keep the
soil moist without flooding Il.
The tea plant is naturally fond OF water, ana ior
plantation the banks OF a running stream. with an
aspect from south east to south west Is the most
favorable location. ,
With regard to transportation, ind the mAn
viii take a small tin box, in which the nuts arc
packed, containing from ten dozen to any smaile.
quantity, and perhaps this is the safest ana mus
expeditions mode OF inland transportation Ia Tue
absense of steamboats, railroads and private oPPo''
tuIities Your obedient servant, JULIUS oAIlh'
GreeErtHe $. c. May IS, 1854.