Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-03-03

AGRICULTURAL Snow IN San FRANcIsco.
Everything in California is anomalous; its
gold fields, vegetation, and population, are
distinguished by characteristic peculiarlties.
In garden products this is especially note wor-
thy. Notwithstanding the enormous size to
which they are grown, they are represented
by all authorities as unequalled for richness,
flavor and delicacy. The climate and soil seem
equally adapted to the productions of fruits,
which come into bearing at an early period,
and prove productive beyond all example on
this side of the continent. The market at San
Francisco will ere long be supplied with
fruits and vegetables, which, for variety and
excellence, the world cannot furnish paral.
lei.
A correspondent of the Boston Cultiyator,
in noticing the horticultural exhibition of San
Francisco in her last, mentions Baldwin an
pies, from trees taken across the Isth1nus in
1852; Pippins, from tree three years old !;
Bartlett Pears and other varieties from the old
missions; fresh figs the fruit of the Prickly
Pear, and grapes, from Los Angeles, in clus-
tiers weighing 6, and 3 lbs. OF vegetables,
he notices
Three Valparaiso monster squashes, from
Sacramento Valley, the largest weighing I2l
lbs, and Six feet three in circumference. Wa
ter melons IN abundance, many weighing 80
and 40 lbs. Onions of mammoth size from
all parts OF the State, one weighing lbs, two
feet in circumference Baskets of silver skins.
five and six inches in diameter and of proper
tionate weight. Sweet potatoes from Sacra-
mento and Valley of San Jose. One weigh
ing 1-2 pounds, and any number of and
lbs. EACH One large common potato, weigh
ing lbs. delights the eyes Of all Irishmen
and potato eating Yankees Twelve bushels
III sacks, all raised from three seed potatoes
Beets.-Numerous specimens-one weigh
ing oil lbs., another 40 several so one three
feet long another l-2.
Monster turnip, 10 inches in diameter, from
Santa Cruz county. Chinese vegetables, 81
varieties, by Lee Kon.
Tobacco, from Sonora, Tuolumne county,
where Is acres are under cultivation. 1t must
gladden. the eyes and strengthen the hearts Of
the monster enormous tobacco chewers and
smokers to know that such fine article can
be grown here.
GrGsns.-The cereals seem to delight in the
soil and climate Of California. Wheat, sew
en- varieties, by J. NJ. Homer, of San JOSE
Greatest yield 70 bushels per acre Barley,
one stalk of 20 heads, from one seed, num-
belIng 5000 grains. Specimens of barley from
Salinas Plains, where l49 l-3 bushels were
raised on enc acre? Oats, 10 feet inches in
height, frosa San Jose. Corn--Several varie-
ties from various sections Of the State. Sound
and well filed ears, with stalks II feet in
height, from San Jose. Flour of super6ne
quality from Homer's mills, Union city, ex-
hibited in beautifully embroidered satin sacks! |
HE MAIL ROBBERY IN CONNECTICUT |
The Nec Haven Courier contains the partlcu- |
lars of the arrest of Rowland A. Smith, be-
fore mentioned, for robbing the mail between
Hartford and New Haven. Mr. Smith was
baggage master at New Haven, of the New
Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad. !
MI. Holbrook, special agent of the Post Oftice
department, secreted himself near the depot
at New Haven, where he watched the move
ments of the suspected man, who, soon after
he had received the mails, was seen to place
them ON barrow, and wheel them to an out
ot-the-way place on the north end Of the plat
form, when he, in most dexterous manner,
unlocked one of the bags and took from it sew
eral bundles of letters, which he put into his
pockets, and then returned the barrow to his
baggage room. Smith was soon after arrested,
and the package found, and on searching his
private desk and trunk in the baggage room,
q large number Of post bills, envelopes, letters,
drafts, checks and notes, to the amount OF
some $4,000, were found. Also, upon his |
person were found about $500 in bank notes,
embracing the money contained in several de-
coy packages placed in the mail bag by Mr..
Holbrook.