Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-10-14
A GOOD HIT.

In New York the business men are buresquing each
other Some houses sent out by tho Asia very singular
and preudiced circular with reference to staple
"Turveydrop s. Brother" have issued their circular,
which will be found below touching the expected 4per
simon CROP 1t contains genuine satire, with its
very udcrous and entirely contradictory statements II
is doubtless well understood by those whom concerns
and will afford much merriment:
7urUeydrop & Brothers Circular, per Asia.
PERsMoNs The having arrived when it is our
usual custom to enghten the public generally upon the
growing crop Of persimons, beg leave to offer the fol-
lowing the most reliable Information we have been
able to procure in relation to this most important CROP
The home demand which is usually active at this period
OF the season. is cut off by the prevalence Of the cholera
and other causes dry weather. &c.. and the export in
qury is of checked by the unfavorabe Of
the foreign advces 1t is difficult account for the de-
pressed condition Of the Liverpool persimon market at
the last dates if the monetary prospects brilliantly
set forth reliable. An impression prevailed on the
fags" that the growing crop would be very large the
latter of course they were advised that persmon
two Of the CROP from grower anxious for the
distinction Of having marketed the first persmon had
reached the ports and consequently that there would be
period Of light imports during the Tall months. The
crop prospects, to judge from the annexed extracts are
not quite brilliant advised month since The re-
ceipts of persmons light every where and the pre-
valence Of the cholera flor which persmons
antdote) will delay consumption until late period.
These facts well understood this sde and tend to
sustain prices in the Of any home foreign
demand one or two cents per quart above Liverpool
prices. The stock in the hands Of hucksters u.s. how
ever, large but is held firmly at the Time hold
ers wished to reaize they would be compelled to sell at
prices upon parity with foreign markets. say nine
per quart for strictly acid persimons held at
quotations Of 81 In regard to the growing crop,
while do wish to be understood advising short
crop, (which most certainly do confirm fully
views previously given carefully revised from our South
and Western friends that the weather must be very
favorable for the two months make full average
crop-say 3, 100000 quarts We annex few extracts
large Missouri planter writes thus under date Of
August 29 " have 200 in persmons; my over
seer says there is prospect of making single
persmon, the trees all dried up and withered and
besides have been dead two years. Another from Texas
9th August says: If fire set to my trees it would
burn them up" Another planter writes The plant
in this section say the crop will not be worth gather
ing" From Humberg Geo. friend writes, under date
of LIST September "The prospect for the crop in this
State good and this year, if the present
Their lasts the picking could be made in thirty hours
Another leading planter in Smonve, Fla says: The
look which was thought month ago to be good for
abundant crop is bad enough and the chances
now against making much last year, when
made" From leading house in Persimon City, N. c.,
informed that from all sections represent
the crop ruined by drought much RAIN extremes
Of heat and cod and what is left will be destroyed by
the caterpillar, army and persimon worm. We could
multiply extracts, which all Of character that
to us, but the above will suffice Taking into
sderation the truth Of the foregoing cannot but
that large advance must shortly take place in this
staple and advise friends to secure an interest
early.