Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-11-03
THE pERsrrxoN cracuIAR.

across tho sky Of trade, something in
the style Of a meteor. Nolte claims
the paternity Of the commercial eircu-
lar. but be never wrote as good thing
Of the kind rs this one.
We hope that those engaged In the
persimmon trade in this region will be
bewildered BY the Turveydrop circu-
lar II is about time that the crop
was beginning to show itself in Brook
vile. The frosts have not been So
we're, but VIC trustenough so 10 squeeze
the bitterness out Of the fruit. We do
not understand why the cholera should
have checked the demand. for m un-
ripe porsimmon has astringency
enough In !, to dry up a case Of chole-
ra' Tsnnin could scarcely beat that In
the way Of pickering.
After oil, We advise our friends not
to be alarmed by the circular. II II
should produce run we hope holders
will run TO our Office.
PnRsNxoss.-The season having
arrived when II Is our usual custom TO
enlighten the public generally upon
the growing crop OF persimmons, We
beg leave 10 offer the following as the
most reliable information VIZ have been
able 10 procure in reation 10 this most
important crop. The homo demand,
which Is usually activeat this season
OF the year, Is cut oil by the preva-
lence OF the cholera and other causes,
dry weather. 40; and the export In
quiry Is Of course checked by the I'M
favorable tenor Of the foreign advlces.
II Is difficult to account for the depress-
ed condition Of the Liverpool persim-
mon market at the last dates. " the
monetary prospects 80 brilliantly set
forth are reliable. An impression plc-
vailed on the "nags" that the growing
crop would be very large. the latter OF
course. us they were advised that a
persimmon or two Of the new crop,
IRON some grower anxious for the dis
tinction Of having marketed the first
persimmon, had reached the ports,
and consequently that there would be
no period OF light imports during
the TALL months. The crop prospects,
to Judge from the annexed extracts.
are not quite SO brilliant as advised u
month since. The receipts Of persim-
mons are light everywhere, and the
prevalence Of the cholera (for which
persimmons are not an antidote) will
delay consumption until late Pc
Rod.
These facts are we'll understood on
this side, and tend to sustain prices,
even in the absence Of any home or
foi eign demand, one or two cents per
quart above Liverpool prices. The
stock in the hands Of hucksters is,
however. large. but II is held firmly;
nj the same time, il holders wished to
realize. they would be compelled TO
sell at prices upon parity with foreign
markets, say nine cents per quart for
strictly acid persimmons. now held ut
our quotations of OF. In regard to
the growing crop. while we do not wish
to be understood as advising short
crop. (which we most certainly do 1--WE
confirm fully our views previously CIV
en-, cal efully revised from our South
ern and Western friends, that the
weather must be very favorable for the
next two months to make full aver
age crop-say 8. 100, 900 quarts. We
annex a few extracts:
A large Missouri planter writes
thus, under date Of August 20:
l have 200 acres in persimmons;
my overseer says there is no prospect
now making a single persimmon, as
the trees are all dried up and withered
and besides have beeA dead two years.
Another from Texas. eth August,
says; :.
Iffre was set to my trees Il would
burn them up.
Another planter writes:
The planters in this section say the
crop will not be worth gathering
From Humberg. Georgia, friend
writes, under date Of ist September
"The prospect for the crop ia this
State was never good, and shis year,
il the present weather lasts, the pick.
ing could be made in thirty hours"
Another planter in Simonyillc, Fla''
says;
The look which was thoughta month
ago to he good for an abundent crop Il
bad enough. and the chances are now
against making as much rs last year
when none was made.
From leading house in Persimmor
City, N. c., we are informed that ac
counts from oil sections represent the
crop as ruined by drought, too mucf
rain, extremes OF heat and cold; ant
what is left will be destroyed by thu
caterpillar army. and persimmon worm
We could multiply extracts, which arr
all Of one character. that come to us
but the above will suffice. Taking
into consideration the truth Of the for
going. we cannot see but that u larg'
, advance must shortly take place in thi
staple, and we advise our friends to sc
, cure an interest early.
TT The numerous friends of Mrs