Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-11-28
Che Qbronirle.
FRIDAY, NOV. IS, 1856.
For the Lewisburg Chronicle.
FOREIGN Seeds.

A. I have received and experimental on
some Agricultural and Garden seeds reed
last winter and spring from the us. Pat
ent Office, | will now make . report of
results, and hope others who have received
and tried seeds will do the same.
Chinese Sugar Cane.-This plant, as its
name imports, came from China, where
sugar is made out of its stalks. Its seeds
are small, and of an exceeding rich, shi
ming, black color. 1 planted my seeds on
the 7th of Mag las,,iu q sandy loan, about
an inch deep in the ground, in bills like
Indian corn, and cultivated them like corn.
The growing plant looks very much like
Broom corn, bu, has richer green color,
and more beautiful form, than either our
Broom or Iudion corn plant. put from
six to seven seeds in hill, and they all
grew and ripeued finely, making stalks
from ten to eleven feet high, whose tops,
like those of Broom corn, were full ofseeds.
And if the seeds are planted earlier, and
the season more favorable than our last,
dry one, the plants will, l am confident,
grow from three to Eve feet higher. The
stalks abound in rich, ,sugary juice, which
induces cows and hogs to eat them up
Rreedily aud iu preference TO most other
kinds Of food. The growing plaot will
also thrive under drouth that will parch
and dry up our Indian corn plaDt-and
this, in connection with its large yield, will
render it a desirable fodder plant to feed
and fatten horned cattle aud hogs.
Oregon Psa.-On the same day, 7th Of
May, planted iu the same soil two rows
of Oregon Peas, one row with one seed to
each bill, and the other with two seeds te
each hill, and about Two feet or more apart
in the hills. The plants soon came up
and had healthy al e.rance but (thoust
nicely boed aud kept free from weeds)greW
very slowly for long time, owing perhaps
to the drouth, and bore no blossoms ol
signs Of blossoms in June, July, and the
most Of August. 1 noticed the first bios
SONS about the LIST Of September, and by
the 18th Of this month the stalks (Which
were now from two to four feet in length
and branchy and leafy) we're full Of pea
pods, but only ripened few Of their seeds
the main portion having been destroyed b.
the early frosts of October. The Oregon
Pea plant will also stand and retain it
luxuriancs under drouth that will psrct
up most Of our field plants. And it is sai'
BY those who have tried it to make val
liable fodder for horses, mules, cattle, sheep
and hogs, and also = fine soil-fertilizer, bu
can say nothing reliable on these point
yet, though l am inclined to think it vii
answer these purposes we'll.
White Lup,nes-Tbis plant is celebr,
ted for its heavy yield per acre, aud grea
msnurial properties, in Spain aud &c,
many, and hence had, from the 6ue az
peannce Of my young plants, foudly hope
for its success in Pennsylvania, but ou
hot sun and dry weather killed my Gro
before it ripeoed any Of its seeds. l thin
our climsse too hot and dry for it, but vi
give it another trial next year, - hav
. few of the old seeds left.
Wianingssadt CdbIcge.-This Is . ne
variety Of Cabbage. It is Yer! early kim
With small heads Of . susar-loaf foru
ana very compact and solid, and Of oour'
nesvy Tor its size or bulk-so compact th,
no worm OF other insect can get betwee
10 ies'es, and hence iss interior, which
OF surprising ~hitsness, is always nice %
si'aa, possessing . richness Of favor equ
nnos superior 70 any variety Of Csbbsi