Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-06-10
GRICULTUhAL.
VEGETABLE MAsYsLs OF CALIFORNIA.

The strawberry bcg MS to appear in the
Calli' rria market early in February. aud
iasls to Oc.Ubtr By AN arrangement wi b
he gardens you ran have The straw hrIry 10
December aud January, aud all the year
! through. The correspondent Of "a New York
paper, under date ci San Francisco, Septem.
ber 22I says:
Here are stE4Wberries. each large enough
to demand two bites. yet delicate as il it
were the little GeId-ruit of the + az by their
side are the California black berries, Uul-L Law.
ton Lawton, both in magnitude and juci-
ness whor,Ieberries blu", back aud dewy-
white, hap their purple blUod,d epheru'ea 10
| vast hills u,ar by here a'e Taspberries Of all
he culors and hIvOrs which Heaven makes
rheD here ATE giant goOseberries. each D ,s-
ribe tart oil save the pastry cnrr 3, white,
red, black, aud golden. juicicr and larg, than
the average gOUsebrIIy Of the Elsr wild
cherries 0i several varieties plums Of tvery
possible kind. Tue gorgeous rarp-ripe aud
Ha acaiO0h peach emile atr.Iss the berries at
lhe BIrlletl, the B<urre d'Arembrurg the
Duchesse d'AugHulem. The SeckeI, and the
VirgaIieu pears. E'ery variety OF apple,
from the herald low 10 The file-clJ-ing ru Gset,
mingles its fragrance with the musk aud cit
OdOrs Of iunumsrab,y varied melons;
the fgs pile their gold and purple Ihur,bI $
close by aud next TO them stands great buu-
dies Ot that delicious sugarcane, from he Sand
wich Islands. whereof learned TO eat by the
inear rod before rod Of bitter character de-
scended Un the SouIh and barred the loves Of
sweets IIOm the Cane field. | have seen h.e,
during this very muLIh Of September ia cUm-
pamy with all the alb Jve mentioned, bananas
aud pne-upples from Achpulc cncOIuu's,
nr' adlruIt, mangOes, lines, aud oranges from
Honolulu. But the luxury ul pr,hu,i.m REACH
ea lis acme Obly in the grapes (! Any WHARF
on kearnpy, or Sdnsou or Mon gomery
street, any where in the Washington or Pa
ciic MAJ ketS, they are found, each several b.r-
~ large as au Eastern gr,engige. In the vine
yards aud The MARKERS Of q ,llIIruia are over
one hundred and sky well-d, fIed and sepl-
rate varieties Of grape II w, then, shall we
d justice to fruit like this by simply call
ing names saying ) elwater,' LIS a ,grO,'
,Cdus,elas'-alid, coming la;cr, thou gh ug
before The strawberries d-pirt, our Own trans
planted Eastern darling', the 'IsLOeil1s,' 'CI-
lawbAs,' aud L. .lawaIes'
l will not lii ger in the fruity a'cnves to
t4ntaliz. your now AuIumn beleagu red pal
aies with more than the names Of aprcJts,
nectarines, idm-Ons, and Cages. Eur will
bewIder sou 10y d.laIing upon The great piles
of grOs>er vegetable luxuries, the Summer
'qua>hss, tOmaiOts, egg-punis, "ysfer-plants,
rna.nmnh p0atues, and celery, crisper, lar
ger, aud freer from blemish. than EVER saw
ia the East. Noihing further need 10 b.
said TO glorily the fruit aud vegetables
Of this golden lAUd, unless it b., that all these
luxurirs have meniogrd are ir"m one to
three hundred per cent. cheaper Ihln ia New
York. What do you think of % ack Lam
burE grapes selling at ten cents P'ud!
Stckel pears-pare ueclnr in brU9n skin pack
hges-dilto per lwn CENTS D mIle'is The same,
AMI averaging halt pound dpiecr? Stra~ber-
ries enough for giants supper for half a d,l-
lsr, aud in mid-AuIumn. but il is crue 10
wrl'e 'hese things 10 p+Op.e Of the Atlantic
cvsst."