Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26
THE FARM.

Benjamin Baker, Of Key West,
Florida has sold his crop Of pine.
apples this year for nearly 5000.
This crop was gathered from less
than an acre and q half Of ground.
Il Is said that red cedeF twigs
bound around the bodies OF fruit
trees, with the butts upward, will
efFectually protect the trees from ell
injurious insects.
The Chicago Svenska American
arin says: "Henry Ward Beecher
ar utom all fraga Americas rykbar-
aste man inom det and brodraska-
pets ieder," which. we think, must
be eminently satisfactory 10 him.
"A gentleman In New York has
received an order from Europe for
q tous Of Ramie.
There is very little difference in
sweet potatoes grown North or
South as to size, but they are unlike
In sweetness. When a sweet pO-
tato becomes cold II grows watery.
In Europe the Swans have come
to the conclusion that 80 acres IL
100 ought TO be left In woods. Con-
sidering the vast extent of treeless
prairie IN this country, has not this
limit been reached already? If so.
every farmer should plant q tree
every time he cuts one.
In the Island of Goa, near Bonn
bay, there Is q singular vegetable
called the sOrrOwful tree, because
II only fOurishes In the night. At
sunset no flowers are seen, and yet
after half an hour the tree IL full Of
them. They yield a sweet smell,
but the sun no sooner begins to
shine upon them, than some fall Off
and others close up. The tree con-
tlnues to flower In the night during
the whole year.
The Gamma is now very much
used In French gardening, and is
becoming very popular in the Unit
ed States, because It stands the sum-
mer sun SO well. The foliage has
the appearance Of the banana, and
the tropical character, so much val
ued In gardening, Is better obtained
In the Gamma than In any other
plant.
A French agriculturalist propO-
ses hat the vessels occupied
during the summer In cod
fishing, should Ia other seasons be
employed In collecting and trans-
porting to the Azores tho sea.Weed
which 10 TO DO found In large guam
titles west Of these islands.
Nineteen ounces is the weight Of
oranges about Tampa-ocCaslonally.
The castor bean, from which the
oil Is made, is becoming an impOr-
tant industry In Perry county,
California. One prominent dealer
received OF his warehouse 1000
bushels In one day, paying So Is
per bushel. II yields more bushels
to the acre than wheat.
Large quantities Of oranges ave
being shippedlfrom Mantee CO., Fla,
TO Savannah.
One orange tree on the st. Johns
nets the owner $40 annually.
There is Cor was) a cOrn.Geld in
Benton county, Indiana, Of 1000
acres. II is on the farm Of Adams
Earl, ESQ, who resides in Lsfsy-
ettee.
The Cypress of Somma, In Lom-
hardy, Italy, lie perhaps tho oldest
tree on. record. 1t was known to
DO In existence In the time of Ju-
Illus Cesar, forty-two years before
Christ, and Is, therefore, more than
1900 years.
AhA RLoW In 4hADEs-AQOut
SI,2O0,OO worth Of flowers are sold
annually In New York; bouquets,
In winter, often selling as high as
SlO and baskets at 500. As high
as $500, 1t is said, has been paid Tor
a basket Of are flo Wers. Camel
las, %tubcroses, violets, roses mig
nonette, heliOtropes, verbenas and
geraniums are the staples.
A writer in the London Journal
Of Horticulture says that Sutton's
r~ingleader pea is at least ten days
earlier than any other of the early
variety.
One reason why the Southern
climate suits cotton so exactly IL
because the cool, wooded ALLEGING
MES flank the cottOn-ileld on the
north.