The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-03-09
THE T-ANYAH
(Calladiun EsCuIenaurnl
(I7rom Ms 0DeI9asas .T9l.-nnE. J

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This remarkable plant merits the
favorable attention Of every South
ern planter, farmer and horticultu-
ralist. Although it has been Ionp
known and highly appreciated bV
the planters along the coasts Of
South Carolina and Georgia. /
have met with few persons ia this
State who had ever heard of it.
| Ny cwc experience IN the use of It
extends through about thirteen
Years, but it was during the late
was when all the necessaries of life
were procured with difficulty, that
It's true character became fully de-
veloped. During that time the IN
genuity OF our wives were greatly
exercised in devising dishes which
were not merely palpatable and
nutritious to the healthy and the
robust, but also appetizing and
tempting to the most capTicious
and fastidious stomachs. Promi-
nent among these stood the Tan
yah In its protean forms of batter
cakes, frltters, custards, pies, and
puddings, rivaling the famous En-
ghsh plum; in short it was d sub
stitute for all former Injuries. and
| formed such an attachment for it
that 4 can never tire OF speaking
its praises.
will now proceed to give a brief
description of the plant and its
proper cultivation and use. 1t is
a bulbous plant with leaf stocks
springing from the root and rising
to the height Of from three to eight
feet on rich soil, and these stocks
are surmounted BY leaves VARYING
hom one to four feet long and nom
one to three feet wide. The flower.
stock on scope is also radical and
supports n flower which Is d spathe
from ten inches to a foot long. en-
closes q spadix from five to six
inches long, and taking the stocks,
leaves aud flowers an togather.
they form a most beautiful speota-
ele; so much so that no stranger
on first seeing them can pass With
out inquiring what they are. The
large bulbs when dug and washed
resemble a cocoanut, but many of
them are larger and weigh from a
half pound to four or five pounds.
They are tirmer III consistence
than the potato, turnip or beet.
and keep better than either. As
hey may be kept til the ground
all winter by throwing a furrow
with the pillow over on each side 80
as to cover the crown, or they may
be piled in the patch and covered
with q depth of three to six inches
Of earth, according to the degree
of latitude. This is merely to keep
them from freezing, as tie rains of
winter do not iniure them.
The small buds or oifshoots must
pc planted and they IN turn form
ihe parent bulbs which soon ma
ure and throw oftshoots, and thus !
large stool is formed which by
.he time the frost kills the tops, J
Will make q peek or more Of roots
% the hill. The hills should be
,lanted two feet apart III tile row
ind the rows on rich alluvial soil, |
hould be about six feet apart. \
)ne great advantage which they v
'ossess is that they grow on low
pots that arc too wet for corn 81 4
otlon, aud they flourish best ID s
hose places, not that they require d
uch soil, but their endurance of 4
'ater causes them TO stand through A
n overflow, and after the water I,
oes down they grow rapidly. On p
pland they should Be planted 5
own In tlIe mitlslles, after the bed Y
formed and covered with four b
arrows After they arc up, hoe b
nd plow Is you would any other II
-op, remembering th0t the looser L
IA wider tho bed, tho greatog win Fl