The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-25

1900.
net Chilli. These both have'a red skin, and
white skinned potatoes do not seem to thrive
we'll here. The Early Rose is particularly
fine vegetable, and is splendid eating; but the
Garnet Chill Is the most prolific bearer It Is
the latter variety that is exported exclusively
from Bermuda. Potatoes yield from thirty to
one hundred barrels per acre, occupy the
market from the last OF April to the middle Of
June, and last year commanded from five dol.
lars and a half to ten dollars per barrel.
OF beans the principal varieties cultivated
here are the Valentine and Refugee, which
generally yield fifty bushels 10 the acre, last
during the month of May, and sell in New
York at from two dollars to i've dollars per
| bushel.
Cucumbers have run of about four weeks
beginning In the first week OF May. The
white spine variety Is the only kind cultivated
for market, and the yield Is variable, ranging
from one hundred anu fifty to five hundred
bushels according to The care in Cultivation.
They sold last year at from two dollars to
eight dollars per crate of one bushel. Squash
es come in at about the same time, and COM
mand about the same price.
Tomatoes are later and somewhat preca-
rlous crop. The round smooth variety Is
principally cultivated, and of these from one
hundred to three hundred bushels are raised
to the acre. They last from the last week In
May to the first week In July, and sell at from
one dollar and fifty cents to seven dollars and
fifty cents per crate.
These are the principal vegetables raised for
export. Large numbers of cabbages are also
raised, which are principally sold for local and
interior markets. The large Yorks, from for
eIgn seed, are found to succeed best. These
require some attention, but with proper care
they are very certain crop, averaging twelve
hundred heads to the acre, and more money
can be 1Gade per acre on cabbages than on al.
most any other vegetables. Melons are '.lso
largely raised for home consumption, both
water and musk melons. OF the latter the
green cItron and nutmeg varieties are the only
ones worth cultivatipg. These are gathered
from the middle OF June to the middle OF July,
and meet With ready sale. OF watermelons
the Augusta melon appears to succeed better
than any of the fancy varieties that have been
introduced. These are cultivated with great
facility and sell rapidly, the demand In the
City of Charleston for watermelons appearing
to be almost unlimited.
The farms on Charleston Neck are as fol-
Iowa:
/. On the Ashley River at the foot of Nuuan
street Mr.. John Nunan has place Of about
five acres, devoted to his great speciality of
strawberries and especially of the Nunan
ssedllng, which has become 30 famous
during the past year or two, and for the intro
ductlon of which Mr.. Nunan Is certainly enti.
tied to great praise. This is very large and
early berry, of very firm texture, fine flavor
and admirably adapted for shipping. 1t has
been brought to Its present perfection by
careful and patient process of selection, and
its fame Is now 80 we'll established that 1t
affords very satisfactory profit to Its enter
terprlsng originator.
2. Mr.. T. A. johnson has place OF about
ten acres with about the variety Of crops.
enumerated above a.a - i->-~i''----o''r-"'-r-'-5
of strawberries. Mr.. johnson makes speci-
atty of Lie Kalmla berry, which Is very
large, flrm fruit, admirably adapted to this
climate and very prolific.
3. Me-. Benjamin Rhett, sixty acres, wit h
similar variety Of vegetable crops.
4. Mr.. T. L. Bacot, ten acres, similar variety.
S. DR.. A. B. Rose, on the Ashley River, at
the foot of Grove street. DR.. Rose has about
twenty-five acres under cultivation here, and
Is one of the most judclous, scientific aud
successful of our gentlemen farmers. He has
had the satisfaction very often Of leading all
his neighbors In the appearance of his crops,
aud last year landed twenty-four barrels of
early Rose potatoes In the New York market
on April 81, ahead of oil competitors, and
commanding ten dollars per barrel.
6. Mr.. John q. Devereux, the enterprising
architect and builder, finds time, with all his
accumulation of business, to direct the man.
sgement of his fine farm, "Sans soucl," Of
fifteen acres.
z. DR.. David Gslger, twenty acres.
8. Mr.. r. W. Dsher, about. sixty acres.
9. Mr.. William E. Simons, ten. acres.
TO- Mr.. Knsman, of the shipping house Of
htlbuon u euO A&iSooo uouSS iA s"'S
city devoted particularly to the handling OF
farm truck, about thirty acres.
IL. Nj. Brown, formerly the keeper OF the
Potters' Field, has small farm Just above the
Atlantic Phosphate Works.
IL. The old Hayward place is now being
successfully worked by party of Northern
gentlemen.
This concludes the list of farms on the west
ern side Of I, ,Neck. Coming down on Coop
er River side, there are:
l3. DR.. Henry Horlbeck, seventy-fVe acres.
IA. Mr.. William Hunt, merchant of Charles
ton, has fine farm, and has proved most
intelligent and successful cultivator.
Is. Mr.. James Price, thirty acres.
16. Mr.. A. Atkinson, twenty aeres-
II. Mr.. KeHerty has two or three flourish
Ing farms, embracing about seventy-fVe
acres.
l8. Mr.. Henry Williams, thirty acres.
49, Mr.. Moore Is working the Belvldere
Farm of about ten acres
20. Mr.. Darcyl has fine farm just below
Magnolia Cemetery.
Il. Mr.. E. L. Roche, twenty acres, adjoining
the parade ground.