The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-07-08

narrow margin u csEn cn
all but beundless field o conjecture
50 i ill noN ieaVa this bach ol the
subject. aud ay Few wors upon nass
tafs more of d horticultural uns res
confirdng myself more parsicl So
fruits, bne set pausIng tq say % en
vegetables that ere kind iil fi1 elt
hnrs that grows anywhere else in ouF
Southern country.
Varieties 81 almost every kind q
fruit succeed here to greater o1 le
perfection 50 far Is have been te
No hlackberries are cultivated 8ut t1e
vines abound on Oil urf unclie ieIvafeei
lands Ihe strawberry is cultivated py
many for family use. end fep9nes g
the most extFavagnt expect atlona u
believe the soil and climate admirably
adapted to the raspberry, but Dc not
know 81 its having been tested
Plums are to be had from tha fKs a
May untR after peaches hare come ante
use Apricots ana almonds ere belng
tried. but not trulfed yet anywhere fhat
know of.
Grapes grow in Wild pr0fuston every
where that they can hna support put
they are not 81 q avalnahla variety being
Isl inferior Kind 81 the mus ng family
Very good wine and brandy can 1e had
from them brought WIth me lo tais
place Creaeling. Concord ksldoEe ana
Delaware seeding Though taey heve
shfegea FROM neglect ths three l
named fluitea this year and, sok ta9
hrst year. tine berries and clusters aa
large and Ene. so far The GrsReiing
IS now ripenlng. Ihe DesaIa LES
made neither wood nor fraIt aa
confident that some Of She he SORTS 90
native grapes Will do as Vel naes as
anywhere, although We may have some
difficulty in learning tine saE 11st
adapted o the situation.
Peaches found thr ghouf tho par
ish are with faw exceptions C2 infa-
nor quality. bnt thu nssriofisF is nQt
attributable t0 the locality oE any local
influence, hre % l1e fael tslat proper
efforts ore NOS mada To proouae peaelies
/ of the finer sorts. Persons planting rely
entirely upon seed, and often The seed
of run down fruit When Z moved here
ia February, 1873, I brought wisA ne
. few inserted gratis, selected from la
orchard 0f my former huma--traiis-
planted the young trees winter betora
l last. and this season oil except two
have borne fruit and such as viii COME
pare av0rb bIv with chat Of the
season anywhere. Ay eallY have been
eating luscious peaches since the Six
lteenth oE this month. sumner pears
and apples have bsen tried and tonna
/ to be deserving d place ip every orchard
planted for family use Iae early pears
are far superior to any other We can osl-
/ tain at that season brought tkom
abroad, but do not arrive ah that state
Of development found in more north
| erly latitudes
| The orange, however, is lss fruae crop
/ of this country. In contemplation oi
this fruit all others shrink into utteF
/ insigni ifcance. 9rSr citizens have sven
/ 40 much care, attention and conhdenca
/ upon this that they axe very 10th to en-
/ tertain thoughts, hopes, or prospects
/ 0f any othet fruit whatever and when
an individual tree has, ia one season
/ produced eight thousand merchan a0le
I oranges. which have bronrhtin Calves
! ton near one hundEed and hiky aqlsars
Is the fruit noi entitled to AZ 1epees !
Enough oranges are gathered - the
entire parish "a bring ten taoaand dos
lara, So prices has olora bad toE them.
4 And she tfes npW planted ous on. aud
aast al the Megmentau rlvars Wiz.
/ when in fuI hearing return 19 tssat
section thirty Thousand ooilars an-
nualiy, 81 net sies of hge dollaES peK
/ thousand.