The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-09-29
THE CLARION.
Thursday. September 90. 1851
STRAWBERRY NOTES.

OF the old varieties, the following
have stood the test of years and can b
relied on for Louisiana md the Gul
States: Wilson's Albany, LOngworthi
Prolific, Imperial, Mary Stewart, Charles
Downing and human or Charleston
Ludling. Of newer kinds we reccom
mend Miners Great prolific, Shapelessi
Cumberland Triumph, President Lin
coin. Manchester and Bridwell. The
first three kinds we have grown for the
past two years.
PLANTING STRAWBERRIES.
The season for planting strawberries
being near at hand no time should be
lost in preparing and fertilizing the soil.
For garden culture beds should be well
spaded, and in field culture plowed deep
" as the land will admit and if possible
well SUBSIDIZED. \ good hoe is used ex-
clusiyely, in six by twelve inches. In
the field where the pillow and cultivator
Is TO be the method Of cultivation three
feet by twelve inches-it is sometimes
desirable TO give the plants more width
even than that, especially when the soil Is
rich, as they soon meet and form matted
rows.
STRAWBERRIES FOR NORTHERN MAR
KET.
We think that growing strawberries
for Northern market will become one
of our most important industries. If
our own people do not seize these Oppor-
tunities for making money, strangers
will. The South is now on the high
road to prosperity, and it will not be
many wears before our waste lands will
be filled with thrifty and Industrious
population?
The small fruit growers of Southern
Illinois have already began to realize
the fact that they must move South or
abandon their business. And the adj
vance guard are already on their way.
Refrigerator cars make it possible for
tender fruits and yegetablcr to be trans
ported in safety, and arrive in good con-
dition at cities a thousand miles away.
Consequently our market is unlimited,
for the West will purchase more than
we can raise. This is our opportunity.
Who will take advantage of it.
THE ADVANTAGES 0F FRUIT GROWERS
SETTLING n COHMUNfTIEs.
As it is impossible in general to trans
port tender varieties Of small fruits to
distant markets without the use Of re-
frigorator cars, and as very few straw
berry eulturists can grow a sufficient
quantity to load . car of this description
once a day throughout the season, the
wisdom Of our advice 10 growers of
small fruits to settle in communities
must be seen and acknowledged. Let
twenty or more persons settle IN the
vicinity of Ponchatoula, Hammond,
A11ite or other stations on the jackson
railroad where Il sufficient area Of good
land and available labor is to be had in
quantity and plant we will say from 5 to
90 acres each in strawberries, black cap
raspberries and blackberries, and from
this quantity Of land, say from one hun
dred to two hundred and Fifty acres, n
refrigerator car could always be standing
on the switch to be loaded every dag.
The fast fruit train coming along would
take this ear and place its contents in
Chicago in several hours in st. Louis, in
less time, 10 be distributed from thence
TO Detroit. MilBaukee and a dozen
smaller towns.
Again the advantages to be derived
by fruit growers living in close proximity
to each other would be seen in the es-
Of Horticultural clubs,
where the members could meet together /
at stated intervals and exchange ideas, |
also the additional advantages Of social
with persons engaged in a
employment,