The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-18
Deand Vousia County, Nods Wednesday, January 49, 1882

nutmegs with an average price o.
two shillings and two pence per
pound during the year
This gives surprising return per
acre per annum. For instance trees
at the (ultimate) distance of 80 feet,
would stand so to the acre. Allow
ing only 80 OF these to be female or
truiting trees, the value of the yield
would be EGO per acre per annum.
1t might further be mentioned that
batch of young trees planted in
August 1S7S-15 inches high-trom
bamboo pots are now five feet high
and stoutly branched.
The fine variety of Coffee known
here as Hybrid Moka-the original
trees of which are in this section
under ordinarily favorable conditions
of soil and situation promises to be
the most suitable Coffee of all the
many varieties of CofeG dra6ica for
low elevations. In every instance
that las come under notice it is much
lin advance of the ordinary or creole
varieties OF Coffee for vigor and fruit.
fulness. Indeed, it vies with the
Liberian in this respect.
Its beans however are not SO large
as those Of true G, ara6icG, but are
much more abundantly produced.
lis habit and vigor would suggest
it as a suitable subject for crossing
with the Liberian, possessing, as 1t
does, the characteristics Of high class
Coffee to the full, in which the Libe-
rian is deficient.
The finest examples Of this Coffee
yet produced are on the grounds OF
the Horrible L. Agostini, but these
were planted in land that had beer
manured; indeed in some instances
Z: r. ,si:.as sss af the Trees appsars IRON y
: truitfulness.
r These trees were planted in July
: 1878, at s feet apart, and are conse
e quently, lJany.> 81 years old, having
t been raised from seeds gathered II
; October, 1877, and have been stopped
e [ think too low, at 6 IT,, but thei
e primary branches are often 5 it. long
:. the leaves over inches long and
o inches broad.
r The name Moka Hybrid was givel
>ft from the characters exhibited il
S the original plants. The seeds were
: not obtained by any special hybrldis
T. ing. have reason to believe how
d ever that they were the result o
Ii accidental hybridising.
IS The great Samau trees occurring
Il in the ravine ever extending thei
i gigantic arms more widely and will
hi denser growth have rendered th'
It larger part of the ravine unavailable
s tor the growth OF trees requiring
a sunlight for the developmem OF thel
II flowers or fruits. Many OF the Cot
,s tee trees there are in consequence
II non-productive.
e This fine tree has lately attracted
- some attention from having ascribe(
o to it in South America the peculia
e capacity of exuding moisture IN tn
{ form of fine rain. 1t thus becam
e invested with the name OF Raln'tree
,e The trees in this quarter howeve
Is have never exhibited any such pecu
e llarity. :.
IS Its character: as a pasture tree, is Il
q. high esteem every where, bearing, a
|. it does, large quantities OF highly nu
le tritious beans which are an excellen
Is fodder for cattle, and ripening at
i time, February and March, whe
grass is most scarce--except that b
their astrlngency apparently, the
certainly have the effect of diminish
ing the yield Of milk in COWS
10 Thsre wouldappear to be an errone
ions notion abroad as to the characte
of its wood, conclusions having bee
< arrived at from the study OF the cha
no acter of wood found in yo'0sg trees
"a sav below 20 years, and the woo
~ had been pronounced sappy ar
ed worthless. Such however IS not u
ed case with wood of matured tree
La such the wood is almost exact
he'll that OF OLD chestnut, and that u
,in with a very small amount Oh sa
cd wood,