The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-21
cHEsrNUrs ARE NEARLY RIP
And the Crop is Going to be the Big
2est Known for Many Years
From the Washington star.

gest known for Many Years
From the Washington star.
The chestnut crop tins fall is going to be
the b ggest that has been known for many
years" said a Commission merchant on
louisa avenue yes erday to a Star re-
porter. Every other year the big crops
come ordinarily with poor ones in be- vsen,
out toe harvest thai is coming now, accord
ing 10 Inc reports we get, vii be almost I'M
precelehted- The same story reaches us not
only from Virginia, but from all parts of the
country. Vi cou Sc the nuts wo t be ripe
Tor gathering until after tie eqJinOctial
Iro,ss, wnicn opeI the ourrs. Ihen come
hlgn winds and scatter the tiny fruit from
tne haken bOugLs over the ground. This
IS " ere the little chi Ca lin has a advant-
age over It's bigger cousin, the chestnut--it
does not wait for frost to ipen. Al eady
tue cnlnctpl as have made their appes alct,
IN the mar set. al the bus eS that bsar
them are yielding a generous load. II
Irlhce VILLA a. county, FIrgi ia, a I'd Prince
peorRes county, Mar la d, they grow wil1
IN vast q autit.ss, the bushes So close o setuer
tnaJ 1. IS difficult to n Ike ones way
through them. For my part | think the
cni1cap!n be ter hav rel than nv chest
nut-Lhe only thing az INST It Is its size
ana where do the che 5nut come fromp
WHERE THE CHEsTYUTs COME FROM
~ hose we Seo here are Q Virginia nuts
they the finest and largest of all, though
pos 10Y tue ones grown in New Hampshire
and n rtnern Massacdus It's nave al evea
s"' etc flavor. The ter, however, are
smaller. The great chestnut-prodI ci
ar OF Virginia Includes portions of RAJ
a Al ock, Green, Nelson, Madison aid
Amherst couAti-s, up to the footuil on the
sout SIDE OF the Blue Ridge The uuts are
mostly pl ked b. 4ildren, from whom they
are bought by the country grocers an
raje g, who, il turn, sell them to the
wholesale men like ourselves, on co nmissi n
or therwiSs. E iurmous qua ii les Of them
are 'e t. n rfolk. where they are passed
owe. long Stoves, with small holes, at the
oeSl MN and bigger Odes fu Their on, by
when Gley are as oroed according to SIZE,
60 subsequently, scaled in price accord
lngly, for sale to the jobber, who sells by
tne bag to the re ailer."
IN THE ALLEGHANIEs.
us no. the Allegheny region great pro-
duclng center of cnestnutsN
"Ye', indeed. 1t is from that quarter
t a. the west and north are chiefly supplied.
Chestnuts can be transported thence more
nromp l. tn n from Nirg la to CHICAGO,
VIII C i Is tie main distributing center for
10 northwest. But We the Allegh NV
crop falls, Chicago sends its buyers to Nor
folk, and prices rise with the deman4 for
the Virginia produce. The crop in Mass -
chusetto Il New lamps ire is bee ming
less ever year, owing 10 the reckless way
IN which the trees are being cut down"
woRMY OCCUPANTS.
''The chestnut's most important draw
back, in my opInion," sug gested 9 news
paper man, sis the frequency of the worm
hi"
You may well say So" replied the COM
mis- 10 dea er. 9TH It same worm cost me
500 at one lick last .utumn owing to the
delay of a freight train that was bringing
me several hundred bushels If chestnufs
mat L nd purchased outright. Tue heat
got into he and they all had to be thrown
a Nay on their arrival. WHAT l mean by
he 'heaI IS some mysterious action that
takes place ina barrel, say, of cnestnuts,
producing war nth, that If YOU plunge
your hand deep into the barrel after it has
been standi G for several days it will feel
quite hot. The heat develops the germs OF
the worms very quickly and in a Snort
tine the nuts will all be spoiled. Hnen
you bu Oh s5Auls cl.ose che red les: if
they BLACK 1t Is likely that they have
beel 'neated.'
lis worm born in tie nut, or does it
MAKE It's way into the fruitW
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORM GERM.
both, shJuld say; though that ba,
way, been co sidered a p zzle. l have
IL 'uOt m JSeH Gdat the germ Of the de-
sCroy or is in the ches nut Originally. exist
/ G in the tree itself, and only awaiting
favorable conditions to develop. Tuess co :
dlUlous arrive wAen the ripe nut is warmed
oy fermentaio or Otherwise. Then the
a.il.u | quickly reaches the adult stuge of
is being. ala, havi & devolred it's ow
provision really a. had, attacks other nut
| Us last as IL C IN Consume the 4 SucceSsiv elY
| Caestnuts are ,omeCl les artificIaliy heated.
| for shipping to a distant int, to dry It
| The moisture, which would otherwise aid
Ter eAtauJn. But there is no way TO keep
| them fresh for any length of time save by
| cJld orage. This preservative method has
oeen applied very successfully to chestnuts
ana 1t oulcommon thing ii fine seaso
for sngl, Nav York dealer % put ava
| 10000 ous1elS of them on ice. ruey can be
| kept In this way indefi .iCely, so that peopl,
who can afford the luxury IN " have prime
cAestnutS all tue y ar Iou ID. IL was the
unusually wet spring nd summer that
| made tue crop for TINS fall promise so ,oun-
tltully. There is nothing chestnuts like SO
nuch as wet. and dry yea always Yields
poor harvest. They are ticklish things to
handle anyw To avoid cna CO IF SPOIL
Ing they should always be shipped by ex-
PRESS, which SITS money, aud tue market
value is so capricious that your stock worth
$40 bu,hel to-day nay not brin So
bushel tomorrow. YOU are doing well If
your prime chestnutS have only enc worm
10 every ten