St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-09-13
THE AROMATIC GLOVE.

THE AROMATIC GLOVE.
Pemba Islaad.
Tho man who goes ont between acts
and comes back with Glove between
his teeth should be interested in know.
ing whore his disinfectant comes from.
Zanzibar and the neighboring island Of
Pemba furnish the world with the bulk
OF the supply, about 13,000. 900 pounds
year. Consul Pratt, in . report Just
received at the State Department, says
the Glove tree was first introduced into
Zanzibar by Sultan Seyed Said bin Sui
tan, about the year 1880. since which
time its cultivation has gradually ex-
tended, until it Is now the chief in
dustry Of the islands.
The industry received q check in 1872.
the date OF the great hurricane. At
least nine-tenths of the trees were do
stroyed at that time. SO the larger part
of those now standing arc Of new
growth.
popularity Of the Glove tree is that
every part is aromatic, but the great
is the ''clOve" of commerce. The finest
quality Of cloves are dark brown in
color. with full. perfect heads, free from
moisture.
In the cultivation Of the Glove the
first thing to be done is the starting OF
the shoot The seeds are planted in
trenches, and are kept we'll watered un.
til after spf0uting. In the course III
forty days the shoots appear above
ground. They arc carefully watercd
and looked after for tho space Of two
years, whom they should be about three
feet in height They are then trans
planted. being set about thirty feet
apart and kept wstered till they be-
come we'll rooted. From this time ON
the young trees require only ordinary
care, though the best results are OBJ
tanned when the ground about the trees
is well worked over and kept free from
weeds.
The growth Of the tree Is very slow.
and five or six years are required for it
to come into bearing, at which time II
Is about the size Of an ordinary pear
tree, and is usually very shapely. 1t is
pretty sight to see . young plantation
just coming into bearing. The leaves,
Of various shades Of green tinged with
red, serve to set of the clusters of dull
red Glove budA
As soon as the buds are fully formed
and assume this reddish color the har-
vesting commences. and is prosecuted
for fully six months at intervals, since
the buds do not form simultaneously,
but at odd times throughout the period.
The limbs Of the tree being very brittle,
. peculiar four-sided ladder is brought
into requisition, and the harvesting
proceeds apace.
As fast IS collected tho buds arc
spread out in the sun. until they assume
. brownish color, when they are put In
the store-house and are ready for mar
ket
A 1O-year-old plantation should pro-
duce an average Of 20 pounds of cloves
to . tree. Trees Of 20 years frequently
produce upward of 100 pounds each,
worth 10 cents pound.
The Sultan derives no inconsiderable
the duty levied placing to the Sultan's
credit for the present year nearly, II
not quite. s4O0, 600.
Beside the Glove buds, the stems arc
also gathered, and form an article OF
commanding about one-ffth
Of the price Of cloves and having about |
the same percentage Of strength. To
this circumstance is due the fact that
ground Glove can frequently be pup
II IN hA v1r0k
price than whole cloves
For the past Is years the cultivation
81 cloves has been the chief occupation
II the Arab planters. and had always
Detted good returns. It seems proba- |
BILE that it will continue to be . profits- |
BILE crop. since the consumption Of tho
article appears to keep pace with the
inevitable increase Of psoduction.-I
Letter.
Empress Frederick'e Kiadaesa.
The German Empress Frederick loves |
little children. She never fails to no
tice every one she sees. and will often
stop in her walks and speak to them.
Even grubbiness will not deter her from /
Eaking particularly flne baby in her
arms, though, of course, she prefers /
hem. clean. In return, children, who
always know their friends by instinct.
ire attracted to the Empress. and the
following little incident which oc-
,urred lately. illustrates this: A gen.
,leman who passed daily between three
Ind four o'clock along the road that
eads from Berlin to Charlottenburg
,oticed . little girl always standing
It the corner Of tho Hardenburg Strasse.
md at last he asked her why she did
t because of the Empress Frederick"
he answered. When the Empress WAS
n Berlin she drove every day whom it
vas fine toward Charlottenburg with
Ter daughters and 1t the Hippodrome
hoy got out Of their carriages and
valked. Her Majesty noticed the little
,irl always waiting 1t the same place.
md invariably nodded kindly in &C.
of her courtesy, where
pom the child went homo beaming.-
berlin Letter.
Marrow Escapes Of Great Men.
The late Count Andrassy was con.
lemned to death after the failure Of the
hungarian insurrection Of 1888 This
i'd not prevent him from becoming the !
ead Of the AustrO-H Mimic
~. Signor Crispi. now Prime Minister
{ Italy, was condemned to death after
is first revolutionary attempt against
be Bourbon King Of Naplea Senior
'agasta, Primo Minister Of Spain, was
vice prescribed, and would have been
hot - an insurgeat II he had been
aptured. France contains In NM.
.ochefort and Ranc two men who have
cen condemned criminals and members