San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-20
NURSERY AND FARM.
TWO VALUABLE INTERVIEWS CON-
TANNING MUCH INFORMATION.

the late freeze upon the crops anC
upon the trees, flowers and shrubs in
BCXar county. The reporter first in
terViewed Mr.. J. X. Waning, Of A tas
cosa county and engaged him in COZ
VerSatiOn on crop OutlOOkS for next
year.
"The farmers in my section" said
Mr.. Nannlng, "aie well up with their
work and are planting crops on a
larger scale than last year. The late
frOsts did some damage to corn, but
that IS now all repIanted and great
deal of it up. The peach and plum
trees are mostly in full bloom, and it
seems that they delayed Just long
enough to escape the frost. Cattle
that wintered on the range is very
poor, and there was considerable loss
during the winter, but pasture cattle
are in fine condition. The prospects
! for a good crop are very encouraging.
Mr.. H. W. M&darasZ, of the IlKa
| nurseries, was the next gentleman
visited, and in conversation with him
| he said:
"The late cold snap although short
in duration, caused great deal of
| damage, more than was supposed at
the time, as many of the hard wooded
plants, such as roses, pomegrauateS,
etc, are now in many cases just be-
ginning to show the effect of the sud-
den frost.
I'm making observations at a num-
Der of places, it has been found that
all the fig trees have been greatly i'll
iured and many killed to the ground
stems, except in tavOrably protected
situations. POmegranates have suf-
fered and dense hedges, four and five
feet high, have in several instances
been cut to the very ground.
China and some varieties of null
berries have had their tips for foot
or more in ,ured, and should be prop
erly cut back as soon as possible.
Bedding plants of the tender varie-
ties have been all killed; even such
hardy things as verbenas and violets
have been injured, but these will all
come up again, strong as ever, but
viOlets will bloom but sparely for
this season. The varbenas, of course,
will bloom later on, as well as if they
had not been cut down by the frost.
"Of all flowers especially priced
here are the roses; these we are sorry
to say, have suffered a great deal,
and about One-half have been cut |
down to the very ground and many |
have been so badly injured that they |
will never be able to recover. Upon |
q close examination it viii be seen |
that at the base of the new shoots the |
old wood has turned black in the last |
few days, and in all such cases the |
main stem will gradually turn black
and 1t should be now cut away TO
assist che vitality of the plant in
up new and fresh shoots
from the roots.
The injury has been especially sew
ere when the roses are OF late trans
and right here it will be
not ont of place To state, that the best
time to transplant roses and in fact
everything that IS hardy IS in the
fall after the first cold snap, which
drives the sap down, and the reason
or this is that it gives the transplant
ed plants a ChaaCe to make roots
Turing the mild portions of the win
or, and thus he able not only to
JlOOm better in the coming spring
Dut be thOUrghIy we'll established be-
ore the hot season comes on. IN the
lOrth this is not possible as the
round GETS frozen, but with us the
round never gets frozen. The
hybrid perpetual roses, which
re the finest g. regards flow
rs and perfume, have IN but very
CIV instances been injured by the |
ate frOsts. The idea is not to he con-
eyed that these things mentioned as
Iaving been injured are not able to
tand any cold weather. for it was the
reat sudden drop in the thermometer
hat found everything in full sap and
n addition thereto the winter had |
cen unusually very mild and scarce
Y anything had time to rest or harden
p. EVergreens, except rebespOrums,
ave in no instances been injured, I'D
ny way. or course a great MANY
ave died, but the cause of this is not
he cold, but they lack the soil and
Innate of Houston and New Orleans,
ON which places our people seem to !
ersist in ordering or purchasing. s
he soil of Houston and New Orleans s
naturally sub-irrigated, contains e,
reat quantity of saline, which is not =,
,und in our soil and the atmosphere
lree days out of every five is misty
Gather"
A RECEPTION.
A reception was given last night by :
Ir. and Mrs. NarclsO Leal, at their \
aautiful residence on South Flores
rect, in honor of their niece Miss
Osefa Garcia. whose patron, st. JO-
,gh's day fell Yesterday. A large
,mpany was present, among them, /