The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-14
The Garden of Eden 1892.

This Garden has been an interest.
ing theme for centuries and its locs.
ton subject of inquiry for both
scholars and sntiquarians.
Ii this famous spot has not been
definitely located, let the investlgs-
ton be confined to Texas, for it has
within her vast area the climate and
soil, descriptive of this historic place.
A New Years dinner was given in
honor of the Arkansas County Horti-
culturists to be served from voluntary
donations Of these men taken from
their own gardens near Rockport.
Drafts were drawn lpon the sdjacent
proprietors with the following results:
Every mandate was honored, and
the result was stupendous. Mr.. Joe
Trips sent liberal quantity Of onions,
cabbage, caulifloTer aud tom atoes with
specimens of green corn, asparagus,
and cantaloupes. Mr.. NJ. Kalten bach
was absent when the press iend arriv-
ed at his home, but Mrs Kaltenbach
and Miss Florence Farrell entertained
him handsomely and loaded his cart
with new Irish potatoes, magnificent
yams, white radishes, black turnIps,
lettuce and snap beans, and gave him
specimen strawberry plant on which
we're growing green leaves, green Der
res, new blooms and single rich, red,
ripe berry, that surely tried his pa
thence to deliver. The last cluster of
grapes had been plu,ked for their
family dinner on Christmas day.
Mr.. William Tomas, of Rockport,
sent liberal specimens of white giaut,
golden plume and bleached celery,
with the fresh dirt clinging to the
roots.
Mr.. Peter d. Houser sent liberal
supply of egyptian S, celery, ripe
tomatoes, cashaw, squashes, sweet
peppers, green, and ripe, and rutaba-
ga turnips.
Mr.. Christy Osborne sent lot of
magnificent large turnips, beets and
cabbages.
Messrs. w. H and J. C. Ives joint.
ly sent load of csbbages, turnips,
onions, beets, radishes and sweet
potatoes, with specimens of green
pea vines, green tomato vines, in
bloom, and fresh lettuce.
Mr.. II. @. Boles sent three largo
watermelons from his enormous vine.
One of these melons weighs 46 pounds
another 40 pounds and the other 80
pounds. Mr.. Boles also sent half
dozen frying.size chickens and a
specimen bunch Of rhubarb, of which
some stems but ten days old, are
larger than a carpenters pencils. Mr..
Boles sent some elegant homemade
preserves aud pickles.
Messrs. Holman and Hoffman sent
lot of fine rsdishes, and Messrs.
Isaac Hughes and Jack Burris sent a
full supply of fresh milk and butter.
Mr.. Jno C. Emory undertook to
supply the table with geese, ducks
and small Game, aud o. L. Wilson
sent an elegant lot of fresh venison,
which he killed that morning es.
pecially for the occasion, and which
was warm when delivered
Mr.. j. Il. Barber killed a lot of
quail for the occasion, aud sent fat
young mast.fed hog,
The beef was raised aud fattened
on the McCampbell pasture, and
slaughteree bo Mr.. G. w. Lewis.
Mr.. j. |. Csruthers sent a dozen
bottles of rich native wines from his
lngleside vintage of 1891.
The markets of Rockport and Aran-
sas harbor furnished fish, oysters and
game 10 endless quantity.
The orchards of Live Oak Peninsula
are yet in their infancy and native
fruits could not be secured except for
decorative purposes. Prof. H. p. Att
water OF Rockport, loaned three native
oranges upon freshly cut stem with
leaves ciinging to it, and also donated
a large sweet potato that had taken
second gorWth aud was euveloped in
network of vines grown from It's
own body. The orange specimens had
been given to Prot, Attwater for pres
ervation in his museum of Southwest
Texas products, and were loaned on
The Herald's pledge to return them,