The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-13
SCNBEANS.

Tho analysia BY ohsmiats At the state Agricultural
College. Of bssts raised In Iowa shows II ~ pet
cent OF susar which Ia often sxeslsd the best
beetgrowing countries of Europe.
"A Mormon colonization scheme has been perfected
between Elder Andrew j. Stewart Of Salt Lake and tbs
authorities of the Mexican Government BY which 9er
colonies may be established all parts OF the 70.
public the city Of Santa Resale TO be the headQuartss
The present prospect for tho fruit grower Of cafof
MIA Is favorable The fruit crop the East sxpseeAl
to b only about one.half large usual Although
the output in California will be lsss thAa that Of last
year. the size and quality Of the fruit will BE- Improvsd
30 much that Il will command advanced prices. ne
value Of the fruit crop this year In California 10 set
mated At SO. 100000.
Few people hare any idea Of how much money 10
spent by the municipality Of Paris In planting and
looking after the trees which Tine the principal
bouevards and avenues of the French capital rhs
nual report OF the enent Rivss the total
Der Of trees planted At $685. each Of which rspss
SCENTS initial cost Of S35 Tho annual sxpepdlturs
for maintenance 10 e5o.S4O
rhe silk hat Is the bndxe Of European rsspectabty
and appears all holidays In the poorest pAes Of
the foreign quaren Of this In the French quar-
ter and especially at French etes in honor OF national
hoiidays appears with the froes coat Hundreds az
silk hats appear in the east sds Jowish quarter drA
she Passover season. Italians however, either Adse4
everyday American head gear enac,ousiy stick -
the hats and caps worn BY the peasants At homo
The apparently contradictory reports from ne
peach orchards OF Delaware every spring are easily
reconcilabIe The penlnsuar peach region eovsrs .
SINAI. perhaps less than $500 squArs miles bat
Ia . region with considerable variety Of climate AM
with varying susceptibility TO frost. single ood
night may destroy half the peach buds Ia the nsrsr
Of the peninsula and leave uninjursd orchards s6w
INK tho two bays. Orchards close bssids water
courses ESCAPE frosts that seriously damage trees
neishbortnR racts orchards light soIs ,sss sub
ject to damage than those cAys report Of serious
damage 10 the peach crop often refsrs to small
bearing only . few thousand trees. while the number
OF peach trees in tho whole psnnsuiar peach region
up into the millioua
Tho Delaware aud chssapsaks ship Canal vAisA
the Delaware Peninsula q ia nArfowSst putAs
and runs nine miss through Delaware And AVE-
through Maryland, has Dab Of many kinda, Scores
Of families obtain considerable part Of their fpod
from the canal and many thousauds Of Dish caueAt
with in tho locks at Delaware City. g. 0sosss's
and Chesapeake City. At . recent fishing Of the
locks" At Delaware City. tho eastern tsrnus Of he
snanenry 20 900 herring caught aad was ssti
mated that bstwsen 5oon and 900 passed shroush
the locks that day On the day II was sstimatad
that the net In the locks at st. Georges contained
time 10000 herring. The weight srsaS thAs
only $4,000 could be brought ashora After ssos
catches herring sell for little nothing ana country
people salt down Thousands Of the nshfof winter