The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-20
The Garden OF Eden 1892.
From The Arkansas Harbor Herald.


II this famous spot has not been
definitely located, let the inves,iga-
ton be confined to Texas, for it Las
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-
cuturists to be served from voluntary
donations of these men taken from
their own gardens near Rockport
TRAITS were drawn lpon the sdjacent
proprietors with the following r.sults
Every mandate was honored, and
the result was stupendous, Mr.. Joe
Trip pts sent liberal quantity Of onions,
cabbage, cauliflOT er and tom stoes with
specimens of green corn, asparagus,
and oantaloupes Mr.. M. Kalten bach
was absent when the press tiend arriv-
ed at his home, but Mrs. Kaltenbach
and Miss Florence Farrell entertained
him handsomely and loaded his cart
with new Irish potatoes, mag ni6cent
vans, white radishes, black turnlps,
lettuce and snap beans, and gave HIM
a specimen strawberry plant on which
we're growing green leaves, green Der
ries, new blooms and single rich, red,
ripe berry, that surely tried his pa
thence to deliver The last cluster of
grapes had been plucked 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 cabbages, turnips,
onions, beets, radishes and swee
potatoes, with specimens of green
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bloom, and fresh lettuce.
Mr.. H. G. Boles sent three large
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 q
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 and pickles.
Messrs. Holman and Hoffman SEN
lot of fine radishes, and Messrs
Isaac Hughes and Jack Burris sent &
full supply of fresh milk and butter
Mr.. Jno c. Emory undertook to
supply the table with geese, ducks
and small Game, and 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 o
quail for the occasion, and sent ia
young mast.fed hog.
The beef was raised and fatteneG
on the MOCampbell pasture, anc
slaughteree DO Mr.. G. W. Lewis.
Mr.. j. |. Caruthers sent a dozer
bottles of rich native wines from hi
Ingleside vintage of 1891.
The markets of Rockport and Aran
sas harbor furnished fish, oysters anc
game in endless quantity.
The orchards of Live Oak Peninsula
are yet in their infancy and native
fruits could not be secured except foI
decorative purposes. Prof. Fl. P. Att
water OF Rockport, loaned three nstiv
oranges upon freshly cut stem with
leaves ciinging to it, and also donated
a large sweet potato that had taken I
second gorwth and was enveloped il
network of vines grown from il
own body. The orange specimens haC
been given to Prot. Attwater for pres
ervation in his museum of Southwes
Texas products, and we're loaned OF
The Herald's pledge to return them
but they were Inadvertently eaten anC
sincere apology is the only return
The Herald can make.
Banana calture was represented By
the nodding leaves on the three fine
trees in the hotel court yard.
Orange trees, lemon trees, fig trees
apple trees, pear yrees, plum trees
cherry trees, peach trees, pecan treel
and grape vines we're represented