The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-25

! bananas fgs plums, peaches. pears,
olives and numerous other ornamental
fruits, and Parisinn advantages The
constant Increase of the chipping husi-
| ness should also be an additional tncen-
| tive TO the furthorance of the deepening
| of the channel and the carrying on Of
| the debris, If need be, to san lacnto
] buy,
II is well understood by all the readers
| OF The Post, now distributed through
! out the entire United states that num-
! berg OF capitalists are now turning their
attention this way and well they may;
/ therefore make the city pretty and at
! tractivc, aud we will be proudcr OF II,
and In due season everything wanted.
J such ms cotton factories. sugar renneries,
/ flour and rice mills wagon factories,
! foundries. smelters wooden mills flax
mills, linseed oil factories hat and shoe
/ factories and tanueries, and multitude
/ OF other factories win elevate their
smokestacks TO the skies
ORIENTAL FRUITS
The adaptabiity OF the flora Of oriental
countries to South Texas ls thoroughly
| illustrated in the beautiful growth OF the
Golden Arbor vitae CThuya Orentalis).
| the Japan Medlar CMespilus) the cape
! jasmine. the camilla. the tea plant, the
oriental cypress. the Japanese heath
! leaved cypress tretinspora) the chrysan-
| themum, the hydrangea, and, in fact, "A
multitude of valuable introductions from
| those countries, showing the conditions
n matter of establishment that those
| countries have not heretofore been more
| thoroughly searched for varieties of
! oranges, olives, pears, plumB Mgs, dates,
| peaches and other fruits, and the same
| introduced into South Texas. There are
without doubt many varieties OF fruits In
those countries which have through gen
eratlons Of times adapted themselves to
trying situations of both cold and heat
and would actually improve In the richer
soil and mOister climate of South Texas
~ mn 4Ti
would suit the Rio Grundc country, This
would be practical development worth
talking about The grapes Of Asatic
origin are already working their way
down the Rio Grande region,
/ have illustrated the fact to my own
satisfaction that the Satsumn. on Don
liata, sufficiently hardy to Withstand any
change Of temperature thHt occurs in
Texas The blizzard Of the last days OF
January last. when the thermometer fell
from so to % degrees only caused the
leaves 70 fan of, leaving the stems un-
injured, and those stems are now bud
ding and blooming. ! have previously
stated that In order to make the tree
more shapely, as well as 10 increase it's
hardness II may be budded on grated.
at four feet from the ground South
Texus is very much IN need OF really
sSillful orchardists. who are able to work
all the changes that horticultural science
would dictate. 1t is only reasonable to
hgseit mat experience ana observation
wan bY the aid Of such skin, bring about
all The conditions necessary TO retard the
TOW Of sap during the blizzard season.
anu tr this can be accomplished by bud
d.nE evergreen trees on to declduous trees
or by budding oriental plums on native
texas plum trees, OF by any other Ike
eyAttm. then every variety OF oriental
fruit VIII ultimately find IN South Texas
congeninl home, as a fruit tree IL just
as hiIdy az an oni tree II the condition
Now seeing the cultivation Of the vari-
Gus trees OF the earth Us not only a very
FflIl1 Ia ls.r-fft l. Inn
person who has q homestead and its ac-
nuirement In Texas " not only more edsy
but once acquired II IL sacred perpetu-
ny aud therefore truly home; here
/ therefore, ] say, every poor person can
surround himself or herself with the COM
forts of ne by cultivatng q few FRUITS
ot every KIND namely, strawberries, com
nenclng 10 bear at Easter. then b!aclber-
lles, then plums IN May and June then
peaches, pears grapes, oranges, olives
etc. fohoNing one another In succession
and hnni.y winding up the season by dry
iht, piGSlins OF preserving for wlnter'use
the shipment OF South Texas fruits 10
| me uttermost parts OF The United States
both by car loads and by express as de-
We have conomsyely shown. first, that
stFDWDefrles can ana ere being grown
geiy broltabiy: mat they ripen here be-
Tore they rpen elsewhere Eve are now
having them for supper every evening1
maj Vbe spring Temperature and moist
ure Is emineutly favorable for them and
that In return therefore they are mogt
grateful A mllidon OF pear Trees have by
ms Tine been planted The oriental
pums are also being planted largely, and
lhey are, In this section most certainly
ot a very superior quality. They are OF
me me same botanical family az ouI native
,'hlckAshws. and III COURSE of time fhe
two VIII be D.ended In seedlings possess-
ING al the best traits Of both. The
GC ~, aiia lie lacking IN Grmuess OF
nsan ana sweetness. and chose traits are
abundant IN the Japanese
Last June and July Mr. g. A. Mckee
81 Noun SOman, Cherokee county
shlppen here 10 me some boxes of abund-
. ..nn sweet boian. satsuma ehabct and
ytloW Japan p!una / found them 10 be
superior ~ quality 10 any plums ! have
ever tastei They are also long Keepers,
consequently good shippers ! give The
iol9winS description OF them
Apundance, or BOtanklO. shortened into
lsolani Imported into California IN 1884
medium ~ size, yaryipg from round 10
nhaIp pointed, color rich yellow dotted
win splashes OF red or BLUSH red on the
sunny side. flesh deep yellow, Juicy and
sWefli rlpen IN Texas in June, The fruit
Is much improved by being wen thinned.
bear.
Sweet Botan; Imported into California