The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1909-04-09
WI u CrRfts SPEAKS WE'LL OF
TnE GuLf COAsT.

William y curtis, the famous news.
paper correspondent who recently via
tied the Mississippi Gulf Coast has
written number ~ Interesting atti
Giles ~ the Chicago Record Herald re-.
gafdlng this section In one which
appeared The other day he writes re-.
Rafding The pecan and orange ptoyes
NJ Jackson county rs follows!
Farther eastward, up the Coast
near Scranton and Ocean Springs a
great deal ~ money Is being made by
cultiyatiug pecan nuts, for which
there Is u great aud growing demand.
They are worth from 80 cents 10 81 50
per pound Mr.. Boidt Of the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel takes the entire crop OF
man named Delmas every year at
Scranton for % cents a pound. It.
takes good deal OF money and about
seven years OF time TO bring pecan
tree to the bearing stage Of existence,
but after the trees have matured they
will continue bearing for generations
The American people are importing
$25, 100000 worth OF nuts year, aud
the demand OF the cOnfectloners trade
Is growing rapidly; hence it Is din
cult TO conceive Of safer or simpler
Investment A pecan grove that Is
planted today will bring perpetual
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and it requires very little labor to
keep 1t In condition. Nor Is 1t neces-
sary for the owner to remain here To
look after 1t, although IL Is advisable
to employ responsible caretaker
Each viii yield from twenty-five tC
fifty dollars year, and thrifty farm.
ers cultivate vegetables and berries
between rows Of trees.
The satsuma orange is also being
introduced very largely 1t is seed.
less japanese fruit, resembling the
mandarin, being small, fiat, OF fine
fiber and filled with juice. The fla
vor depends upon the cultivation. II
is what they call the "kid.glove or
ange," because a lady can peel and cal
it by parting the segements, II she i.
careful, without getting one drop o.
the juice upon her kid gloves.
1t is easily cultivated, is quite hardy
and will stand moderate frost. The
fruit ripens in September which
gives It the first chance in the mar
ket. The satsuma has not yet be
come commercial product, but til,
trees that have been planted alonl
this Coast during the last few year,
are beginning to bear and the frs,
shipments from this locality bav,
been made this winter.
Figs Of an excellent quality hav,
been raised here for generations, hu
they have never been Commercial
success, because Of superstition
that they require human compan
ionship aud will not grow anywher
except In the door.yard OF a home.
suppose that notion arose from som
early failures In planting ng orchard
which were attributed to the contrar
mess of the fruit; but within the las
few years several gentlemen In thi
vicinity have demonstrated its fal
lacy by raising fine crops In fields ia
away from human dwellings. Their
is flg tree IN almost every kitchen
garden, and In the dooryard of almos
every cottage along the Mississippi
Sound, but few vines; and the oyste
packing houses have canned and ship
ped good many figs each year
There Is likely TO be a rapid increas
In the business, because the demani
for preserved 1gs is unlimited, an,
this is one OF the very few places II
the country where they can he raised
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