Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-11-04

Already the introduction of the ST.
berian alfalfas has earned the farmers
of the northwest many million dollars.
/ The accllmation of Japanese rice in
the southwest has not only found a
use Tor thousands of acres too wet for
ordinary crops but has resulted in
putting within the reach of all, at
lower prices. phenomenally valuable
food. 1t has made millions for the rice
growers; it has saved millions to the
rice consumers. The introduction from
abroad of the Durum wheat has been
Of great profit to wheat farmers and
has put on a surs basis new indNs-
try-thdt of. macaroni making. SINH
larlV the growing of figs in California
is due to these department agents.
The navel orange was a discovery in
another country imported by our
citrus growers. All of these are of
&C Vparatively recent DEVELOPMENT. The
work was taken UP in a really sys
tematic way less than fifteen years
plants or species have been gathered
by these indefatigab BILE explorers and
sent to this country for test. Nine
out of ten of them won't live: YER
haps not one out of a hundred ac-
tually thrives. But If only one in
thousand turns out a success-such a
success as navel oranges and Durum
wheat and Japanese rice and Siberian
alfalfa-those few achievements are
enough. more than enough, to pay for
all the work done and all the chances
taken.
seen specimens of the bamboo. We
have. most of us, dismissed it from
the range of American possibilities.
Vet in Japan, which is quite as cold
q country as this, il is claSsed by the
chief forester of the empire as the
best paying crop of the islands There
are parts of the United States where
It can be grown, and actually is being
-
plant got from a Japanese nursery man
liz Frisco started grove for William
Tevis which now covers acres and
stands fifty feet high. There are
hoops. light ladders, baskets. even wa
ter pipes for temporary service. 1t is
as indispensable to the Oriental who
has learned its value white pine is
to us.
Then there is the Indian mango. 1t
is said there are more varieties of it
than Of the peach. Some are no big
ger than a plum; some weigh six
coolies wages are not over ten cents
q day. for $3.50 q hundred. Already in
Florida and Porto Rico and Hawaii
more than a hundred varieties have
been gathered and some have now
fruited Experienced dealers assert
that there will be no limit to the de-
mand for this delicious fruit, just as
soon as it can be produced in sufficient
10 put on the
The date palm is the very staff of
life TO millions of people in Asia and
Africa. 1t wants lots of water and
soil SO salty that ordinary seeds won't
even terminate in it. Today there are
scores OF date plantations under way
and promising magnificently in the al
kaline. irrigated districts of Arizona
and California. 1t must not be for
gotten that the dates we now buy as
a CONNECTION are only one out of many
hundred sorts. and that there are sew
eral which are of great value food. |
Already the wild persimmon grows
in many parts of the United
States. But the Japanese and Chinese
fruit growers long ago improved their !
rerSIinnOns-aS We improved the rank |
and stringy wild potato-till they can
be eaten when untouched by frost and
v lille as hard as an apple. Experi- |
ments are in progress which indicate
that we shall soon have this improved |
fruit added to our regular annual pro-
duction.