The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

here OF the tropics and temperate
zones. and that throughout the year.
spent Yesterday morning In going
through the city market. II Covers
a square, the chief stalls being in a
great court rooted with galvanized
IRON and surrounded by r.ores. There
were grapes white and red. There
were apples as yellow ; gold. peach
es the color OF snow and pomegran-
axes ana guaVas. Chlrrimoyas and
tunas. h fruit OF the cactus. There
were oranges and lemons and pine
apples. bananas and bushels OF paltas
or alligator pears. The latter cost
nSe cents or ten cents. n-otwithstand-
ing had TO pay % cents for the one
ordered extra AZ the hotel for my
dinner today.
And then the vegetables. What
would you think of string beans as
iohS as your arm. OF potatoes as vel
low as gold and OF yuccas which have
Hesn like a potato. but consist OF roots
as big around as a ball club and often
two feet IN length. | saw roasting
ears at nearly every vegetable stand
some OF these were bright yellow and
others as black as your boots. saw
grains OF hominy Of about twice the
size OF the largest of lima beans. They
came from a corn grown here which
IS so meafy you can make -four Of il
by pounding it with a stone. There
were many tomatoes and great heads
OF caufiffower and cabbage. muskmel-
Ions and watermelons and other fruits
the names of which I do not know
A large part of the market is devoted
to meats and game. l saw lamb flesh
and kid flesh and great cages OF
guinea pigs. which taste like SQUAD
pigeons or tender young squirrels.
There were large fish stalls full OF
cOrbina and other fine fish from the
nnnon orI Cnro Soh u-h;1h - Gu.
cially delicious when served raw with
the juice of a lemon. The acid
seems to have the same effect on the
f flesh as boiling and it is even better
, than the raw fish of Japan. There
: are also a IN kinds Of shellfish and
among others d little clam-like crea
, ture called the senorita or little girl.
This is a clam whose flesh is as White
as snow, but which has also a morse
q of meat Of the color Of the brightest
red pepper which forms a part OF
the fish. 1t tastes delicious.
4 In connection with the markets OF
the west coast | look for a large frui,
business to grow up in shipping Peru
f Wan and Chilean fruits to New York
q and New Orleans as soon as the cana
= is completed. We are now only ter
O days from the mouth Of the Mississ
d ippi river and within two weeks Of
n New York. This distance can bs
n | = SoAty SiAoi 1iiS ~ Sh1 eiAa GIN
h the day will come when eight or min
days will be all that is needed for tn
IS fast cOld-StOrage steamers to go from
a. the west coast to our principal ports
IS They can raise here fruits equal /
,e any in California and Southern Ecu
j. rope. and that in the midst of GU
at winter, when all fruits bring a hie,
,h price in the States. Peru has Malag
t. grapes equal to those of Spain an
Il. something like twenty million dollar
is worth of sue grapes are now an
nuaIly raised in the valleys of tn
desert coast and turned into win
IN Such grapes could be shipped to Ne
York and bring 90 to % cents
pound. In fact, I have just heard
an Argentine ~vineyardist who ha
VI thousands Of acres near the easter
~ slope Of the Andes. He decided
en try shipping fruit to New York la.
- winter and sent two or three colo
Is storage cars from these clear aero,
the pampas to the Atlantic Ocea
ne They were taken by one of the Ian
port and Holt steamers to New YOl
% and were sold out in two or thre
~ days. They brought him 25 cents
pound and notwithstanding this Tor
haul paid very we'll. Similar fru
az can be raised on this west coast al
u they day will come when much
our winter fruit and vegetables W
by oe ~ Andae N
de