THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



must dispose of nice tender lamb chops or juicy tenderloin steak 

 smothered with onions or other delicious things which already lead 

 us merrily to the table. It means only that we are to have limit- 

 less addition of more good things with corresponding reduction 

 in the cost of living and at the same time less strenuous reaching 

 out for new land. 



Subsequent Note: 



The boll weevil may prove to be a godsend if it increases to the 

 point of driving cotton raisers to the tropics, and obliging our 

 southern planters to become wealthier than they are at the present 

 time. In the tropics the Cotton plant is a tree. Annual seeding, 

 fertilizing, and tillage then become unnecessary for the Cotton 

 crop. The poorest of our present cotton lands will produce great 

 yields of Persimmons and Hybrid Chestnuts. The richest of our 

 cotton lands will produce great yields of Pecans and Peanuts. 

 The Persimmon stands close to the Date in food value. Seedless 

 varieties may now be obtained from nurserymen. 



Hybrid Chestnuts, while not wholly immune to the blight, are 

 sufficiently resistant to furnish abundant crops for years. 



The Pecan nut has more food value than beef and large new 

 Peanut values have been unfolded and brought into view during 

 the past decade. 



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