STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 327 



AMBEE CANE AT NEW ORLEANS. 



Seth W. Kenney, of Morristown, Minn., superintendent of 

 amber cane products at New Orleans, writes, in March, to the 

 Minneapolis Tribune as follows: 



"It has been several years since I have furnished articles for 

 the Tribune on the culture of the Minnesota early amber sugar 

 cane, being obliged to give my refinery my undivided attention. 

 I have just returned from the World's Exposition at New Or- 

 leans, where I have been engaged as superintendent of amber 

 cane products. It was proclaimed to all nations that Minnesota 

 took the highest awards on amber cane products, on syrup one 

 premium, and, for the best barrel of any grade exhibited, the 

 sweepstakes premium. My j)Osition at New Orleans brought 

 me in contact with the planters of the South, and with those that 

 were well informed in regard to both Northern and Southern 

 cane. From those men I learned many things that were new to 

 me, and perhaps of interest to your readers. I learned from 

 William Wakerman, Jr., of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, that all the 

 hams and shoulders in their extensive pork packing establish- 

 ment were pickled with amber cane syruj), and gave the best of 

 satisfaction. Mr. John Dimond, vice-president of the sugar ex- 

 change, and a heavy planter, said he was much surprised at the 

 excellence of the samples grown in Minnesota. He said that 

 the Northern cane industry, so widely extended and already pro- 

 ducing twice the amount of syrup produced by the Louisiana 

 cane, must be an important factor in helping to protect the sugar 

 industry. Mr. Dimond read a very valuable paper before the 

 Farmers' Congress at New Orleans. He also took samj)les of the 

 Minnesota product to the sugar exchange at New Orleans to 

 show to the planters what was being done in Minnesota, and re- 

 peated what some of our best men have said, that we can pro- 

 duce sugar as cheap as they could, counting the value of the 

 seed for feeding purposes. The testimony of the planters of 

 Louisiana, as well as persons from almost every other state, as 

 to the value of our products must make Minnesota an export 

 State on her fine i^roducts. Among many orders for syrup was 

 one for Stockton, Cal., for fifty gallons, with a view of supply- 

 ing that city with Minnesota goods. This convinces me that 

 with thorough organization and working to raise the grade, 

 and with the same concert of action that our dairy people have, 

 we can make an article that will not depend entirely on a home 



