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is not wet. That the sandy lands of our seaboard are adapt- 

 ed to the olive, needs no other proof than the luxuriant growth 

 of the trees on St. Simon's and Cumberland islands. Should 

 the olive become acclimated to the interior of the States of 

 South Carolina and Georgia, it will find in the open and 

 gravelly soil of the tertiary slope, between the granite ridge, 

 and the tide water, its most congenial soil. The next question 

 which presents itself is the introduction of that tree, likely to 

 prove such a source of profit to the agriculturist as to be 

 worthy his attention. A calm examination of this part of the 

 subject, will probably disappoint those whose standard of pro- 

 fit has been the exaggerated hopes of the cotton culture, and 

 who tolerate no delay in reaping the reward of their labour ; 

 but it may present a sufficient inducement to devote some 

 time and expense to the subject, to a class of persons less im- 

 patient of growing rich, and who believe that the direction of 

 a part of the agricultural labour of the Southern States to new 

 objects, is called for by the excessive production of a few 

 staples, and that the introduction of a new plant affording a 

 wholesome and nutritious article of food, and which is impor- 

 tant to many valuable manufacturers, will add very materially 

 to the wealth, happiness and independence of the country. 

 The distance at which the olive trees are planted is regulated 

 by the circumstance, whether the ground is to be devoted 

 solely to them, or is to be cultivated at the same time in grain. 

 In the first case they are placed nearer, and in the latter far- 

 ther apart. It may be assumed as a safe ground of calcula- 

 tion, that 25 trees may be planted to the acre, when the land 

 is cropped, and 50 if devoted exclusively to the olive. The 

 product of oil varies very much with the size of the tree, the 

 character of the soil, and the fruitfulness of the season. In 

 France, we are informed that at Toulon they have great trees 

 that are known to yield 20 to 30 livres a tree, (40 to 60 lbs., or 

 from 5| to 8^ gallons of oil). When they give a crop, which 

 is once in two years, and sometimes once in three, small trees 

 yield 3 livres (6 lbs.), 5 livres (10 lbs.), and 6 livres (12 lbs.) 

 each. ' In Languedoc, olives pay in general 3 livres (6 lbs.) 

 each tree per annum, some 5 livres (10 lbs.). At Pingean, 

 some large and fine trees are known to give 84 lbs. of oil, or 



