1839] 



FARMERS' REGISTER, 



183 



ed regulating the rates of charges of keepers of 

 ''ordinaries/' or taverns, the prices being all stated 

 in tobacco, the legal currency of the colony. The 

 act required that — 



"Ordinary keepers selling liquors doe not de- 

 mand or take more for Virginia drahmes, or strong 

 beer or ale then is sett downe in the act of assem- 

 bly made in September, 1671, that the rate of per- 

 ry and syder if boyled be twenty pounds of tobacco 

 per gallon, and if ravve eighteene pounds of tobacco 

 per gallon, that the price of lodging be three 

 pounds of tobacco per night, that the price of dy- 

 ett where the generall court or assembly is held 

 be twelve pounds of tobacco each meale, lor the 

 master, and eight pounds of tobacco for the ser- 

 vant, and in the country in all other ordinaryes, 

 tenn pounds ol tobacco each meale for the mas- 

 ter, and six pounds of tobacco the servant. That 

 the rate for horse pasture be six pounds of tobac- 

 co for one day and night, and if housed, lor straw 

 and hay eight pounds of tobacco the day and 

 night, and lor Indian corne after the rate of flbrty 

 pounds of tobacco the bushell, and for oates after 

 the rate of sixty pounds of tobacco per bushell." — 

 p. 393-4. 



It is a curious fact that the importation of tobac- 

 co from the Carolinas, or in other words, the mer- 

 chants of Virginia buying and exporting the pro- 

 ducts of the other colonies, was held to be so inju- 

 rious to the interest of Virginia, that it was deem- 

 ed necessary, in 1G79, to pass the following pro- 

 hibitory law. The same trade now continues 

 from North Carolina ; but the complaint is now 

 from the other party, and with as little reason in 

 the one case as the other. 



"Forasmuch as the importation of tobaccoes 

 into this colony from Carolina and other parts, 

 without the capes, halh been found very prejudi- 

 ciall to this country and the inhabitants thereof^ 

 and lor prevention of like mischiefe and inconve- 

 niency for the future. Bee it enacted by the go- 

 vernour, councell and burgesses of this present 

 grand assembly, and the authority thereof, and it 

 is hereby enacted, that from and after the tenth 

 day of October next, after this present session, 

 noe tobaccoes packt in casque or otherwayes, 

 shalbe brought from without the capes of Virginia 

 into this colony, either in boaie, sloope, shipp, or 

 other vessell whatsoever, to be landed on shoare, 

 sold or shipt of in any ship or other vessell rideing 

 in this colony, except only by such persons as 

 shall make it appeare that they are inhabitants of 

 Lower Norfolke county, and that the tobaccoes by 

 them brought round the capes, is of the growth of 

 the said county, upon penalty of Ibrfeiting all such 

 tobaccoes soe brought into this colony contrary to 

 the true intent and .Tieaning of this act, the one- 

 halfe of such tobaccoes soe forfeited to be to the 

 use of the kings majestic, and the other halfe to 

 be equally divided belweene the inlbrmer and the 

 country. Provided alwayes that it shall be law- 

 full for any merchant or other person inhabitting 

 in this country to fetch from Carolina, commonly 

 called the South, and bring hither all such tobac- 

 coes as are already due to him before the maUeing 

 ol" this law."— p. 445 



From tlie Magazine of Horticulture. 

 NOTICES OF CULINARY VEGETABLES, NEW OK 

 RECENTLY INTRODUCED, WORTHY OF GEN- 

 ERAL CULTIVATION IN PRIVATE GARDENS, 

 OR FOR THE MARKET. 



In again presenting to our readers our remarks 

 on new vegetables, we feel gratified in being able 

 to state that our notices, which have appeared in 

 our two last volumes, have been the means of in- 

 troducing to greater notice and cultivation, many 

 of the new productions which we have noticed 

 and described. We shall continue to add all the 

 information which can be gathered upon this sub- 

 ject, and shall not let any new variety, worthy of 

 notice, escape our attention. 



Among those kinds, which have been more 

 particularly mentioned in our articles, and which 

 have now become extensively known, and much 

 cultivated, are Bailey's red and white giant cele- 

 ry, the forty-fold potato, the early Vanack cab- 

 bage, and the Soissons bean. Each of these vari- 

 eties have been much sought after, and they have 

 proved fully equal to what they were recommend- 

 ed. Many of the other sorts which were noticed 

 are now under trial, and their good qualities will 

 soon be ascertained. New vegetables do not find 

 their way into cultivation with the rapidity of new 

 fruits or dowers, especially among that portion of 

 the community who would be the most benefitted 

 by their growth ; the prejudices of market garden- 

 ers and farmers against new articles, as well as 

 new experiments, are almost fatal to their intro- 

 duction. Unless the merit of a new variety is so 

 very great as to partake of the marvellous, it is a 

 long period before it becomes generally cultivated. 

 The information, however, which is now diffused 

 through the great number of farming periodicals is, 

 luckily, dissipating such prejudices, and the more 

 enlightened of our agriculturists have become 

 somewhat convinced, that there may be great im- 

 provements made in the varieties usually cultivat- 

 ed, as well as superior kinds introduced, which 

 may take the place of those we now value. 



The past year, there has not been so many new 

 varieties brought into notice, as heretofore. In 

 the kitchen garden department there have been 

 one or two introductions of some merit. To the 

 farm there has been one addition of great impor- 

 tance in the Rohan potato ; indeed we may, with 

 truth, say, one of the most important acquisitions 

 ever made to our husbandry. The past year was 

 not propitious to the gardener or firmer in our 

 vicinity; the unprecedented drought, during Au- 

 gust and September, cut short the crop of most 

 vegetables. Potatoes suffered severely, and the 

 only crop which may be said to have been good 

 and large, was the squash. Corn suffered in com- 

 mon with all other products. 



In Britain, and on the Continent, some new 

 vegetables have been introduced, which have at- 

 tracted considerable attenion ; these we shall 

 briefly notice at this time, leaving a more extend- 

 ed account of them to a future period, when we 

 may do so from our personal observation. 



The Cuba tomato, introduced by Mr. Lowell, 

 the seeds of which he procured in Cuba, during 

 a residence there through the winter of 1837, was 

 exiiibited before the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, and noticed by us in our reports, (Vol. 

 IV. p.' 390.) Mr. Lowell stated in a note, that it 



