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FOREIGN FRUIT TRADE OP NEW YORK. 



1. The distance P between the lines ADC K, 

 being given, to find the distance A B between the 

 trees in the line A D. 



CP»=AB» — ^^), 



This reduced becomes 4CP* = 3AB». 

 Hence the rule: multiply the square of the distance 

 C P by 4 and divide the product by 3-; the quotient 

 is the square of the distance A B. Or, to the square 

 of C P add one-third thereof ; the sum is the square 

 of AB. 



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PLANTATION IN SQUARES. 



_ 2. The distance of the trees in the line A D being 

 f!;iven, to find the perpendicular distance F between 

 the lines ADC E— 



Multiply the square of A B by 3, and divide the 

 product by 4; the quotient is the square of F. Or, 

 from the square of A B subtract one-fourth thereof; 

 the remainder is the square of C. P. 



It will be readily observed from the annexed dia- 

 gram, that in square planting, a tree neither is nor 

 possibly can be at an equal distance from all those 

 which surround it; and that when four trees grow 

 till their branches cross each other on four opjiosite 

 points, there is at the same time a large space left 

 ■ elsewhere unoccupied between these trees. 



To mark out the holes, we take a piece of cord, 

 at one end of which we make a loop which is put on 

 a peg where a tree is to be planted, and then fasten- 

 ing a pointed peg on the other end of the line, at 

 the distance of the semi-diameter of the hole, we 

 trace a circle with the pointed peg, which circle is 

 the circumference of the hole. It is advantageous 

 to make the liolus some time before planting, and 

 to leave them open, so that the earth may benefit by 

 the action of the air. This operation should always 



be performed in dry weather ; each kind of e; 

 should be laid in a separate heap at the side of 

 hole, and so as not to interfere with the lines of 

 plantation ; that is to say, the earth should be 

 in the four angles formed by the crossing of the 

 principal lines, and nut in the direction of those li 

 — London Gardeners' Chronicle. 



THE FOEEIGN FSUIT TRADE OF NEW YOE 



About thirty vessels are constantly engagec 

 carrying fruit to this port from the West I 

 Islands, whence the chief supplies of pine apj 

 bananas, cocoa nuts, &c., are derived; but a ir 

 larger trade in fruits is carried on with ports in 

 Mediterranean, which supply annually something 

 seventy or eighty cargoes — principally oranges, 

 importations of last year are estimated by one of 

 principal dealers as follows: 



Seventy-five thousand bunches of bananas f 

 Baracoa, sold here at from $1.25 to $1.50 per bu 



Two millions Baracoa cocoa nuts, sold at 1 

 $25 to $30 per hundred. 



Twenty cargoes of pine apples, from Matanzas 

 Havana, averaging 80,000 dozen per cargo, and 

 at from $8 to $12 per one hundred. 



Twenty thousand dozen St. Barts pines, sol 

 from $7.50 to $8 per hundred. 



Two hundred thousand dozen from the Bah 

 Islands. The latter sold very low, on account 

 prevalence of the cholera. 



Ten cargoes of Havana oranges, averaging I 

 000 each, have been received thus far, the pr< 

 season, the crop being more abundant than at 

 time during the last fifteen years. Prices are red 

 nearly one-half, compared with last year's pi 

 Mediterranean oranges, which come in boxes, ani 

 most extensively shipped to diflerent parts of tl: 

 S., begin to be received in Januaiy, but not e: 

 sively until April or May. The great bulk of 

 description of fruit, which is less perishable 

 other varieties, comes from that direction. ^ 

 India oranges are preferred for their flavor. Ban 

 and pine apples begin to arrive about the fir 

 April, and are most plentiful during the sua 

 ing three months. Cocoa nuts arrive all the 

 round. Many cocoa nuts come here from San 

 and the Spanish Main via Baltimore; merchan 

 the latter city possess advantages which enable 1 

 to compete successfully with our own in this br 

 of the trade. West India oranges arrive in C 

 ber, and are most abundant in January and Ft 

 ary. Just now, this fruit is going out of the ma 

 to be soon superseded by Mediterranean orang 



It is only within a short time that Havana 

 produced oranges as abundantly as in years pre 

 to 1844 and 1845, on account of the destructi( 

 the trees by hurricanes. During the year mentic 

 such was the scarcity there, that Havana was 

 plied with Sicily oranges, re-exported from 

 York. The fruit trade of this city is consti 

 growing more important as the demand for 

 sumption is increased by a growing populatic 

 JV. Y. Journal Commerce. 



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