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THE AQUICVLTUUAL JOURNAL. 



Pears. — Louise Bonne of Jersey, 

 Williams Bon Chretien, Chsmmontelle. 

 and Benrre Diel. 



Peaches.— Early Amsden, Early RiverP, 

 Doctor Hogg, Royal George, Van Velden s. 



Apricots.— Moor Park and Royal. 



Nectarines.— Early Hardwick, Large 

 Elruge, Red Roman, and White. 



Plums for the Midlands and Up- 

 country Districts. — Botan, Burbank 

 Chabot, Kelsey. Satsuma, and Early Red 

 and Early White Mirabelle. 



The following are suitable only tor the 

 colder districts of the Colony :-Orleans, 

 Magnum Bonum, Green Gage, and Purple 

 Gage. 



Manna or Millet Seedm 



BELOW, says " Agricola," in his farm 

 column for the Witn^'ss, is a letter 

 from Mr. Koe, of Estcourt. I saw his 

 advertisement in the Wifvess, and sent 

 for some seed to give it a trial next 

 spring. From Mr. Eoe's letter, it seems 

 to take about the same time as oats 

 to ripen, and the cultivation would 

 be about the same. T see in tne 

 last issue of the AgricnUiiral Jourvl 

 a note on this subject giving the 

 name of this crop as Johnson grass, or 

 Sorghum Halepensc. I am doubtful if 

 this'' is so, as the description given does 

 not seem to tally with our ideas of an 

 annual, which, I believe, millet or manna 

 is Can anyone give me for certain the 

 botanical name of the millet Avh^ch is 

 grown in tlie Transvaal ? 



Kombolton, Estcourt. 



14th June, 1901. 



Dear " Agricola,"- In your " Country 

 Notes " of to-day's issue 1 see that you 

 quote my letter to the Journal, and refer 

 to the difficulty of procuring good 

 " manna " seed. As you will see m 

 another column of the Natal W'lhwss, 

 TIntchinson & Koe can supply the seed, 

 and will guarantee germination. I planted 

 this year on the 11th of January, as I 

 wanted to thresh most of it for seed. For 

 fodder growing I should recommend 

 planting towards the end of January, to 

 be fit to cut when the rains are over. I 

 am speaking of this part of the country.— 

 Yours, &c., 



ARTHUR P. Koe. 



Journal giv^s the name of Johnson 

 grass to the manna of South Africa. The 

 Journal carefully avoided committing it- 

 self to expressing any opinion. The words 

 were " In connection with the subject 

 of millet- growing, the following, which 

 is extracted from the seed catalogue ot 

 Messrs. Anderson, Sydney, may prove 

 interesting," etc. Enquiries go to show that 

 in the neighbourhood of Maritzburg, and 

 probably in other parts of the Colony, 

 manna has been grown in small quan- 

 tities for a long time, for thirty years or 

 longer. Attempts from time to time to 

 sell it on the Maritzburg Market always 

 proved useless. The growers recognised 

 the value of the fodder, but the public 

 resolutely held ofE. Manna now f etches 

 7s. i)er lOOlbs. on the Maritzburg Market, 

 and there seems at present .to be a_ good 

 chance of it becoming established in the 

 Colony as a recognised fodder.] 



[It is perhaps advisable to point out 

 that "Agricola" makes a slip of the pen 

 when saying that the Aaricultvral 



A new leron is called the American Wonder, 

 by some it is termed the Ponderosa It com- 

 mences to bear enormous fruits when on y two 

 years old, and these average from Ulb. to rflb. 

 e ich The flavour ..f the ripe lemons is delici- 

 ous being very full of rich juice. It grows 

 raoidly is easily propasated, anH is said to grow 

 anywhere. Excellent for all cuHnary purposes. 



The National Prorisinner states that during 

 the year ending March 1st. 1900, the Western 

 fact.".iies produced 794.000,0001b. of lard from 

 boos yielding 2,898,000.0001b. of green pork 

 They "paid for these hogs in cafh the sum ot 

 £9;?i)(Hl000. The total number of hofs packed 

 durin<r theyear^^as 22 , 200,821, a gai est 23.6i>l,695 

 tbe year 'before. Their live weight, was 

 h\Tr>b?,m)\h. They made .3,692 ,VJ5,0001b. of 

 meats and lards, to this must be added the 

 I mount killed at St. Joseph and other Western 

 rackin" points, and the hogs killed by faimers 

 and country butchers, of which no record is 

 kept. 



