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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



the season having been so dry as to effect 

 the crop very materially ; in ordinary sea- 

 sons all these varieties do well with us. 

 You will see by the specitnens sent that 

 some of the Northern sorts are much 

 larger and better here than when grown at 

 the North — a fact that goes to prove the 

 adaptedness of our soil and climate to the 

 growth and perfection of that fruit. 



I would speak more particularly of some 

 varieties, but time forbids at present. 



Hoping the box will reach you safely, 

 I remain, Yours, Respectfully, 



Franklin Davis. 



We return our thanks to Mr. Davis for the 

 box of delicious apples, which reached us 

 safely. Among the specimens, we admired 

 greatly the Bellflower, Gloria Mundi, Col- 

 breath's Russett Rambo, Tallawater, Pennsyl- 

 vania Pippin, Spitzenberg, &c. 



They were all much to our taste. 



[Ed. So. Pl. 



A CARD. 



Royal Oak, Talbot Co., IUd., ) 

 October 21, 1858. J 



To the Editor of the " Southern Planter,'' 



Richmond, Va. 



Sir — I am directed to request the pub- 

 lication, in the Southern Planter, of the 

 following proceedings of our Society, viz: 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees 

 of the Maryland Agricultural Society for 

 the Eastern Shore, held at "Wye Cot- 

 tage," the 30th September, the following 

 resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved, As the opinion of this Board, 

 that the operation of the Grain Inspection 

 Law of the State is beneficial to the inter- 

 est of the Farmer, and we therefore ad- 

 vise the said law to be sustained. 



Resolved further, As the judgment of 

 the Board that, if the said law be general- 

 1} T sustained by those who sell grain in the 

 Baltimore market, our next State Legisla- 

 ture will be justified in greatly reducing 

 the present costs of grain inspection. 



(Signed) M. T. Goldsborough, 



President. 



Edm'd L. F. Hardcastle, Sec'y. 



I am, very respectfully, yours, 

 EDM'D L. F. HARDCASTLE, 

 Secretary. 



Wool and Woolens. 



The supply of wool promises to be in- 

 adequate to the wants of the manufactu- 

 rers. The demand for the clip this year 

 was quite animated, and prices soon rose, 

 so as to check purchases. It was found, 

 however, that the supply of wool was 

 really less than there had been reason to 

 expect, since the high prices of the last 

 few years have not induced any increase 

 in production. The high prices last year 

 had, however, induced imports to some ex- 

 tent from England. This year prices have 

 been less here, but they have risen abroad 

 under the same influences that have im- 

 proved the prospects of the cotton market, 

 viz : abundance of cheap food. The pri- 

 ces here have been comparatively as fol- 

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The prices of American have nearly re- 

 covered, but those of foreign descriptions 

 have not. In England and on the conti- 

 nent, on the other hand, prices are rising 

 rapidly. It follows, as a matter of course, 

 that the imports of foreign wools decline. 

 For the nine months to October 1st, they 

 have been at Boston only 7,171,468 lbs. 

 against 11,270,727 lbs. same time last year, 

 which was a quantity nearly double that 

 of the preceding year. Under the suppo- 

 sition that the quantity of the wool used 

 in the country is, as estimated, 100,000,- 



