juNE i, 1892 J THE TROPICAL 
AQlRICtlLTU R \ ST, 
921 
By Cooly Advance Account.. 386 19 1 
By Prodnce Shipments- 
Balance of 891 Seaston'B 
Producerealized after 3l8ti 
December C33 17 5 
BySundy Debtors 119 0 3 
By Cash— In hands of Snpe- 
rintendenc of Estate 87 11 1 
In hands of d gents at 
Tuticorin 304 3 1 
In liOn on at Bankers.. 195 9 10 
do. Deposit 
against securities 500 0 0 
In London iu Office.... 3 15 3 
1,090 19 3 
^11,604 4 11 
Crop Account, 1st January to 31st Deo. 1891. 
£ 3. d. 
To Cost of Cultivation, Pivparation and 
Shipping of Produce harvested ... 1,228 17 10 
„ Cotiimisslon to Travancoro Manager .. 20 17 6 
„ Balance to Prolit and Loss Account . . 765 5 5 
£2,015 0 9 
By Net Proceeds of Produce Sold 1,739 17 9 
„ Sundry Receipts on Estate— 
Manufaoturrlng Tea for others, &o. ... 275 3 0 
£2,015 0 9 
Profit and Loss Account from Ist January to 31st 
Deo. 1891. 
To General Charges, including London 
Office Espeuses, Dii-ectors' Pees Audi- 
tors' Fees, Interest, Stationary, Tele- 
grams, &c. . . . . . . 347 11 9 
„ Balance carried to Balance Sheet ... 417 10 8 
£765 5 5 
By Balance from Crop Account .. 765 5 5 
£765 5 5 
Fertilizers for Peach Trees. — At one of the New 
York farmers' institutes, Mr. G. T. Powell, in reply 
to the ques'ion, what is the best fertilizers for 
peach trees ? said : " A fertilizer high in the element 
of potash is preferable with me ; phosphoric acid 
is also necessary to perfect the seed. I find wood 
ashes, if they are good, one of the best fertilizers 
for peaches, as they contain both of these elemtnts 
of plant food. Do not feed them too much 
nitrogen, as it induces too large a growth of wood 
which if continued late in the seaeoa, will not 
ripen." — Rural Californian. 
Good Planting — Meehan's Monthly for February 
publishes the following: "It is not unusual to 
hear people say that they cannot unilerataud why 
trees die un er transplanting, considering that they 
give the planting the very best of care. What is 
considered the best of care is often very bad care. 
It is amazing to see the careful planter without 
experience, occasionally on his knees pressing the 
earth in around the roots with his fingers, for fear 
of crushing the fibers. It is impossible to get the 
earth properly packtd around roots in this way. 
In nurseries, where it is presumable planting in 
thoroughly understood, a man stands with a rammer 
while one is putting in the earth, and hammers 
the earth in as tii^htly as though he was hammering 
in a post. This packs the earth in more tightly 
than can be done by either feet or hands. Some 
are afraid of crushiug the roots with this ham- 
mering process ; but with the pressure all around, 
the foi'oe is directed towards the roots and not away 
from them. It is not necessary, however, to go 
into reasons, as the universal experience of the 
nursery is in favour of hammermg in the earth 
as represented. This is the issenoeof good plant- 
ing, and any other planting is decidedly bad. Trees 
properly planted need no staking. The (act that 
a tree needs staking is a proof that i. was uol 
properly planted,"— iiuroi VaUfornian. 
Importance of Moisture. — The importance of 
moisture in fruit culture is striaingly illustrated in 
the writings of the late Charles Darwin. Respect- 
ing the district around Chiloe he says ; " The 
town is situated on the low banks of the stream, 
and is so completely buried in a wood of apple 
trees that the streets are meiely paths in an 
apple orchard. I have never seen any country where 
apple trees appeared to thrive so well as in this 
damp part of South America. On the borders of 
the road there were many young trees, evidently 
self sown. The inhabitants possess a matvellously 
short method of making an orchard. At the lower 
part of every branch small brown wrinkled points 
project. These are already to change into roots, 
as may be seen where any mud has been splashed 
agamat the tree — Rural Californian. 
Tea in Wynaad. — '^\iq Madras Iwnes otlQib. 
May says : — 
Our South Wyuaad correspoDcleBt in an intereetlng 
and amusiug letter which appears in another colomn 
tella us of inability to send any news about ten in 
Wyuaad. We are iu a position to state that beyond 75 
acres which are being opened by a large Company at 
Oherambadi, there will be no extension of tea cultiva- 
tion iu Wyuaad this year. More's the pity ! Xhe 
enormous increasing exports from Ceylon Lave evidently 
made capitalists at home ' scary ' of this product, and 
we are afraid it will only be when Wynaad has pioved 
beyond a aoubt tbii it can produce tea of a quality 
which is able to bold its owu with consignments from 
that island, that money will be forthcoming to any 
ex tent for opening out lad in tea. Ceylon, from a tea- 
grower's point of view, Cdn only beat Southern India in 
t*o respects : the climite with its regular raintall, and 
the assurance of lauour all the year rouud- The latter 
is the most imp rtaut of the two. The best jat teas 
ttiereare undoubtedly behind those grown here, while 
on most of the estates the plauts are of a very poor 
jat indeed. The sjil oi Ueylou, as well known, is behind 
that oi Soiitht-rn ludia, but this is compensated for by 
the climate. The quality of Oeylon tea is deteriorat- 
ing each year, more especially on estates where manure 
is not used, and we believe that the outturn per acre is 
also less. Fortunately fur Ueylou there is a oohetion 
amon« planters, which is unknown here, aud next to 
the United States there is no country that has so 
thorougtily luastered the art of advertising. P auters 
iu Suutueru India will have tj wait yet awhile before 
money comes to this country to any exieut, aud the 
onl> tiling to be done is to kenp their districts well be- 
fore the notice of the public at home 
The iMANUifAcrUBE of Tea in Londom.— In a recent 
letiei 1 told jou th 1 1 had been making tea from leaf 
plutked irum tea piant.i, grown fro.-u imported seed 
in Mr. Iceion's palm nurseries at Eoehampt jU, Putney. 
It may uot De without interest to somo of )our read- 
irstokuo v Low I am getting on. I have not bad 
mucli ot a fiuau hs yet, and iuve only had small quauti- 
Lies ot leaf 10 work at n time, the pl iuts flu-.hing very 
irre^jularly ; aud the leaf h»s not been ►atislactory. 
iVlj UMt pluckiug vvas very small, but icis, Ithiuk, a 
curious iuftianco <jf what may be douo that though the 
lonf WHS 00 we» when plucked in the morning about 
10 a.m. I h.id 10 tOfS th - water > ff it, yet I was aolo to 
wii her it, to roll It, to get u to lerment in some degree, 
and to fire it, and convert it inio passable tea, belore 
(J p.m. the same day. i'he liquor proved fair, aud after 
ntaiuliug some time creameu well. It had a rather 
gre. iiian aud sligbtly oolong flavor, prob.ibly owing 
o the hasty way in which I hid been compelled to 
make ihe tea, as 1 had 10 leave town next day, and to 
iis not being well fermented. The plauts are now in a 
hotter h u->e, audi hope 10 have a more even fiiish 
soon, and more time to turn out a larj^er quau>itv 
aud a betier Simple. As 1 said, I am curious to know 
if this IS the hrat attempt which has been made to 
manutactnre tea iu this oouniry fr„m Eunlish-growu 
tea leal. Be tuis as it may, 1 fancy uo one else ever 
uuulc tea, trom green and wet tea lenf in Loodou 
before in ouo working diiy of eight hours.— Cor. lu local 
" Timeu," Moy 13th, 
