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The picking for a distant market requires much skill 
and good judgment. If picked too green, the fruit will 
be nearly or quite worthless, and if too ripe, it will decay 
before reaching the consumer. [See directions on this 
subject, in “Hints for the Month.”— Ed. So. Cult.] 
To attain the right point, a careful and prompt corres- 
pondence is requisite between consignor and consignee, 
touching the time of picking, the state of the fruit when 
picked, its condition on arrival at market, state of the 
weather, incidents of the passage, &c. 
A few years ago the idea of transporting fresh peaches 
from the interior of Georgia to this metropolis for a mar- 
ket would have been deemed utterly visionary. Steam 
communication has, however, in a great measure revo- 
lutionised the fruit and vegetable trade of our city. The 
period of supply of each vaiiety is on the average 
doubled, thus extending to our citizens nearly through 
the year, luxuries formerly enjoyed but for a brief period. 
The first arrival of peaches last summer was on the 
•29th June — thirteen boxes of one bushel each, from 
Charleston, which sold atS8 to Si 2 per box, and seven- 
ty-five baskets of half bushel each, from Savannah, sold 
at S3 to S4: per basket. 
The receipts of the succeeding week were about four 
hundred and fifty bushels, and sold at S3 to S6 per bush- 
el, In the height of the season the arrivals were from 
two thousand to four thousand bushels per steamer ; one 
trip running as high as six thousand bushels. Prices 
ranged from 50c, to S4 per bushel, according to quality 
and condition. 
The springing up of this important trade developes 
new features, and involves commercial transactions of a 
higher order than the ordinary loose methods of transfer- 
inf fruits and vegetables from the producers of the adja- 
cent localities to the city consumers, and we think, from 
our large experience with this fruit, and our ample busi- 
ness arrangements, that we can satisfy those who may 
favor us with their consignments,” 
Bermuda Grass— Pine Straw, &c. — Editor Southern 
Cultivator — Dr. Philips’ numerous articles in favor of Ber- 
muda Grass have influenced me to want to try it, seeing 
the great necessity for something of that kind. And as I 
am unacquainted with the Bermuda Grass, I will be thank- 
ful to you or some of your numerous correspondents for 
further information. I have been under the impression 
that Bermuda Grass did not seed, but have been led to a 
different conclusion from one remark by Dr. Philips in 
the last number of your journal. If it does seed, where 
can I get the seed, and at what price ? and if it does seed, 
(although Dr. Philips says it will not pass under a hedge) 
will it not pass down the rivulets and into the creek bot- 
toms'! 
2nd. When is the proper time to plant, and how 1 
3rd. Will pine straw alone, manure a light sandy soil “I 
And if it will, which is the proper way to apply it, and 
how long until it will decompose so that the land will do 
to cultivate 1 Subscriber Jurior. 
[Dr. Philips will, doubtless, take pleasure in answer- 
ing the Bermuda inquiries through our pages. Respect- 
ing pine straw— we prefer using it as bedding in our 
stables, and afterwards composting it before applying it 
ai manure. In this way, it absorbs much urine and 
other fertilizing matter ; but if applied dry it is a long 
time in decomposing, and of comparatively little value. — 
Ed.] 
Hungarian Grabs Seed. — Can you inform me where 
and how I can get the Hungarian Grass Seed '? I would 
like very much to get the seed if it is only a small pack- 
age by mail. Yours, «&c., R, E. C. 
Shelby ville, Texas, May, 1859. 
[The seed may be ordered from V, LaTaste or Plumb 
& Leitner, of this city. — Ed.] 
Rats, Mange, Lice, &c. — Ask some of your correspon- 
dents for an infallible Rat exterminator. Also, a remedy 
for mange and lice on hogs, J. M, H. 
Haralson, Ga., May, 1859. 
OUR BOOK TABLE. 
Hints to Horse- Keepers; a Complete Manual for Horse- 
men, By the late Henry William Herbert, (“Frank 
Forester.”) Beautifully illustrated. New York : A. 0. 
Moore &Co,, 140 Fulton St, 1859. 
This last work of poor Herbert, (left unfinished at 
his death, but completed by a competent hand) is in 
many respects, the most practical and useful that fell from 
his very forcible and prolific pen. It tells How to Breed 
a Horse— How to Buy a Horse — How to Break a Horse 
— How to Use a Horse — How to Feed a Horse— How to 
Physic a Horse (Allopathy and Homcepathy) — How to 
Groom a Horse — How to Drive a Horse — How to Ride a 
Horse, with chapters on Mules and Ponies, and an ex- 
cellent treatise on Female Equestrianism, written by a 
Lady. With additions, including “Rarey’s Method of 
Horse-Taming,” and “Baucher’s System of Horseman- 
ship,” Also, directions for the selection and care of Car- 
riages and Harness of every description, and a brief, but 
satisfactory Memoir of the author. The whole printed 
in the best style and very handsomely illustrated. All 
Horse-Keepers should have this excellent book, and may 
do so by sending the small sum of $1.25 to A. 0, Moore 
& Co., 140 Fulton St,, New York. 
Farm Drainage, By Henry F. French, of New Hamp- 
shire. Profusely illustrated. Published by A. 0. 
Moore & Co., 140 Fulton Street, New York. 1859. 
This the first really complete American work on the 
very important subject of which it treats. It embraces 
the principles, processes and effects of Draining Land, 
with stones, wood, plows and open ditches, and especial- 
ly with tiles; including tables of rain-fall, evaporation, 
filtration, excavation, capacity of pipes ; cost and num- 
ber to the acre, of tiles, &c., &c., giving to the farmers 
and planters of the country enough of scientific principles 
to satisfy intelligent inquiry, and plain and full directions 
for executing work in the fields, according to the best 
known rules. If it is true that nearly all lands may be 
benefitted by drainage, and that the richest and best por- 
tions of our country yet lie idle for the want of it, the 
value of such a thorough and practical guide as this book 
furnishes cannot be easily estimated. Every farmer and 
planter should possess it and practice its teachings. Price 
Sl.25 Address the publishers, as above. 
Hints Toward Physical Perfection; or. The Philoso- 
phy of Human Beauty ; showing How to Acquire and 
Retain Bodily Symmetry, Health and Vigor ; Secure 
Long Life, and Avoid the Infirmities and Deformities of 
Age. By D. H. Jacques. New York : Fowler and 
Wells, Publishers, 308 Broadway. Price $1, per 
mail. 
This is a work which is destined to attract much atten- 
tention, and awaken a deeper interest in the physical im- 
provement of the race than has yet been manifested ; as i* 
