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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
FRUITS FOR THE SOUTH ! 
“ FRUITLAND HTJRSERY-,” AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. 
.Subscriber iake.s pleasure in offering- for fall and winter planting, choice TKEIi.^ of tbe following vai iotios of I’niits, all of 
i. -which have been found to he veell adanted to the .South : 
APPLES-a .succession, ripening from May until Dece.nher, and keeping until .June., mostly of .Southern origin, and luamy but 
i-ocentlv iutrod-aced t(. the public— price, t'5 cents each. 
APEIC0T3— such fiiifi varieties .as Moorpark, Breda, IIeniskirl:e, I^ach, &c-, &c. 
PEACHES — the clioice.st coHoctiou ever offered, including in additition to all the brM Noi-thern .-ind Foreign sorts, .a .splendid variety 
of new Southern Poaches not found in any oilier Catalogue. The present years stock of I'eaehti ec.s is quiio limited in number, so 
that early orders are advi.'^able. Priee, 25 cents. 
HSGTAH.IHES — Boston, .Staiiwiok (new), Hunt’s Tawny, Notv White, and .all otlicr first class sorts. 
PEAES— IbWAltFS and .S l'AN’DAnns — a selection of the very biM, recommended by the American Pomological Society, and 
of -Hdiicli have biieii fully testeil in the South. 
PLUMS— all the largest and best varietie.s. 
CHEEEIE3 — Twenty or more .select kinds, w'orkod .->11 the Mahaieh .Stock, a,s low .Stand.-irds or Itwarff — the proper form for the 
•South. 
GRAPES — fine rootcil planks of the Catawba, I.sabella, .Senppernoug, Warrenton and other native v.arictics, for the table and for 
wine-making. Price, 25 to 50 cents. 
FIGS — strong rooted trees of 6 or 8 of the be-st kinds, fumushlng a .succes.sion.al crop throughout the entire season. Price 2.5 to 50 
t-ents. 
STRAWBERRIES — -a selection from 35 or 40 varieties including Ilovey’.s .Seedling, Lougworth’.s Prolific, McAA'oy’s .Superior, and 
all the new .and desirable sorts. Price, $2 to $3 per hundred. 
POMEGRANATES — strong j'ooted tree.s of the sweet and sub-acid varieties. Price, 25 to 50 cents. 
BLACKBERRIES — thefamoms Kochelle or “Liawton” — also, the Albino or “Wbite Blackberry.” P-rlcc, 50 cents each — §5 per 
do/eu. 
RASPBERRIES — The American Rlac-k, Be<l Antwerp, &c. Price $l-.50 to .$3 per dozen. 
HEDGE PLANTS- such as Osage Orange, $8 to .$10 per thou.saiid ; White Macartney Bose, cuttings. .$10 i)ev thon.sand ; Chei’okeo 
Kn.se, cutting.s, $5 per Cljousand ; Fortune’s Yellow Rose, cutting.s, &c., &c. 
I — ALSO— 
Ajv'ery choice selection of RO.SFiS, new and rare EVERGREENS, FLOWERING SHRUB.S, See., See. 
Labelling, jtacking, marking and .shii)ping, carefully attended to. 
’^^yA new descriptive Catalogue! no-sv ready, and -vs'ill be sent to all -who desire it, free of postage. Address : 
Nov56 — 2t D. REDMOND, Aug-usta, Ga. 
CONTENTS OF NOVEMBER NUMBER. 
PLANTATION ECONOMY' AND MISCELLANY. 
AV' 01 -k for the month Page 329 
Deep Plowing, but Shallow Culture — “Broomsedge’.s” re- 
ply to “AY. R.” “ 330 
The -vv.ay to Catch Owls “ 331 
Chee.se Making in the South - 331 
Chinese .Sugar Cane and Georgia Syimp *■ 332 
Chinese Sugar Cane— Sorgho .Sucre “ 333 
Oregon Pea “ 333 
1 louse Pow'ors for PJanters “ 333 
Hillside IWtchiiig “ 333 
Agi’lcultural Ode (poetry) “ 333 
Poudrette — is it of any use - - “ 334 
Colic or Bots in Horses “ 334 
Cashmere Goats (illustrated) - “ 334 
Water Ram, Ac “ 335 
Cotton crop of the United States “ 336 
Cotton Gin and Packi-ag Screw “ 337 
A Southeni Dairy. . : “ :!37 
The Pliilosophj' of Sport (poetry) “ 338 
To Destroy Moles “ 338 
Chinese Sugar Cane as a Fodder and Sugar plant “ 338 
Domestic Economy — Overseere, Ac “ ;i38 
Horizontal Rows “ 339 
Sea Island Cotton — the prospects of the crop, Ac “ 340 
Bermuda Grass — its value to the South “ 340 
Instructions on the Art of Making AYine “ 341 
Fodiler Plants l'. “ 343 
History of the Cotton Gin “ 343 
AVyandot Corn “ .343 
Castor Oil Beau “ 352 
.Sugar Alillet — Sorgh.o Sucre “ 353 
Wheat Growing on the Sea Coast “ 353 
Feeding Rough Forage — a good plan “ 354 
South vV estei-n Georgia “ 354 
EDITORIAL. 
Our next Volume Cllinese Prolific Pea, Ac, Page 344 
Answers to Correspondents “ 344 
New Agnculturar Boors, Ac “ 343 
Educational Wants of Georgia — No. 4 “ 346 
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTJIENT. 
Vine Growing in France — No. 3 Page 347 
Grafting the Peach, Ac “ 350 
Manufacture of W me — a second Solomon “ 350 
Peabody's Seedling Strawberry (Illustrated) “ .351 
A new Southern Grape Ac “ 352 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Ca.shmere Goats — Buck and Ewe Pages 334, 335 
Pe.abodj/’.s Seedling Strawberry “ 351 
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LAWTON BLACKBERRY PLANTS 
OW ready for delivery. Sent, care uliy packeil, to any part of 
the Union. 
Half a dozen plants $ 3 
One dozen plants 5 
Fifty plants 15 
One hundred plants 25 
Agents for Wm. Lawton, 
C. M SAXTON A Co., 
Agricultural Book Publishers, 14 ) Fulton st, N. York. 
Nov56— It 
1856! 1856! 
SOUTMEEN CULTIVATOR, 
A MONTH JOTKNAT, 
DKVOTED TO SOUTHKRK AGRICULTURK, HORTICULTURE, STOCK 
BRZIiDING, POULTRY, BEES, GENERAL 
EAR:4 ECONOMY, &C. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., and D. REDMOND, Editors. 
The Fourteenth Volimie, with many new and volaable 
i-mproTements, commences in 
Jaciiai'y, 1S56. 
The CULTIVATOR is a large octavo of Thirty -Two page.s 
forming a volume of 384 pages in the year. It is devoted exclusei 
to the iinprci-s ement of Planting, Gardening, Frait-Gro-vving, and th 
general niral interests of the South ; and contains more reading mat- 
ter than any similar publication in the Cotton-gro-vviug States. Its 
Editors arc men of experience in their respective departments 
and it ia well filled with the most , 
Valuable Original Contribuitions 
from the most intelligent and. practical Planters, Farmers and Hor- 
ticulturists in every section of the South and Southwest. 
TERZtIS. 
One Copy, one year $1 I Twenty-Five Copie.s $20 
Six Copies “ 5 | One Hundred Copies 75 
ALWAY5S IN ADVANCE. No paper sent unless the cash 
accompanie.s the order. ; 
The Bills of all specie-pa 3 nng Banks, and Post Office Stamps, 
received at par. 
Remittannees, hj' mail (post-paid) will be at the Publisher’s risk, I 
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Address WJl. S. JONE.S, Augusta, Oa. J 
f^^Persons who will act as AGENTS, and Aitain SUBSCRI- J 
BERS, w ill be furnished with the paper at chib price.s. J 
THE CHINESE PEA ! 
LltHB -moft PROLIFIC PEA known ; well adapted to -ooor lands, ' 
X and v ielding more to the amount planted and the acre than 
j any other, bj- an hundred per cent. One pea planted \-ielding a 
j half gallon, if allowed proper di.stHiico to spread. The peas grow- 
j ill" in hunches, .save great iabor in gatlieriug. The vines are eaten 
I gi-cedily by .stock, and the pea is unsurpa.ssed for the table in deli- 
I cac}' and riclmes.s of flavor. 
An 3 " one wishiu? them can h.ave a package contaiubig half a 
pint (from 6 to 7 ounces) sent per mail, postage paid, bj' remitting 
us .$1 30 — (.f>l in current funds and 30 cents in j ostage siamp.s.; 
Any one not porfecth’ satisfied with the Pea will have his mone 
returned. Address ’ D. B. PLUMB A CO., Augusta, Ga, 
For distant Agencies, address 
Nov56 — 5t D. REDMOND, Augusta, Ga, 
