SOUTHEEN GULTIVATOE. 
3S3 
PEABODY’S PROLIFIC CORxY. 
ri ■'HE Subscriber is now pi-epai-ed to furnish SEED of this invaluable variety of grain. I will put it up in sacks of one br.shel. h.alt 
JL bushel, peck, and quart, and furnish it at the following rates ; For sacks of one bushel SI 0, half bushel $5. peck S3, or quart 50 
cents. This Corn groups like the Wyandot, but is altogether superior for Southern culture, both as a stock corn and tor bread, wcigliing 
near as much again as the Wyandot, each seed producing from two to seven tillers, each tiller ]iroducing ears like the niain’stalk. one 
grain often producmg twenty ears of corn. The ears are fall and large, with a heavy tirin grain, weighing, when shelled, over sixtv 
pounds to the bushel. It is a tirst rate stock corn, and unrivalled for bread, as it makes a meal as white as hour. The seed that Inow 
offer is perfectly pure, as I uid not plant a grain of any other corn the past season. Lands that will produce forty to fifty bushels of 
our common corn to the acre, will produce one hundred” and fifty of this. My land is common pine land, never having produced over 
fifteen bushels to the acre, with the best culture that I could” give it. The past season, I manured a few acres with a single sack of 
guano to the acre. I have gathered and measured two acres, and notwithstanding the drouth has cut otf at least one-fourth of the crop, 
the two acres turned me out one hundred and tiglUu bushels of shelled corn. This is the second year that 1 have ifianted this com. ami 
it not only holds out its astonishing productive ipialities, but has increased in weight. Did it not produce a grain of corn, it is ^vorth 
its price for the immense amount of fodder that it produces. A field of it growing looks like a field of mammoth wheat, so manv tillers 
it produces. The tillers or suckers should not be removed, as they produce like the main stalk. One bushel o; seed will go as far as 
two of the common com in planting, as it requmes a greater distance. ♦ 
Orders may be addressed me at Columbus, Oa.; or, to my agents, Messsrs. King Sc Sorsby, Columbus, Ga.; audlMessrs. J. A. Mor 
ton & Co., 40 New Levee, New Orleans; Ruse, Davis tfc Long, Savannah, Ga.; Lee A: Norton, Montgomery, Alabama. 
As a supply of this most invaluable grain is quite limited, planters would do well to send in their orders early. 
Columbus, Ga.. Oct. 1, 1S.36. 
CHARLES A. PEABODY. 
THE PEAEODY CORN. 
At the solicitation of IMr. C. A. Peabody, the undersigned accepted an invitation to visit his farm about the middle of July, when they 
were shown this extraordinary’ and very remarkable corn. 
Its singular peculiarity con.si.sts in throwing out fruitful tillers, or suckers — all emanating from the roots, as is natural to rve or 
wheat. Upon two acres, said to have been manin-ed with 148 and 1.52 pounds of. guano, it was not uncommon to see, from one grain 
pdanted, as many as four aird sometimes five stalks, besides the parent one, the gi-eater proportion containing three. These tillers were 
in size and height nearly equal to the orighial stalk ; on each of which we observed from two to four ears of medium, or respectable 
size, andall rapidly progressmg to matiu-it}-. For some days previous, and after the period of om' visit, the cmnitry was sufiering under 
the influence of a severe drouth. 
The erbp consisted of about forty acres, planted in rows five by four feet, one grain in a hill. With the (-.\ce]itinn of the two acre.s 
above alluded to, no manure had been applied the present year, as informed by Mr. Peabody. The unmanuivd part did not promise so 
well, yet it- was far superior to any we had ever seen on the same character of land. 
The entire farm is pine land, natm-ally thin, and without the aid of some fertilizer, would not produce over ten or twelve bushels 
of the ordinary variety of corn, with propitious seasons. 
Should this com not deteriorate in after culture, from its being a Northern variety, it must prove a valuable acquisition to the fann- 
er and country. 
We submit this article as the means of suspending public sentiment until its merits or demerits can be more fullv tested and known. 
B. A. SORSBY. 
JAS. M. CHAMBERS, 
WM. H. MITCHELL. 
WM. H. CHAMBERS, 
Columbus, Ga., Sept, lb, IsZo. ^ J. C. COOK. 
COLUMBU.S. G.-v.. September. 18. 155d. 
This is to certify that we. this day saw v:eighed on a pair of patent ballance scales, a half bushel of the Peabody corn, the measure 
being rounding, which we allowed for shrinkmg— and the weight -ivas thirty-four pounds— equal to (58 pounds per bushel. 
B. A. SORSBY, 
Nov56— 3t ' _ JOEL E. KURT. 
LANDS IN SOUTH WESTERN GEORGIA FOR SALE, 
CHINESE SUGAR CANE, OR SORGHO SUCRE!! 
^|■'HE Subscriber offers for sale six improved PLANTATIONS. 
J_ containing from 7-50 to 2,U00 acres each. Land fresh and in 
cultivation. 
Also 3-5,000 acres unimproved LANDS, situated in Dougherty 
and Baker counties. 
The whole of these lands were carefulh’ selected, and cannot 
be surpassed for certainty of crops and durability. Terms easy. 
The Railroad from 3Iacon will be completed to Albany ■ y 1st 
Sept, next; thus giving easj- access to all of the above named 
lands. Old settled plantations situated in Georgia or Alabama, 
within ten miles of a railroad, will be taken m exchange, if desired, 
at their market value. W. W. CHEEVER. 
Albany, Ga., Oct. lOth, 18.56. Nov56 — tf 
HOPEWELL NURSERIES, FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 
T he Proprietor of these Nurseries calls the attention of Tree 
Planters to his large stock of FRUIT and OKNAiMENTAL | 
TREES, &c., for fall planting. The propitious season has produc- 
ed finer grown trees than he has ever liefore oifered. Ho would 
call especial attention to hLs li^t of Sourheni Apples, which he 
grows in large quantities — his present stock is about 90.000 — em- 
braemg a large number of Virginia and North Carolina • orts. keep- 
ing the whole winter, and equal iu size and quality to the most 
popular Northern sorts, which ripen here, with few 'exceptions in 
the fall. I 
Also a large stock of Standard and Dwarf PE.\RS. PEACHE.^. i 
APRICOTS, NECTARINES. QUINCES. GRAPES. STK.kW- 
BERRIES. ASPARAGUS ROOTS. ORNAMEN'^AL TREES 
and SHRUBS, EVERGREENS, ROSES. GREENHOUSE 
PLANTS, Sec. 
^^The facilities for shipping are equal to any in the countrv. I 
W-A. new Catalogue just issued, and sent to ail applicant-. I 
Nov.5.>— 3t H. R. ROBEY. I 
SOUTHERN CULTlVAiOR FOR IbolL | 
B ound volumes of the SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR for 1854 
may now be obtained at this otfic«. Price, Si -.50. Or we 
will send it by mail, post-paid at Si .80. Address I 
WM. S. JONES, Augusta, Ga. 
PURS SEED ! ! ! 
^"'HE subscribers take great pleasure in informmg the Planters 
JL Fanners and Gardeners of the South, that thev have secured 
from the most reliable sotirces a limited supply of FRESH SEED, 
of this very valuable plant, the properties of which mav be briefly 
summed up as follows ; 
l*t. One acre of the stalks, properly cultivated, will yield from 
400 to .500 gallons of fine syrup, equal to the best New Cu-lear.-. ; and 
from the same roots, a second crop of excellent fodder. 
2d. Sown broadcast or in close drills, on land deeplv plowed 
and highly manured, it will yield /row thirOj to ffty tiro sand 
2 )ou'nds of sujK-rior fodder to the acre. 
.3d. It surpasses all other plant.- for soiling (feeding green) and 
fodder, on account of the great abundance of sugary iuice ^^■iiicu 
it contains ; and is greedily eaten Ity stock of all kinds. - 
4th. It bears repeated cuttings, like Egvptian Millet. gr..wkig 
otf freely and rapidly, after each cutting. ‘ 
5th. It stands drouth much bettcu' than common corn, retuiiiinf 
its green color and juiciness even after the seed matures- 
6th. The seed is excellent for human food, when ground info 
meal, and fattens domestic animals very siieedilv. From twenty- 
live to seventy-five l.mshels can be raisell on an acre. 
/th. It IS so certain and prolific a crop that planters may be sure ' 
of succeeding with it as a Sugar plant any\vhere south of Mary- 
land and North of Mexico. If planted early in the .southern .States 
the seed will mature and jiroduce another ”crop the same season. 
1!=#^ TliC" 'eed, which has been verv carefullv kept jmre, from 
the original importation, v.fill be offered in cloth packages, ea -.h 
containmg enough to ])iant half an acre, in driii-. with full 
direction for the cultivation, wliich is jierfectly simide. 
■12^' These packages will be forwarded 2 )er mail. FitriK :iF po,-,t- 
AGE, to any address, on receipt of *1.30 for each packag--. When 
not sent by mail, we will furnish tlie packages at -*1 ea> l;. 
Early orders are solicited, as the .'U[t]>ly of good and relia.b’o 
seed i.s quite limited. Applicants’ names v ill be entcTcd in tiie. or- 
der in which they are received, and the seed will iie n adv f r u.ai!- 
ing or delivery on the fir-t of October. 
Addre.ss, with plain direction.- for mailin? or -hipping, 
D. B. FLUME A CO.. Augusta, Ga. 
GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 
T he work, securely enveloped, will be sent by mail (pre-paid) to 
any person remitting at the rate of me doUar and twenty-five 
cents per copy in postage stamps, or La the 1. lls of any spe ie pay. 
ing Banks. Address WM. N. WHITE, 
Ma)'t>6 — tf Athens, Ga 
Pamphlets, containing full hist..r>- and de-cription of this 
plant, with valuable Reports on its merits, will be sen.., postage 
free, to all who purchase seed, or who will enclose a three cent 
stamp. 
Dealers in seeds and country merchants can be. supplied 
at a liberal discount from retail rate.s, if their orders are received 
imiiKi.Jiately. Oct,56-tf 
