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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
AUGUSTA, GA: 
VOI.. XV. KO. 1 JANUARY, 1S57. 
We most cordially tender the “compliments of the 
season” to all our subscribers, readers, correspondents 
and contemporaries ; and hope our united efforts in the 
glorious cause of Agricultural Improvement may be pro- 
ductive of the best results, during the year upon which 
we are just entering. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Syrup Making — W. M. — The pamphlet noticed in our 
last will give you the desired information. D. B. Plumb 
& Co., of this city, will send it if you wish it. 
Osage Orange. — Subscriber. — Of course, it will “thrive 
in the Mississippi bottom;” it is its “native home.” Set 
your plants 6 or 8 inches apart in a single row — cut them 
off close to the ground when you plant, and clip them 3 
or 4 times per year afterwards, for the first few years. We 
do not know of any plow “made expressly mtear up cane 
roots.” Can our readers give us any light on such an 
implement 1 
Gang Plows. — W. W., M. D. — We cannot recommend 
these Plows for the South. It costs too much to keep 
thecm in repair, and they are not adapted to our systems 
of culture. 
New Plow. — A, R. C. — V/e cannot advise you in re- 
gard to the Plow unless you send us a model ; but if it will 
do the work mentioned, it is certainly an acquisition. 
Rowe’s Crusher (G. B. A.) is an excellent machine for 
heavy work. We cannot state the difference in power 
between it and the “Litfle Giant.” 
Evergreen Seed.— D. D. H. — These will have to be 
imported. Mr. Nelson will write you. 
Grape Cuttings, &c. — T. R. — State the number yot 
desire, and we will furnish them. 
Feeding off Wheat Fields. — J. McM. — We have 
never approved of the practice, particularly on stiff lands. 
Better keep your stock off. 
Sugar Mill. — J. C. A. — You will find your inquiry 
answered on another page. 
Youatt on the Horse. — J. L. — Send ^1.50 to C. M. 
Saxton & Co., 140 Fulton street. New York, and they 
wdl send you the work per mail, frepaid. 
Sumac. — B. McK, — Wm. R. Prince, of Flushing, New 
York, proposes to furnish the true Dyers’ or Tanners’ Su- 
mac. 
Asparagus Beds. — A. A. P. — Never allow your plants 
to go to seed — cut them down when hylf grown, and 
cover the ground with a thick mulch of leaves, &c. 
PEABODY’S NEW STRAWBERRY. 
We are in receipt of the following letters from Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, the head-quarters of the Strawberry in Ameri- 
ca; and can only remark, in reply , to our correspon- 
dent, that we have no further information on the subject 
than Mr. Peabody and his neighbors have furnished. 
With every desire that it should have a fair and impartial 
trial, we r.egret that the plant should not have been 
placed in the hands of a committee of disinlerested gentle- 
men, whose report would, of course, have been satisfactory 
We cannot think that Mr. Peabody would peril his reputa- 
tion for the sake of a few paltry dollars; and yet, those seven 
inch Strawberries, with all the perfection of long keeping, 
exquisite flavor, etc., seem almost “too good to believe.” 
That berries of this size and even larger, have been raised, 
however, we are quite confident ; and that Mr. Peabody’s 
new fruit is all he claims for it, we are willing to concede, 
until convinced of the contrary. We, therefore, submit the 
matter and con to our readers: 
Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1856. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — You have published 
the article of Mr. Peabody in relation to his Seedling 
Strawberry, v/hich he claims to be superior to all others, 
but of which he will let us know nothing, till we send 
him $5000. Can any Strawberry be of A-alue, that can 
be carried 1200 miles by a wagon, railroad and steam- 
boat without mashing I Does not the article bear a char- 
acter more than suspicious! We rely on you Editors 
for information, and deem it a duty you will cheerfully 
perform. Have you seen it bearing and tasted the fruit 1 
If not, has any reliable person who has, slated to you its 
quality! What is your opinions of it from what you 
know or the peculiar demand before he will sell ! Ans- 
wer and oblige many besides a subscriber. If you will 
vouch for the truth of the statement, orders from here will 
be numerous, if the price was four times the present charge. 
A Subscriber. 
Cincinnati, Ohio, Afov. 1, 1856. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — We feel a deep inter- 
est in the Strawberry. Mr. Peabody’s advertisement is 
singular and wants confirmation. He wants $5000 for 
plants before he will sell one, of a plant that it does not 
appear has ever been seen in bearing. If seen in bearing, 
and the fruit equal to his statement, he would have 20,000 
calls. Can any Strawberry be a good table fruit that can 
be sent 1,200 miles by wagon, railroad and steamboat 
without mashing ! Our best strawberries require a spring 
cart to carry them even in small baskets a mile or more 
to market. If you know the value of this, .plant is equal 
to its character, advise us. If its value is not known, we 
deem it the duty of Editors of a Horticultural paper so to 
state. If its quality is not known with you, we should 
deem it worthless. We rely on Horticultmal papers for 
information of the quality and value of plants. .In your 
report we shall have full confidence. 
A Horticulturist. 
As the only reply to the above which we can give, and 
in justice to Mr. Peabody, we cheerfully copy the follow- 
ing from the Soil of the South for December: 
Our New Seedling Strawberry. — We are happy to 
inform our readers that the subscription list comes bravely 
on, and that we shall be able to send out the plants before 
spring. 
The following letter from the Rev. Dr.^iiggins, a gen- 
tleman of refined taste and an extensive traveller, ’ c h i 
Europe and America, will show his appreeiation oi i: 
fruit, and the fidelity of the painting: 
