June i, 1892.1 
tHE TROP1CA1. ACffnCULTURl ST- 
921 
By Coolv Advance Account., 
By Prodneo 8bipii]entt<*~ 
386 19 
1 
BaUnce of 891 Seaiton'a 
Produce reaiUed after 3lBt 
Decomber 
633 17 
5 
BySundy Debtors 
119 0 
3 
By Oaeb— la bands of Sope* 
tintendenc of Estate.... 87 11 1 
In hands of Agents at 
Tuticorin 301 3 1 
In London at Bankers.. 105 9 10 
do. Deposit 
against seontitios 500 0 0 
In London iu Otboe.... 3 16 3 
1,090 19 3 
;eil,604 4 11 
Crop Account, let January to 31st Dec. 1891. 
To Coat of Cultivation, Preparation and 
Shipping of Produce liarvcstod ... 1,228 17 10 
„ Commissioo to Travancoro Manager .. 20 17 6 
„ Balance to Prollt and Loss Accouot . . 705 6 5 
£ 2 , 0)6 0 9 
By Net Proceeds of Produce Sold . . .„ 1,739 17 9 
„ Sundry Ecoeipts on Estate— 
Manufacturrlng Tea for others, &c. 275 3 0 
£2,016 0 9 
Profit and Loss Accouat from 1st January to Slat 
Deo. 1891. 
To General Charges, including Lonilon 
Ofiloe El penses. Directors’ FccsAudl- 
tors’ Fees, Interest, Stationary, Tele- 
grams, i&c. .. .. .. 347 14 9 
„ Balance carried to Balauco Sheet 417 lU 8 
£785 6 5 
By Balance from Crop Account .. 785 5 6 
£765 6 5 
Febtilizebb fob Peach Trees. — At one of the New 
York farmers' institutes, Mr. G. T. Powell, in reply 
to the question, what is the best fertilizers for 
peach trees 7 said : “ A fertilizer high in the element 
of potash is preferable with me ; phosphorio aoid 
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 elem^nta 
of plant food. Do not feed them too much 
nitrogen, ae it induces too large a growth of wood 
which if continued late in the season, will not 
ripen ." — Bural Californian. 
Good Planting — Meehan’e Monthly for February 
publishes the followiog: “ It is not unusual to 
hear people say that they cannot ua<ierstaud why 
trees die un er Iransplantiog, considering that they 
give the planting the very best of care. What is 
considered the beat of care is often very bad care. 
It is amazing to see the oareful planter wittiout 
experience, occasionally on bis knees pressing the 
eartb in around the roots with bis fingers, for fear 
of orushing the fibers. It is impossible to get the 
earth properly paoki d around roots in this way. 
In nurseries, where it is presumable planting is 
tborougbly understood, a mao stands with a rammer 
while one is putting in the earth, and hammers 
the earth in as tightly as though he was hammering 
in a post. This packs the earth in more tightly 
than can be done by either feet or hands, home 
are afraid of orushing the roots with this ham- 
mering process ; but with the pressure all around, 
the force is directed towards the roots and not away 
from them. It is not neoeseary, however, to go 
into reasons, as the universal expetienoe of the 
nursery is in favour of hammering in the earth 
as represented. This is the lesenoeof good plant- 
ing, and any other planting is decidedly bad. Trees 
properly planted need no staking. The fact that 
B tree needs staking is a proof that it was not 
properly plantied .” — Rural Californian, 
Importance of Moisture. — The importance of 
moisture in fruit culture is strixingly illustrated in 
the writingB of the late Charles Darwin. Bespeot- 
ing the district around Chiloe be says ; “ The 
town is situated on the low banks of the stream, 
and ia so completely buried in a wood of apple 
trees that the streets are merely 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 treee, evidently 
self sown. The iababitauts poeaess a marvellously 
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 aplaslted 
against the tree —Rural Caltfamian. 
Tea in Wynaad. — T he Madras Thrm of lOtli 
May says : — 
Uur idjuth Wynaad correepoudent in an interesting 
and amusing lettei wbicb appears in another cnlnmn 
telU ua of inability to send any news about tea in 
Wynaad. We arc in a position to slate that beyond 76 
aorcB which are being opened by a large Company at 
Cherambadi, there will be no exconsiou of tea onltiva- 
tion iu Wyiiaa.i this year. Moio’s the pity ! The 
enormous inorcaaing expocis from Ceylon nave evidomly 
made capitalists at home • scary ’ of this product and 
we are afraid it will only be when Wynaad baa p 'oved 
beyond a ooubt that it can produce tea of a quality 
which is able to bol'l its own with conaignmenia from 
that island, that money will be fortbouming to any 
ex tent for opening ont lad in tea. Ceylon, from a tea- 
grower's point of view, can only beat Southern India in 
two respeots : the climate with Us tegular rainlall, and 
the asanrauce of laoonr all the year round. The latter 
is the most imp rtaut of the two. The best jat teas 
tnereare nudoubiedly behind those grown here, while 
ou most ot ibu estates the plants are of a very poor 
jat iudeed. The soil 01 Ceylon, as well known, ia behind 
iDat 01 Southern Iiidiu, but tills is compensated lot by 
the climate. The quality ef Ceylon lea ia dutoriurat- 
ing each year, mure eapeoiahy on estate.i where manure 
is not nsed, and we believe that the ouiluro per acre is 
alau less. Fortunately tor Ueyloo there ie a ooheaion 
among planters, wbich is unknown here, and next to 
the Uuitod Slates there ia no country that baa so 
tborougbly mastered the art of advertising. P auters 
iu Suutueru India will have to wait yet awhile before 
money comes to this country to auy extant, and the 
only tiling to be done la to keep tbeir districte well be- 
fore the notice of the public at home 
The Manufacture op Tea in Lo.noon.— In a recent 
letter I told you ih 1 1 had been making tea from leaf 
plucked iroro tea pianLi, growu from imported seed 
in Mr. loeton'a palm nur„etics at Koehampton, I’utney 
It may not 06 without lutereat to some of your tead- 
rrstokno-v bow 1 am getting on. I have not had 
much ol a iiuau as yet, and have only had small qusnti- 
tioB of leaf 10 work at a time, the plants tlu-hing very 
irregalarly ; and the leaf has non been ratislaoturv 
My last plucking was very small, but ilia, I think a 
ocrioua iuBlauoe of what may bedoue that tliuugh the 
leaf waa no wet when plucked in the morning about 
10a.m. I had lotoes ih , water off it,yet I waa able to 
Wilber it, to roll it, lo getu to lermoui in aomedegree 
and to fire it, and convert it inio passable tea, belore 
6 p.m. the same day. i'ha liquor proved fair, aod after 
aiaodiug some time ctesmea well. It had a rather 
greobisn and elightlj oolong fiavor, probably owinir 
.0 the hasty way in which I had been compelled to 
make iho lea, as 1 bad lo leave town next day, and to 
i.s not being well fermented. The plants are now in a 
hotter h Use, and I hope lo have a more even flush 
soon, and more time to turn out a larger quan itv 
and a better simple. As I said, I am curious to know 
if this is the first attempt which has been made to 
mauufaoturo tea iu tbU country fr„m Eugliah-irrown 
leaf. Be this as it may, I fancy no one else ever 
tea 
made tea, Item green and wet tea leaf in London 
-• TTmei> m low" 
