1886 . 
9108..I8 ()(,(■.. 
1U.00 
2.nn 
8.00 
tfll amount would bo $io8.,|8 for ,,,,0 i 
seuoiul of ail acre. '.I'ho (Iguros arc as follow^ 
cross roturna, ... 
l>loklaK. .... 
jtiivkotinpr. .... 
Sottdntf plants, ... 
mowing and lioolng, 
SlaWo luamiro olmvgoablo, 
a'o Slrawliorrloa, 
10 bnsli. nalios, . 
10 bush, lion mimuro, 
I.oal'mould, ashoaand llimi. 
Compost. 
Iiitorost. on land, 
Total oxpondiluro, . . . _ ^_ 
Sotpvoilt 1-22 novo.] 
Rato of pvolK.pov aovo, ... 
No oliargo. was made for the idants set out 
as the young plants produced this season far 
more than eompensated for the original 
stock; and the pr<),speet fora crop another 
year from the. oUl plants is excellent,. 
OOOOANUT OULTfJEE IN THE UNITED STATES, 
When visiting Southern Florida tliroe 
years ago 1 found among the Keys and along 
the Atlantic Coast a immher of Cocoa Palms 
growing vigorously, and iiroducing a ftdl 
garden. 
257 
m.(n 
r)8.87 
Iimttine- mi'J 
hi and for n|)holsterlng mattre,sses, 
"inle. many of tlio brushes now in 00111 - 
le.ii' ."”*1 i*""' "''•anK'.d from the 
■ and linsk. i'li,; shell is n.sed for making 
t-1|'8, dippers and vessels of liloj uses, a vog- 
can la, made from it, and it 
IS ,i so gronial and sold nndei' the iiiiino or 
ainee mixture. 'I’he kernel supplies food to 
many of the linman race. In tlie tropics it 
IS geia,rally used wlule in tlie soft or jelly 
8 lat„, eaten with a spoon. Tlie milk or water 
IS l.raiisparent until the kernel is formed, and 
iiiird when ii, beeomeH while oi* milky in 
color. Wliili! tills transparent state exists the 
watei- is used for drinking lo a great extent, 
taking (lie iilaee of spring watei’. Oil is e.x- 
ti acted in large (iiiiiiitities and forms not a 
small item of the world’s eonimeree. Tlie 
siadhes arc tapi)ed and the juice of tlie tree 
drawn and maiinfaetnrcd into j.aggery and 
arraek. 
Tlie entire area devoted to tlie growtli of 
Coeoanuts in troiiieal America, Asia and 
Africa is estimated at over tliree million 
currents of water. The bearing age com- 
incuces at from four to seven years on a 
coral sand along the sea, while in the same 
counti’y a short distance inland, a tree re¬ 
quires double the time to arrive at the pro¬ 
ducing age. The number of nuts per tree 
varies from forty to 200 annually; one hun¬ 
dred to the tree is a fair yield. In favorable 
locations cultivation is not needed, as the 
young plant likes partial shade, which native 
growth readily supplies. All that is re¬ 
quired is to jilant the nuts where the trees 
are to remain, as they do not bear trans¬ 
planting. Tlie seed nuts should be large, 
fully matured, and be planted in the natural 
state, tliat is with the husk undisturbed, and 
covci'cd with about three inches of soil. 
'Hie first attempt at Cocoanut planting in 
Floi’ida was made during my visit there, 
three years since. The following winter one 
liundred thousand were jdanted, last winter a 
still greater number, and another large plant¬ 
ing will he made during the coming winter. 
Tlie success so far has been all that can re.a- 
sonaldy lie expected; and although the area 
.T-e THF beginning of a great industry. 
FLORIDA COOOANUTS. THE BEGINNIn 
■op Of fruit. 'J’hese trees liave 
irung up fi'Om nuts that have been w«l^ • 
shore. The largest ones, shown m 
istration, are twenty-five to tin .1 . 
Id, and stand about seven miles n ^ 
ape Florida. The habitation , 
'as built by Mr. Lum, formerly o < 
from drift lumber found on 
lid thatched with Palmetto eav 
let that these and other trees ni 
nd in Key West are succeeding .so 
ut any care whatever, in the 
f the feasibility of Cocoauu 0 5 ,,,,egti"'at.e 
United States, and the desire to 
fie subject more closely. moreex- 
There is hardly a tree or P 
ensively and variously useiu 
oanut Palm. The wood is ” . gggs, for 
•arts of the world for builchug 1_^ J^gowu i'l 
fivniture, and ornaments. jg gug. 
ioramerce as porcupine "'““ p] " g -u-e used 
ieptihle of a high polish; the > jjuild- 
■or thatching, habitations per 
“gs. The husk contains ^ 
lent fiber, which when scpai n 
■icre«, with an annual product of about ten 
thousand millions of nuts. Along the coast 
of Bra/il are Cocoa Palm groves 800 miles m 
whence eight millions of Coeoanuts 
lengt 1 , ^ ‘ United States, while 
t,ou, (»»» 90" U r»- 
^ Tfor the best growth of the tree, but it 
fpiired foi j t eoiisiderably lower 
oeeasioiially. It 
I wrmis coral sand, and the 
th,ives best I vlvetation there is 0.1 it the 
,2coral or lime soil contains all the 
better; ^'^gg^ed, and when another is 
requircineuts must he supplied- 
ehosen the, ““ ashes or lime must 
la,;e quantities, and even then 
be added ‘>'^g/g,ow nearly so fast, nor 
the trees "'' g bearing so young or so 
will they adapted soil. A location 
wellasniuatu - y be the best, 
along ater’sedge the better. The 
the closer the go,alforraa- 
suitable for Cocoanut culture in Florida is 
comparatively small, its favorable soil aud 
locatiou make it as desirable for the purpose 
as the most favored spots of the tropics, 
with the additional aud inestimable advan¬ 
tage of as healthy a climate as exists in that 
lafitude. E. T. Field. 
PAOKINa AND SHIPMENT OF FEUITS. 
BY PARICBR EARLE. 
In commercial fruit growing the prepara¬ 
tion of fruit for the market is of great im¬ 
portance. If we grow merely Apples, Pears 
and Peaches, it matters little what kind of 
crates or barrels we ship them in. Suppose, 
though, that our fruits have been allowed to 
ripen, have been kept from worms and bugs. 
In that event the man nearest to a good 
marViet is the happiest by far. Any kind of 
crate wdll do in such cases. To this class 
very little need be said. To those, however, 
who grow fi’uits at a distance, as the tender 
berries grown in the South and sent North 
in February and March, we in the North, re¬ 
ceive such fi-uits. These berries are sent 
