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MEXICAN GULF COAST ILLUSTRATED.
the danger from killing frosts is not great. There area number of good grores on the Coast. That of Mr. E. Bell of New Orleans, whose grove is at Biloxi, is a notable example of what perseverance and good judgment will accomplish in this direction. The olive, as far as tried, is giving encouraging results.
The fig is as much at home on theCoast as anywhere else in the world. The fruit sells at from three to four cents a pound for canning purposes, and there is a market for all that may be grown. The trees are long lived and fruitful. At Bay St. Louis there are trees over sixty years old planted by a Mr. Dimetry—a Greek—which are immense, that every'year bear a large crop of fruit. In the pecan nut there is a mine of wealth to any one who will plant and cultivate the tree. Many years ago a few' trees were introduced along the Coast from Louisiana where in some localities the pecan is indigenous. Mr.F.W. llling, who resided at Ocean Springs,now deceased, took no little interest in disseminating the fruit. Roderick Seal, Esq., of Mississippi City, also took some interest in the same direction. But Col.. W. R. Stuart, of Ocean Springs, has given more labor to extending and promoting the growing of pecans than any one man. The Stuart Pecan Company is the result of his efforts. The special object of the company is the promotion of the pecan industry.
No finer country for raising sheep and growing wool can be found. Particulars will be furnished by the writer when desired.