Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1893 — Nutmeg Culture. [ARTICLE]

Nutmeg Culture.

Nutmeg is becoming a source of much profit to many islands of the West Indies, and especially in Grenada. For many years the nutmeg tree has been grown; it is only recently that its cultivation has received serious attention. To start a nutmeg plantation the ground must be cleared at a cast of .S3O per acre. Sarnan trees should then be planted, forty-five feet apart. Meanwhile, the nutmeg seeds should bo carefully reared in a nursery. In about two years the seedlings should be planted out. Unless the locality is very favorable, ten years must elapse before the trees begin to be productive. A large number will be of the male sex, and, as the proportion of male to female trees should not exceed one in thirty, the planter will have to cut down the trees freely as soon as their sex is declared. It is reckoned that nutmegs should yield an annual profit to the planter of about $2.50 per tree.—[Fortnightly Review.