When was it published?

January 31, 1784 in The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Foreign News January 31, 1784

The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Colonial Affairs, Trade Or Commerce

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

French King's Gardener At The Isle Of Bourbon, M. De Sartine

Q: What keywords are associated?

Nutmeg Cultivation, West Indies, Isle Of Bourbon, French Gardener, M De Sartine, Moluccas Nuts

Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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What is this article about?

London report on French gardener at Isle of Bourbon successfully raising 38 male and 8 female nutmeg trees from Moluccas nuts, suggesting adoption for West Indies and American States cultivation, following Society of Arts premium.

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LONDON, October 20. That very important object for which our Society of Arts, &c. so wisely offered a premium, the cultivation of nutmegs in the West Indies, will now in all probability soon be accomplished; other French King's gardener at the Isle of Bourbon has written an express paper to M. de Sartine, in which he has ascertained the fructification of the nutmeg tree, and actually raised in the garden that he has the care of, thirty-eight male aromatic nutmeg trees, and eight female trees, from the nuts got in two importations from the Moluccas. May not this idea, under due attendance, be adopted in the soil of some of the American States?

What sub-type of article is it?

Colonial Affairs Trade Or Commerce

What keywords are associated?

Nutmeg Cultivation West Indies Isle Of Bourbon French Gardener M De Sartine Moluccas Nuts

What entities or persons were involved?

French King's Gardener At The Isle Of Bourbon M. De Sartine

Where did it happen?

West Indies

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

West Indies

Event Date

October 20

Key Persons

French King's Gardener At The Isle Of Bourbon M. De Sartine

Outcome

raised thirty-eight male aromatic nutmeg trees, and eight female trees, from the nuts got in two importations from the moluccas

Event Details

French King's gardener at the Isle of Bourbon has written an express paper to M. de Sartine, ascertaining the fructification of the nutmeg tree and raising 38 male and 8 female trees in his garden from Moluccas nuts. Suggests adopting this idea in the soil of some American States for West Indies cultivation, following Society of Arts premium.