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[Marshall] Texas Republican, June 1, 1861, p. 2,
c. 1
Don't forget to save garden seeds, for
if the war continues, it will be impossible to get them next year. Besides, we must, in any event, learn to live without
the North.
Bellville [TX] Countryman, June 12, 1861, p. 2,
c. 6
What are we going to do for seed potatoes,
if the blockade continues? Would it not be well to look after some of our own growing? The same can be said of
garden seeds generally. If we can learn to provide these things at home, the blockade will be truly a blessing to Texas,
ultimately.
Austin State Gazette, January 4, 1864, p. 1, c.
1
We have received a package of fresh Garden
Seeds from James Burke of Houston, suitable for planting at this season, which we intend to test, and give, in due time, our
experience of the result. To the enterprise of Mr. Burke in procuring fresh seeds throughout the year, we have been
mainly indebted since the war commenced, and the facilities he now offers for sending them by mail are worthy the attention
of all who wish to have good gardens.
Austin State Gazette, April 5, 1865, p. 2, c. 4
It is not, perhaps, too large an estimate
to say that before this war commenced there was annually imported into Texas, twenty thousand dollars worth of Garden Seeds.
We are without the data upon which to base a correct calculation, but should not be surprised to find that the amount had
reached more than double the sum indicated. But since the blockade, necessity has forced our farmers to save their own
seeds, so that although the sales of seeds in Texas is almost entirely engrossed by one house, we learn that the amount sold
by that house does not exceed five thousand dollars, and it is not likely that all the seeds introduced into Texas and sold
by all other parties amounts to an equal sum, showing a clear saving of twenty thousand dollars to the State in the single
item of seeds. But independent of the saving of money, it has been found that we can raise at least three fourths of
the seeds at home, for which we have been accustomed to think ourselves dependent on the North. We have at the same
time developed and cultivated industrious habits among our youthful population.—[Houston] Telegraph.
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