The Arkansas advocate., 1830-12-08
isaTSdEE1E4AN N.
From the American Farmer. 1eccssisy of .4cclanaaiioa 10 Fruit Tree

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 Complaints of the failure of fruit trees, seeds, sv.cs te produce as expected, when imported from distant places, and especially from the Northern to the Southern states,are frequently made in conversations in our office, when south ern gentlemen call on US, and are often the .subjectof many of the letters from correspondents; in all which the nurse rymen and dealers in seeds are blamed. Accordingly it has been a matter of much reflection with Us. and We have taken every occasion to collect such in- folfnationas would enable Us to suggest some useful hints on the subject. We have alsotriedsome experiments, which, aitnougn not conclusive as to the gener- al theory we shali presently advance, certainly 20 far to establish it with res .pect to the individual subjects of them. Some of our most respected correspon- dents also have contributed to the estab- lishment of the same principal.
 The theory Is this, that all vegeta- bles whether in the state of seeds or plants when transported from north crn to southern climate, requre accli- saating, before they will produce fruit of their accustomed excellence and quality. We have not observed this necessity when they have travelled east ward or westward, provided the same latitude has been preserved. We have known the best white wheat, obtained from the north and sown in Carolina. to fail utterly in its new climate. Per hapse the soil was much in fault, but it is believed the climate was the principal cause of failure. itis known however. that the quality ofwheat depends much upon the soiii. linus the white wheat of the Eastern shore of Maryland, with its large proportion of gl,aen (whence it's sreng1s, as the bakers term lt,) has failed to produce its like in any other situation. And 1t is also known. that land on which a goood proportion of animal manure has been used, produces better wheat than that cultivated with vegetable manurcs alone. Butstill, cl- mate is considered as exerting a much more powerful influence and hence a remedy or rather a mode ot overcoming the evil is desirable. When farmer Mn the south obtains seed wheat from the north, ethim not despair, if his first crop prove very inferior--both in qual- iity and quantiitty--ii is the effect Of tho process of acclimation, and a second crop will probably prove better, and a third will most probably prove satisfac- tory. This will hold good with most seeds;-we have been successful with many, by persevering inthis mode.
 With respect to fruit trees, vines, dzc. the best mode of ensuring their growth and continued excellence of fruit, would seem .s ke s5is stotss. Thus, those who intend te obtain any of the superior fruits of the nestA!. h!,oaIdd raise stocks by planting seeds, and ob- tain grafts from trees. of known excel lence in the north and cngraft thcsc up- on them. We do not assert positively that success will inevitably attend this process, but we do not hesitate to say that it is the result of our most deiibcr- ate reflections. We believe that those who try it with the peach, the pear, md the apple, will not only sllcceed in obtaining the desired fruit, but have tseesof better health and longer dura- ficn, than they would in any other way. This principle has been successfully praetised on the vine, by Mir. Herbe- mont of South Carolina, and Mr, Sin