The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-03-04
FRUIT TREES.

YHyHE Proprietors Of the Cedar Grove b.
tanc Garden and Nursery, near Salem
in Henry county, Iowa Territory, have COM
menced their Botanic Garden and Nursery
business; where they have hand about
thirty-six thousand Apple trees. considerable
number of which will be ready for transplant.
ing this tall or ensuing spring. The trees will
be large and fine, *, point Of size and visor
not often equalcd One great advantage the
trees of cur nursery will have over those COM
ing from the eastern States, is, their being
growed upon the prairie, where they are cX-
posed to the winds, which will tend admira
bly, to acclmatiZe them to more northern coun-
tries, and trees thus hardened by nature, will
be found to succeed best in our southern
States. Their collection of apples consists of
above forty varieties (rpenng in succession
throughout the year, iudiciously selected from
above five hundred kinds, of the eastern Sc
lections Some OF their varieties are new and
recently from Princes nurseries Long Island
New York. Each tree will be numbered ac-
| cording to the catalogue which will be fur.
nished with each lot of trees, and the trees
of each kind tied in separate punches so that
there may be no mistakes. The proprietors
do not pretend to perfect infallbilitv in re-
gard to the identity of the different kinds
but in regard to this they are very particu.
lar they consider the responsibility great
| Orders from a distance with cash accompa-
nymg, Will receive as prompt attention as
though the purchasers were present, and
| where persons are not acquainted with the
quality Of the different kinds of fruit, they
| are recommended to state in their orders the
number Of trees wanted, and leave the Sc
| Letting to the proprictors who will endeavor to
| render Justice to all their customers
! Parcels Of one thousand trees or upwards
| can be delivered al Fort Madison or Burling
ton, or at any other place within twenty five
miles OF the nursery, at first cost.
Explanatory Note.
| Those marked thus (L) denote such kinds
as can be supplied the ensuing fall or spring
| Those marked thus (S) denote such kinds as
| are not sufficiently increased to furnish eX-
ten: We parcels. Those marked thus ~ none
in market.
Pears Is. Princes st gemain, pound pear,
orange burgamot, fall butter, moons large
pear, early butter, SUMMER beauty Of Prince,
bell pear, scakle, crosane burgamot, grey but
ter, carly katharine, red burgamot, and orange
ID. Hiver.
Grape Vines Isabella (L), catawba ~.
N. B.-The above named grapes are highly
recommended for table use and for wine, they
will also stand the seventies Of the winters in
this latitude without in ury. .
Peaches (S). Plums (Z). Cherries tSl.
May duke, early May, black marllla.
Red currants (S). Rasp.berries.
Red ~, yellow (s); English hedge
| thorn (Sl. .. S..
Garden Herbs TS].--Gardcn sage, balm, rue,
double tansy, hssop, cammomile, horse radish,
peppermint, English pennyroyal, comfrey. &c.
Roses Large double red, large single red,
| dwarf double red.
Corn.-Sweet or sugar corn for boiling (S).
Early Tuscarrora, fine for boiling IS. Chinese
tree corn, and some other varieties