Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-10-09
For the Hack Enc.

Friend EDWARDs:-I am well pleased
with your paper, yet as we have no po-
litical campaign on hand. would Suggest
the idea OF appropriaing a small portion
of j, now and then to agricultural pursuits.
and though poor pensman myself
will send you thought occasionally. |
have fell as deep an interest in the cult.
waiting Of fruit as any other one object, and
when travel over our lovely country |
look with as much anxiety to see my fell
low citizens cu!tivatlng fruit as any other
one thing. ] never pass young orchard
if in sight, without examination and gen.
orally observe which portion of our coun
try has given the hes, attention TO this de-
sirable object. Whether my location pre-
JUDGES me in favor Of my own county or
not, really believe it is second to none
tina, have seen. | recently visited Sa,
lem, IN this county, where am convinced
the farmers have given the best attention
to orchards Of any other portion of the
Territory that | have seen. In visiting
the Nursery and gardens Of our enterpris.
ing fellow citizens, Lewellings,) | find
a variety and quality of fruit and shrubbe
nv seldom surpassed in the western world.
For the purpose of removing objections
from others which once had. | will give
some of my experience in ,ransplan,ing
fruit trees. One Of those objections was
the size; another was that did not know
the quality; and thirdly, that the buds had
been put IN from young scions and con.
sequenily would be longer before they
would bear-all of which have proved TO
the contrary.
When came to this county five years
ago. made pledge. as you know, not
to bite a peach or apple till I raised it,
which pledge have redeemed; for this
season the trees first planted bore both
peaches and apples. which proves in a
measure the quality Of the fruit. Then
as to size. planted 100 apple in April:
al from TO Z feet in length. a number of
which are now l2 feet high and proper
tionably large in circumference. This
orchard was planted in the timber, as
thought prairie would not do on account
Of the wind, bnt in the spring of A and
ST. planted l05 apple 40 pears and 65
peach, in the prairie. together with plum
and cherry and the Isabella grape. all Of
which are growing luxnrianlly, and seem
to suit their growth TO the wind. Some
of The pears which had no, been budded
in time last year for The bud to start, did
no, star, to grow lill the middle of May
last. They have since grown from 70
6 feet in height, and We, stand erect, sus.
tanning themselves against the prairie
wind. | thought when | first came here |
would send east to some older nursery
and have larger trees, but this was an err
roneous idea. Ii had twenty orchards
more to transplant, would not want lar
ger trees than many thousands OF apple
and pear now in the Salem nursery. As
proof Of this, last spring year. when
planting nv last orchard. had occasion
TO move few trees which were thrice as
large as those | had go. q. the nursery;
yet the young trees will soon overiake
them in size, as they grow much faster
than the old ones. Aside from the luxu.
ry we live in anticipation OF receiving
from our orchards. i, is the best pecuniary
investment that can be made upon farm
with the same money. As proof Of this
in selling the farm few months since on
which | had planted the first mentioned
orchard. | proposed to the purchaser to
take 5000 less than he gave me for the
farm for one hundred Of the apple trees
and move them of in the spring. We. he
preferred TO pay me the money and keep