The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-29
AGRICULTURAL.


PRoFITs OF FRUIT CVLTUAE.-Haying seen Z
late number OF the horticultural, an account
Of cherry tree that produced ten dollars worth
of fruit in one season, permit me 70 give a chap
ter Of facts on fruits, most Of which within
my own personal knowledge.
Mr.. F.. CABLE, Of Cleveland, Ohio, has an or
chard Of an hundred cherry trees, now % years
old. In the year Is45. his eroop sold for up
wards of one thousand dollars. Mr. c. mana
ges HIS orchard better than any other person al
the Union, so far as my knowledge extends
The trees are planted out twenty-five feet apart
the ground kept properly enriched and cuItivs-
ted. but no crop Is putin.
ELISHA SWAIN, OF Darby, near Philadelphia
has the remains Of a cherry orchard, number.
ing seventy trees, mostly of the Mayduke Va
riety. In the height Of the season, ms ssies
amount to upwards of eighty dollars per day
Mr.. D 10 ensure good crop every season, digs
in horse-cart load Of manure to each tree IN
autumn.
HUI PESSELL, of Darby, has twenty ay-
pie trses, Of the Early Redstreak and Early
Queen varieties, that stand on half an acre Of
ground. In 1876 these trees produced three hua-
dred bushels Of fruit that sold in Philadelphia
market for - cents per bushel, or two handrsd
and twenty-five dollars for the crop.
Mr.. PENSELL has a grape vine Of the Racccon
Fox grape variety, that covers the tops ct
ed, but produces IS bushes Of grapes yearly.
that sell for one dollar per bushel. The apple
trees produce good crops Of fruit, and under the
] trees Is produced a crop Of grass. thus making
three crops from one lot Of ground.
JAaks LAWS, of Philadelphia, has W aShihg-
ton Plum tree, that produces six bushels Of fruit
yearly, that won ID sell in market for ten dollars
per bushel. Five Of the above plgms weigh
pound.
| Mr.. LAWS has small vineyard Of Isabella
and Catawba grapes, near Chester, sixteen miles
below Philadelphia, three-eights Of an acre Of
which came into bearing in lS45. The sales
amounted to three hundred dollars al eight
cents per pound, or at the rate Of eight hun-
bred dollars per acre from vines only four years
old.
BAIyroS DARINGroS, Of West Chester, pa q.
has Catawba grape vine, that produces ten
bushels Of grapes yearly. This crop Is worth
forty dollars at market price.
JACOB SrEISMTSrz, Of Phiiadelphis, has =
Blue Gage plum tree, that produces ten bushels
Of fruit in a season, worth in market, thirty
dollars.
My friend, ELLwooD HAsvEY. Chsddsford,
Pa, the present season, gathered thirteen quarts
OF gooseberries from one plant.
A gardner near Philadelphia, has two rows Of
gooseherry plants, one hundred ana fifty feet
long. One afternoon, he gathered with his own
hands, six bushels Of fruit. and the next morn
ing sold them in Philadelphia market for TWEEN
1 ty-four dollars
A gentleman OF Philadelphia having two aP-
ricot trees, that produced more fruit than his
family could consume, concluded 10 send the
the ealance TO market, and expend the money
il would bring purchasing wood for the poor
/ JVDsE LINE. Of Carlisle, Pa, has had two
Syrian apricot trees that have produced hvs
bushels 20 each tee in a season In the Phila-
dolphin market. they would have commsnce d
one hundred and twenty dollars, in the \. ork
market one hundred and forty dollars.
HUsH HArcH, Of Camden, n. J., has iouT
Tewksbury Winter Blush apple trees, that. IN
ls46, produced hundred and forty market
baskets Of sppies. Without any extra care,
ninety baskets Of these were on hand late in tie
spring Of ls4I, when they readily sold at one
dollar per basket
The following facts relative TO fruit growing
near the North river, Ihave never seen publish
ed. Three years ago. Mr. Charles Downing, OF
Newbargh, N Informed me that a frut-grow
er Of his acquaiI lance in Fishkill Landing,
; Y, had gathered fifteen barrels Of LAZY apples
! from one tree, and sold them in New York for
forty 1--we dollars. The same gentleman yousPesS
, Of, In your I m tB and Fruit Trees Of AmeE'es,
> a. hasing sent to New York sixteen hundTed
bushels Of plums in one season, has sent to New
York spricots, and received fourteen dollars PEI
} bushel fur them. The above gentleman has Of
ten said, that his plum trees, which are set on
about the buildings, and take mp bat little room
. pay him more profit than the whole OF his va
: liable farm Of rxo hundred acres. Anothei
fruit-frower in your neigh berhood has semitic
. hundred bushels cf Frost Gage Plums to msrks
|, in one season, and received twelve hundred GOT
lars for them. sas
Yet, with aifthess facts before Us, there i no
nm m pslv of any Kind AZ fruit in the Phiadei