The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-08-30
PLUM TREES.

All experienced irni, growers and nur-
scry men are aware TIN, plum trees. most
~ them arc benefited by saline applications.
There is one kind. nomcncla,urcd The
"hcach plum," which grows on the margin
ofbs,s and small rivilc,s, where their roots
are washed by the waters. These Trees
arc often iransplanted. md by the nppllca-
ton of saline mnnnres. rarely tni! IN thrive,
even in localities fur remote from the sen.
It has furthermore been demonstrated by
repeated experiments Tint an application
OF salt, compost in which this mineral Is n
conspicuous ingredient. is highly beneficial
to NIL varieties Of the plum. Bv n commnni-
cation published not long since in the ilnr-
ticn'nrlst, We perceive TINT salt IS ais"
highly advantageous 10 the Innce-one "i
the hes, fruits raised. Tho writer Of this
article alluded IL. il n resident of Oneida
conn,y.N. Y. lie says, "When first came
"a this section ot the state IL wears since.
found that the ounce tree did not bear
we'll in nv nc'ghborhood, and that my
ncighbnrs thought il useless 10 plant this
fruit tree. IN making drain from INV
kitchen j, so happened that i, cmp,icd lis
contents near the t,ot oi one al the ounce
trees. This tree. the year after, came into
bearing. aud as good deal ot brine had
been cmp,icd into the trench, ! supposed
that the salt nigh, have produced this fruit
tnl sintc. Acting on this superstition. ]
commenced applying salt early in the
lao, skrrs
per annr,tn. tn the surface under the trees,
the trunks .! which were about as large ms
mans wrist. They came into hearing
the following season, ND have given good
crops" ever since.
A friend oi mine. who had several very
large and unproduc,iyc plum trees, caused
some foul brine from his meat tubs a. he
emp,icd ncnr the roots ut one al them. The
next season il was literally burdcncd with
fruit. Taking tho hint, he caused half
hushel oi Turks Island salt 10 be spread
upon The surface Of the soil beneath each
tree. and the next season all Of them bore
nhundan,lv. lie has repeated the applica.
tim annually. since then. but instead If
hal'a hnshcl he thinks bnll'n peek sufficient,
aud his conclusion has lecn borne ont hv
the result. No, n tree has filtered and
they have never been in nnv wnv idle ar
,!iscased These facts are worth rcmem-
bcring.
The Il ,ston Transcript. in IN interesting
article an the subject IL horticulture. in a
description Of the g,idcn, green house, and
varieties Of fruit. 81 Mr.. Alien, Of Salem,
whose successful devotion To horticultural
pursuits is well known, saws:
"Mr. Alien has liz tree that is curl
osiiy. u ills tho cntir. back wall of one
oi' his houses, aud il trained ia tho same
way as the peach. the branches stretching
right aud lett from the trunk some th,r,.
or iariv feet, md il very vigorous. The
variety il the b.ncl, liz Of -. Michael. IL
il new in fruit with the third crop for the
season. Upwards II 5000 iiss, by coant,
have been gathered the present season. md
IL il still ,icliin. it, delicious trui, in album
dance. Whrn f,.!v ripe this liz bursts
with lis own richness. The lrui, is fine.
and good variety for forcing. There are
several other varieties of li.s growing in
the houses, but none 50 prolific as the ST.
Michael.
The growing OF fruit under clnss is quite
extensive in Massachusetts. mud vast n
mum, OF we,ih is invested in this delight
lu branch Of Industry. There is probably
more lrui, grown in this way in Massnchu-
sclis than in NIL the ether States in the Tn
ion, aud there is ready demand Tor NIL
that il grown. Oar own cnltivators FIRE.
quentv have orders from the South aud the
Yves, Indies Err grapes. which command n
high price. M grower has been moro suc
ces-fll than Mr.. Alien, aud his establish.
men, is such nj the present time rs 10 weld
him handsome return fur his labors."
DIR. Dickson. "A distinguished English sur
gcon. who fnr MANY wears prac,ised in the
British Military Hospitals in India, has
written a work on the cholera, in which the
following paragraph occurs
..In the Marquis of Hastings cnmp,
where 10000 died "ftlE disease in three
DAYS aud half. neither among the bearers
of,hc sick. nor The immense number othns-
pital attendants. nor the soldiers OF Scpoys
visiting their dyin. comrades. nor among
the sick in hospital. were there morc at
tackled than among tho persons not thus cx-
posed. That the indeniical disease called
Cholera can he produced bv loss Of blood,
poison-, passions, and local injury, NAV BE-
looked npon M analogous evidence that
Cholera is not contagious. Smallpox, mcn-
sizes, plague--cnch ri these have some fen
iure III its own which distinguishes il from
all other msladics. II has something which
c,nno, he produced BY art. Every and all
of the forms Of Cholera may bc brought on
he arf licial meansta