The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-26

NATIVE AND FoREIeN Enthusiastically our
native fruits superior to foreign, both in vgor
of tree and hardness, and in many cases our ma
We have but very few foreign apples that are
worth cultivating; nearly all our best standard
kinds are natives.
The greater part of the foreign pears cultiva-
ted in this country are only adapted to the gar
den, or other sheltered locations, and the trees
are generally of dwarfsh habit. They will not
flourish under common orchard management
and exposure. They often dwindle away under
the rigor of our cold winters and hot summers.
But our native pears are generally vigorous,
long-lived, hardy and productive; and many of
them are first rate fruits. Some Of them, that
have endured the storms of one or two hundred
winters, are still standing firm monuments of
the hardness of our native pears
Some Of our native pear trees have bore ten
or twelve barrels of fruit in one season, few
have produced far more. We have seen a Har-
ward pear tree that yielded nine barrels of fruit
in one year, which was sold at SIS per barrel.
We have old tree from which we gathered
eleven bushels of fruit, after cutting off its
top very literally for two years, for the purpose
of grating. None of fhe fine varieties that have
venerable standards of the past and present age.
Generally, in New England, we must rely most
ly on our native pears, or do as we now are I'M
der the necessity ofdoing, after spending great
deal of time and money on pears-go without
them. AS this is unpleasant, we get neither
profit nor pleasure for this fancy work.
We have native peaches equal in quality to
the best imported kinds, and they are far more
hardy for northern culture When our horti-
culturists learn the importance of cultivating
not only native kinds, but natives of the north,
they will not complain much of the failure of
this crop.
A good share of our inist cherriesand plums
are natives, and the natives aae forming our
largest and longer-lived trees. They are becom-
ing stately ornaments to rural scenery, while
many of the foreign varieties, though frequent
ly vigorous for a few years, are comparative
dwarfs.
Nearly all our valuable strawberries are ma
tives. Houghtons gooseberry not only far ex-
cells any foreign variety, but some cultivators
consider it SO much better that they have exclud-
ed all other kinds from their grounds We feel
the want ofmor native small fruits, that we may
have varieties adapted to our climate; and the
enterprising spirit that now prevails will soon
produce them. ...
Too much attention has been given to foreign
fruits, to the neglect of our own native varieties.
Some horticulturists have ransacked all Europe
for new fruits while native kinds have sprung
up, fourished for many years within half an
hours walk of their dwellings, yielding fruits
equal, and far superior in hardness, to the for
eign kinds that have been imported and sold at
higher prices. This zeal for foreign kinds Of
fruit would have good effect, if there was a
corresponding attention given to natives, that
they might be brought to public notice, and du-
ly compared with exotics. Or if new foreign
fruits, of high pretensions, were introduced
merely for experiment, and not for speculation
attention to the subject would be commendable
But the sale ftrees atenormous prices, which
on trial prove worthless, has very discouragng
effect, especially no beginners in fruit culture.
i a@4& - New England Farmer.