The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-03
ASTONISHING PROFITS or FHUIT
LTuHE,

The following facts, exhibiting 1he large
profits which may be- derived from the skihil
cuImreoffruits, have been communicated "a
the C'diicaioT by 5. w, Cole, Of boston, who
II a remarkable fact gathererr and Who 70
uarks that he gives SOME extm eases, and
others which common skill may compass
The culdvator will do wcIl with mcdial sue
cess, Yotits wc'l y have q standard Of ox-
tr,orlinary attainment, or the perfection Of
cxcollcnccas a Paal lor those who iuscribe on
their banner "ercelsior"
AIR Moses Jones Of Ilr,okluc In this tcini-
IS, most skiIfd cutiyator,set ne apple trees
two rolls apart, and peach trees between, both
ways. The eighth year BE- hal 22G barrels Of
apple, aud in . few ycar iium setting the
trees, 800 worth Of pcuchop IN one year and
the best part Of the story Is, that large crop
Of Vegetables were raised on the same land,
nearly paying for thc manure aud labor, The
tenth year from setting, many Of the apple
trees produced four or five barrels EACH the
landslil yielding good crops Of vegetables,
tho peach trees having mostly gone by old
srr- Mr. Juurv grated t0tc1tlc Iafg, pear
tree to tho harilouan the dird year It pro-
ducci 80 worth,
Alr $. Dudley very eucoo.-fal cultiyator
In RoNbury, an adjoining city, sold the crup
oi curJHnis from ouc-cighth Of az acre, for
sl0s,t nest year for 3 2j,and lac had good
crops for several years, lie picked 500 quart
boxes from onc-cighth Of an acre the nest sea
son a0cr setting the bushes in tho fall
lie had s2a worth OF cherries from ooo Muz-
zaM tree,
We INV, in Natck, Massachusetts, en- the
Ianks Of the "classic Charles" on the Crrn Of
NJ. Eamc', Esq, an apple tree grated TO the
Porter when % years old; il soon bore, and
The Seventh year il produced IL barrels, which
sold at $40, The original llurlbut apple
tree produced 80 t't-hri- itr-urrr y-rar, md -
the nest Tho Original Bars apple ,icldJ7i co
bushels in one year. n, Wycth, Esl., Cam
bridge, in this region, had from Harvard
pear tree nine barrels oriruit, which sold for
SI5.
\ farmer would not plant an orchard think
iug he should no, liyr To eat the fruit; li, son
had the same views; hut the grandson planted
for po-icrily y, y't hi- predecessors shared IN
the fruit also for the grandfather drank hogs
head, Of the elder
IIovcy states that u Dix pear tree in Cam
bridge, produced sac worth Of fruit at ont
crop We saw IN Orange, New Jersey, 100
bushels Of apples ona Harrison tree, which
would nrkc ton barrels of cider, then selling
at $40 barrel in n. Y. "''''~
Downing says that tho original Dubois Early
Golden Apricot produced 8 20 worth in 1874,
$40 inslSIa, spa in 1916. corrcspon,lcnt
Of the AoTicuhwbibays that Mr. Ilill Pcnncl
Darby, Pennsylvania, has grape vine that
has produced 10 bushels yearly which sell a.
II n hushel. james Laws, OF Philadelphia
has Waahington plum that yields six bush
els a year that would sell Cor $50. Judge
Linn, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, has two apricot
trees that yielded Eve bushels each, worth
Si2o. Mr. Hugh Hatch, of Camden, New
Jersey, has four apple trccs that produced
iziislir. i,, l,,-=i,rs i -riii,.li sssilsii
each. In 1874, a tree of the Lady Apple, at
iishkill Landing, New York, yielded 10 bar
rcls chat sold for Si5.