The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-02-05

parts Of the County. Cole says tine Dest
way TO accustom fruits to different climate
is By carving scions or seeds" lie remarks
again, "we have Baldwin apples in Maine,
that have been there 6lty years, while those
carried from this region (Massachusetts)
to that State often fail in Geld winters. In
passing, take the liberty Of Recommending
the ." American Fruit Book, by S. w. Cole.
In determining precisely wha, fruit ii will be
best 10 cultivate, either for market or home
you will find it far better than
Downing, while ii does not cost half as
50 cents Cole was connected
with a nursery in Name which familarlzed
him to d climate much like ours. Chauncey
Goodrich, of Burlington, President OF the
Vermont Horticultural Society, has publish
ed a Manual of ll2 pages, called the " North
ern Culiurisi" " which is very valuable from
fact thar be has, to a considerable extent, tes-
ted, in our climate, the fruit be recommends.
This nursery men should do as soon as pos
sible. They will then, if honest, never be
obnoxious to the reproach Of one, who had
been so often deceived by books and cata-
logues and representations that he snid, "Ihe
majority of nursery mems descriptions are
humbucs." Still there are so many things
to be taken into consideration, which the
fruitercr may overlook, in regard to.climate,'
soil, exposure, cultivation, &C., that every
man, who cultvates extensively, should have
book, unless he is capable of making one.
Cole SAYS, ." Soils have wonderful effect IN
the modification of fruit, SO much that some
are large, fair and Of the greatest excellence
on one soil, and worthless on the other
They vary the time of ripening, and mate
rally affect tue tree, growth, health. size
and longevity"
another reason, irrespective Of the eli
mate, for procuring from our own nursery
men, or from those in the vicinity, with whom
we are well acquainted, rather than sending
to great distance for them, especially rath-
er than patronizing strangers, who hawk their
trees or offer their services in our streets, is,
there is much less danger Of being defrauded
y lev years ago. as many of YOU know to
your sorrow, two or three men protesting to
come Il DIN tue south part Of The State, with
tEe very bes: of fruit, and varieties enough
to satisfy the most scientific ponologist and
the most ignorant enquirer, were extensively
EN- 'loyed ia grating. They often did what
was vas, deal worse than 10 have swindled
their employers out of the compensation
rendered. In some cases, when man re-.
questcd them to take slips from a favorite
tree and engraft them into others Of inferior
character, they carried away or DESTROYED
his slips, and grated his trees With the very
same irut they had previously borne. In
some orchards they appear to have grated
with such scions as they most conveniently
picked up often inserting altogether worse
irult than the tree had originally
0'Tnc. One Of my neehbors requested
Them TO insert considerable number Of
gratis ircm his favofite Pearmain. But
noagh they cut the slips as requested, aud
grated largely for him, there was not tree
which they grated that ever bore a Pear
man, and IN many cases they gave fruit un,
peaAably worse than the tree had ever borne
Ii the County lad given these contemplate
villains $500 to atacond when they first of.
cred their services, and had then given $500
o have the same amount Of grating done
udciously, think they would have been
'ainers in a much larger sum than 900 or
uoo dollars. And yet these fellows ms.
'ruvered, am told, to secure extolIaton
s'me Of the County papers.
1t is very important to know what kind Of
ruit our trees will produce, and whal kind
We purchase and not procure merely win.
eF apple. Some are excellent in Noveu
er and December, others in February or
lareh' or May and June, and if they do
OF absolutely decay. they lose their excel.
'nee ai'er TIE proper time of eating. Some
re valuable for the table, others for bakina
for pies or for preserves. Some will not
urchase or lay in an ample store, because
-gir cellars are proved not to" keep apples."
hen the only difficulty is they have en-.
eav'red to keep apples till March, or NAV
June, that should have been used in De-.
'moer or January and while perhaps they
ave eaton their long>keeping apples in De.
'niber, before they were fit for The table
ow much greater will be the demand for
'ple' bow much more will they be eDioved,
ID what an immense saving will there be
the community; when this subject becomes
oroushly canVaSsed and is well understood
ow great would be the convenlencs and
miort, TOO, if our orchardisls knew well
hat apples 10 cultivate, and purchasers the
mes and character of such apples as they
ln,ed. Then we might buy, as our sppe.
es should dictate, and use them when in
cir highest state Of perfection. For in
lnce, we might purchase bushel or bar
of Porter, or Grayenstein, or Fameuse, or
ch Of ihem,for October and November, and
lers as the catalogue will indicate.
The Western section of Vermont affords
aNorable location for raising apples, and
ats, and many other kinds of fruit. Though
Piles one or two hundred miles south NAV
iairer, ours, which is no small circum.
nee, are said 10 be decidedly better for
ping through the winter and spring. The
AT amount of apples sold in this County
last autumn brought but 25 cents bush
Few have pretended TO ask more than
rents for sinola bnshaI ~ ~. L..