The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-03-26
For the Middlebury Register.

How many commend this maxim and yet,
like the sloihful servant, act on the primer |
pie, put of till tomorrow every thing that
can be done to>morrow." This class Of per-
sons, il they dono put Of till next day"
are generally lettering in leisure or fretting
in hustle,
In an article published in the Register.
Feb 9Th, aud The Chronicle, Feb. 18th, and
25th, an attempt WIS made to draw the al
cntion Of those, who have lands TO the cu-
ivation of fruit Though children are often
injured and sometimes sicken and die in
consequence Of eating unripe fruit, still thai
which is mdtnred is not only luxury, but
heal,h-preserviDg and often hcalth>restoring
My chief object, however, in writing This
article is 10 urge trihng expenditure for
raising fruit as profitable investment, and
especially for those, who have orchards or
trees that at present bear fruit which is
worthless or Of little value. j say nothing
on the desirableness Of setting out orchards,
that point has been sufficiently urged But
on the importance Of turning old trees or
orchards TO account by grating One old
tree, in tolerable condition, by being grated
and properly cultivated, will be worth, for
or 10 years, half dozen young recruits
fresh from tho nursery. This for men in
middle life, or any others, is a grave consld
Grafton.
1t is important that the cions to be en-
grated into tees should be cut before the
sap starts in the spring, and kept in cool
cellar; while they should not be inserted
till the juices Of the tree begin to move say
the latter part Of April. All who have noe
supplied themselves should procure cons
without delay, if they intend to graft this
present spring. As remarked on rmer
occasion, beware Of taking cions from your
neighbors. But very few in this region have
any considerable skill in determining the
appropriate names OF apples. found in the
course of last Autumn and Winter, beyond
what could have imagined, that it is very
common to call COOL apple, though Of third
quality by some name that indicates first
rate This may not be oil much consequence
when orchardiss luxuriate on their own
apples, but becomes very material, when
they send them to market. 1t is as If man
did not know how TO apply the appropriate
name to different kinds OF grain, and should
send oats 10 market expecting the price
given for wheat. The Esopus Spitrenburgh.
Russct, and Rhode Island Greetings are
probably as we'll known as any kind OF APP
pies, and vel vast Numbers pass under these
who will value % cents or so for hundred
slips, on which he can rely. rather than -
receive gratis from neiehbors those, that a
few years hence render every tree five doll
ars less valuable. than if il had borne the
genuine fruit.
As far as this communication is concerned
have not the least pecuniary interest. and
no friends to oblige, any further than oblige
! every member Of the community, who has
an interest in This subject. To promote this
!, cause, have cnquired where cions could
be procure !. My young friend Albert Chap
man, on whom ! at first relied, informs me
that hc has already made such arrangements
, thar he can furnish but few il any, especially
of the Baldwin. the mo>t important ONE
; knowing that MIR. G.. Goodrich, of Burlnc-
ton, was zee chosen President of the Vt
: Horticultural Society, on account OF his yea
/ and his experience on this subject, enquir
= ed what he could and would do. lie claims
to have more an 100 varieties of apples
some forty OF pears and half rs many plumS
) But can 20 no further than to aid in dis
1 lrbuting a few OF his best varieties
D. For - cents, hundred Ill! 5 Of bud
q each (ot course long enough to be cut att
n make two cions suitable for grailng,) h,
y will furnish the following, viz.
y Early Harvest,
:, Porter,
:. Richardson Norsuch,
: Baldwin,
h Danvers Winter Sweet,
\ Northern Spy,
Roxbury Russell.
The following for so cents hundred
5 which will make each scion Ia Of cent.
II Greening,
: Fameuse.
J. Pomme Girls,
!. Spiizenburgh.
lie can furnish a small quantity of the
Red Astrachan,
Bough,
u .iravenstein,
e Ladies Sweeling,
% Jonathan,
n Swaar
,s Peck's Pleasant
Here is certainly sufficient variety {
the very best kinds Of apples, except for thos
persons who wish for variety for variety
n sake.
v. NV estimate OF the desrableness Of tn
4 fruit and the time Of ripenlng may be see
" in the article above referred to. Those, wi
e, cultivate for the Boston market should, a
things considered, rely first on The Baldwi
lie then he Hubbardsion. None such &c I'll
MS Northern Spy, with high cultivation is fir
sh rate. One thing, which will not be appr
,y ciaied, except by those who understand tn
of subject, may be mentioned. Mr.. G.. engage
ar TO furnish slips from vigorous bearr
H. trees" These are altogether preferable
x the trimmings Of nurseries. and are worth &c
of times, YES fifty times as much as twigs III
or skilfully taken from old decayed trees, tn
I III