The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-10-29
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AS this subject has some interest for great
number Of our readers, who are agricuturalists
we deem il By no means inappropriate to refer
to it again. Indeed, we have contemplated
series Of articles agriculture but whilst we
are fully alive to the important interests that
such course might subservo, by taking pains
to collect valuable and reliable information, VIC
must content ourselves with occasional refer--
ces TO the subject, and such gleanings from
standard resources, as may seem best adapted
to the wants Of an agricultural community In
our last article on this subject, we spoke with
special reference TO the cultivation of the apple
and Pear, of which some very credtablc speci-
mems were furnished us By some of our rurally
inclined neighbors In continuation of that
subject we have only TO say that trees of these
classes as we'll as all others of the fruit kind
less when there is wish 10 preserve their or
iginal identity, should not be cultivated from
the seed, for any other purpose than grating,
is, incubation. For T, aches, nccrlation is the
better. BY akng the seed Of ever go Gne a
Pear, or, Apple, and planting it, you have 70
you the same kind of fruit--it may, or, it may
not therefore, in order that you may not have
all your trouble and expense for nothing, be
careful never to procure any trees that are not
the product of grating, or, incubation. The
Peach, is perhaps, the most delicate of all the
fruit trees, and the fruit itself The most deli
cious. How unfortunate it is, We often hear
said that j: is foreign toour latitude, and that
our chilling atmosphere is its memorable enc
my. Such, however, is by no means the fact
We assert, without fear Of contradiction, that
experience viii prove the susceptibility of the
PEACH 70 become familiarised TO the rigors Of our
climate and bloom, and frnctify with equal beauty
aud abundance as under The genial rays of the
balny South But we can only Judge Of the
future by the past, lis the reply that some one
will make and Judging by past experience, the
Peach must continue failure with US, as it
has done heretofore
Judging the future by the past, is not always
an axiom and little inquiry may serve to
show, that if the Peach has failed heretofore, il
was because Of its being in bad hands, and no,
that our seasons are inimical- As we said in
our last article, Vegetable is like animal life
men become acrl,mated so do Vegetables and
practical experit nee in this country, has shown
very clearly, that none becomes So more readily
than the Peach But in order to become safe
" acclimated, they must germinate in our soil,
as well mature. If propagated in mild,
and transplanted to rigorous climate, at how
ever tender, or adsanced period, the result
wa be nearly the same, and always, either Who'll
", or, partially failure. Plant the seed here.
and Let the tree take its own course, exposed TO
all kinds of weather, and il will grow up with a
hardy constitutions, regulated and moulded to
the seventies il viii Rave to enc outcr, and the
consequence will be, that it will suffcr1io neon
venicnce from frost, before which the impor-
ted plant will shrivel and die, or, its frxt buds
become DESTROYED, and itself an incumbcrer OF
the ground This theory of Vegetable acchma-
ton, is practically demonstrated even here al
home in the instance of botn the Grape and the
Rhubarb or Pic Plant, well known and vaiua-
bic culinary article, which is grown in all oul
gardens. Both of these belong appropriately to
warm latitude, yet we see how they flourish
and ln1uriate in our own. The Pie-Plant is re-
gardcd in the eastern and middle States, as the
most delicate of all garden herbs, and there arc
but few persons in them, who would not be IN
crcdulous as to the extent Of its healthy growth
here. We shall en- another occasion, call attcn-
: -szsts the best modes of grating and inocula-
}oT, budding, as the latter is sometimes CALI
proper knowledge Of which is Of the ut
knportancc 10 the successful propagation
I'd fsa,i: trts.