Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-06-12


The following was written by Mr. HAVEN, one
of the editors OF the Prairie Farmer He visited
our city some monta or two since His not-s are
quite interesting.
NOTES FROM THE PRAIRIES
Ia my previous :" Notes. ! give some hurried
Sketches of the Nurseries had seen previous I'd
my reaching Burlington One or tvr at this
place which 1 saw must not be omitted. Bur
hngtoa Will soon De, at the rate it IS Go4 pro-
crossing IN the fruit and vine culture the Cncin-
natl of the Mississippi. TIE soil ard climate arr
admirably adapted for the purpose. ana ths eN-
periInents already made here in the orchard.
garden, and vineyard demonstrates the fact that
IN this line Blrlingtoa will be- hard u beat = and
here, too, class or citizens 10 ranErr-atr-r
VINO have the taste 70 conceive and the t*iA AMI
power TO execute purposes and plans that tsIai
give the Flint IIiis+ name abroad. and render
a rambte upon aud ovar them extremely atiTac-
tve-eSpectally ut that season Of the year Hhea
the tempting golden fruit Is ripe and the ..sIns
doth vield her Increase Rev. Mr. Leonard,
who does occasionally (by 10 means 20 0fIrr -
We wISh) enrich our paper by his pen, has
grounds admirably adapted for the orchard and
nursery. He IS about two miles from the city on
the plank road 4 drive to his place through "A
beautiful grove of forest trees with here aai
there clearing" Of the settler, j. ele OF rare
beauty. Mr. l.. turas his atteatioa mostly to the
cultivation OF the apple, aHd il the luscious ones
have had the pleasure of tasting az h freS1r aFF
a sample Of what he can and does do-ani of this
have no doubt-.he lovers of good frllt mav
safely call on Mr. Leonard fox apples o. trees
and win be very sure OF getting the best Inns or
any other country affords He has two sons or
farms adioming his own. ard having been strained
up in tae way they should go' are following the
example of their father, and covering their
grounds with the choicest kinds of fruit, apples
pears. peaches ard grass. and are prepared tn
furnish their friends with trees from their nurse
~ of the .'same sort" as. a aa
With Mr. Kelly, ~ whom 1 am taacA lnlebtel
for his kind attention, rode cut five miles e.
visit the grounds of NCsSrs r. & III. Avery
They have | think, the most exterstYe orchard
and nursery i'm Iowa. and are favoTablE known
the State over as very successful fruit ETutrerSr
and as adding in no small degree TO the healsf,
wealth and beauty OF this yoanS and growing
state. The drive from the city 10 their place j.
much of the way through heavy grove oE timber
and many of these giant oaks OF the forest are
nearly crushed by the wild grape vines that wind
their huge coils about and spread from limb To
limb covering them tn their very tops. A ride
through that forest in the season when the foil
age is on. variegated as 1t must be. cannot be
otherwise than one OF exquisite beauty. incan-
ing out Of this dense wild wood forest found
myself I'm one almost equally dense of apple. pear,
peach and ounce: and this il the iowa orchard.
The dwelling house and ont buildings Of the
Messrs Avery have wonderful New En-iandish
appearance. neat. we'll painted and deep set lin
bowers of green. They noE have on their
grounds 1000 apple 1000 pear. and 1000 of apFI-
cot. peach and ounce. making IN all Jn0d trees
in bearing condition. Of the apple they informed
me they had nearly 2O0 varieties. Prom this
orchard they select their gratis for the nursery
they have some 10000 trees for sale this wear.
and put ou. to meet the coming demand about
100000 Their purpose Il to enlarge c. their
4 THwa4~-
believers in, and of course practice mostly, root
grating. In their 'shops,r as they call II I
should call il IA tree fact0rv.1 fitted mp with iii
the latest improvements, were foHT men rrattaHg
..root and branch" together, and ia one cother
was daughter of the Emerald Isle. '-fds- fair
and forty" with q pot. wax and brush carefully
giving the Joined parts their last touch previous
to their being packed away in earth IN the cellar
beneath. So carefully IS this grating how done
that but very small per cent OF the crafts fail
becoming straight thrifty trees. | spent tar
night beneath their hospitabis fOof II coIli do
.'nothing else'') ard made one in large seg-
ment of a circle. about an ample open hre place
filled with hard dry wool prepared ~ fh@
proper season which SEMI ont Its light and heat
upon a scene that causes every one who he's en-
loved il 10 say. and say from the bottom of hts
heart too, There is mo- place like hnme-'
There was mother in the Cp-uer--hrr corHer--
children and grand children gathered about The tn
BILE covered with papers and periodicals, ths3F
own county paper and the Prairie Farmer arnnnG
the rest of course, the pan of apples just far ta%t
ing. of varieties numerous and Of size prodIZloas
was brought forward early in the evening, and il
was long time before the bottom was revealed
or one half ot the varieties tasted. \ was I'D
..reclin- fail''--as MISS Bremen woad say of lore
letters-that was obliged 70 beg off, or eompro-
mise BY filling my pockets for future use They
also showed me some pIrc juice Of the grape made
from their OWE vines: this f01hel at and II ''rnrt
ed itself aright.'' and was told by those who are
irdges of these matters that the wine raised in the
vicinity of Burlington compares very favOrohiy
with the best Cincinnati brands. II H. oHiY the
third wear since the first vines put ont AMI
the success has been so great that the vineyards
are to be very much increased the coming season
in and about the city. | shall not soon forget nv
visit 20 Burlington WhaH are WE to have the saw
inrs and doings OF that Horticultural Society H