The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-11-17


all transactions. 1t creeps in, even among
the benevolent operations of the day. Ii
takes shape too in the objects that have a
tendency to elevate and refine the better
feelings of man. Whatever the subject,
the object, or proposition, the croaking is
still heard, "Will it Pay?'
But we do not intend writing homily
on the subject, however fruitful it is of
IDEAS. We took up our pen to urge the
extension of fruit growing among our far
ming population, believing, if judicious-
ly entered into and carried forward, it
may be made very prominent item on
the side of profits in the farm account.
And that it will pay we have no sort of
hesitancy in saying.
When one lives in the immediate vicini-
ty of city, fruit growing is exceedingly
profitable, especially Of the more transi-
ent sorts, as strawberries, DC. We find
mention made of gentleman near Boston
who raised at the rate of 81 800 to the
acre of strawberries at two shillings a
box; so of currants, goosberries, raspber-
ries, DC, great yields may be obtained,
and where the varieties are of the choic-
est kinds the receipts swell up to what
seem almost enormous sums We note
another instance where gentleman rails
cd 1926 for the produce of an acre oi
currants.
Other fruits are profitable too A Dix
pear tree in Cambridge, Mass, produced
$46 worth of fruit in one season Down
ING stated that the Original DUBOIS Ear
ly Golden Apricot produced $45 worth o
fruit in 1914, $50 in 1845, and So II
1916. A gentleman in Darby, Pa, hao
grape vine which produced annually X
bushels, that sold at s per bushel; anoth
er near Philadelphia, sold $50 worth o
fruit in one year from Washington plum
tree. These may be somewhat extreme
cases, yet we think they can be easily sur
passed in favorable years with a favorable
market, where proper attention is giver
to the cultivation of the trees, But ever
with half of such results, they still re
muuerate the grower most handsomely.
1t is quite as profitable raising apples
Mr.. Henry French, of New Hampshire
in an article on the "Cultivation of Ap
Piles in Northern States" furnished tht
Patent Office Report for 1850, mention:
the orcha1d of Joseph Robinson, one o
his neighbors, that consisted of Baldwin,
and Russets and occupied two acres 0
ground. The trees were planted but q
and 25 feet apart, and were SO mucl
grown as to interlace with one another
From this orchard, in I849, he sold 26l
barrels Of fruit at $2,62 barrel, which
might be reckoned clear profit, as tht
fruit of inferior quality would pay all ex
pense of care and gathering. In 1841
he refused 5000 for his apples, to be gath
cred by the purchaser. Mr.. French say:
that the net income of Mr. Robinson's two
acres has realized him $500 year fol
ten years past, and he sees no reason why
they may not continue to do so for twenty
years yet. Mr.. F. adds that he has car,
of an orchard of but half acre. From
this small orchard he realized ever s OF
clear profit year. j. J. Thomas men
tons in an essay on Fruit Culture in The
Patent Office Report of 1851, that R. J
Hand of this Co., { Monroe, } sold in 184t
$40 worth of Northern Spy and Russe
apples from one acre, and adds that mum
erous cases are known to him where over
800 an acre have been realized from the
sale of good winter apples.
That these statements are not extrava
giant let us look at the matter little clos
er. 1t is not very uncommon, especially
for the Rhode Island Grecning of gooc
size, to produce 40 bushels at a single
crop per tree. This, even at the very or
dinary price of two shillings per bushel
gives return of $1O a tree. An orch
ard planted with trees twenty feet apart
give SO to the acre, or $500 for the yielC
at that rate. But with half that Weld, OF
even with one fourth Of it, the result il
decidedly profitable. We believe it i,
safe to calculate that the average weld
one year with another, of trees that have
attained good size, will be eight bushel:
a tree or 400 to the acre, which gives
value of 800, nine -tenths of which ca1
be considered clear profit, and this at or
dinary prices.
Why, then, is it not sufficiently profit
able to induce farmers to plant more liber
ally of the best sorts of fruit, especially
of the late keeping sorts? With too many
the drawback is immediate profit. Ii
their haste for gains they cannot wait fol
the trees to grow. They are too mucE
like the farmer that Cole told of, who
would not plant an orchard because he
should not live to enjoy its fruit; his son
thought likewise and planted none; but
the grandson, more spirited, planted fol