Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-07-29

The CAPABILITIES OF OUR SOIL 6ahoon'S
Gdrdea-Erat, Pie Plant, &C., &c.-To get an
idea of the capabilities of our soil, and what we
may hope and expect from it, we have only TO
look where it has been well and properly tested by
the requisite skill and requisite industry; and no
place within our knowledge, is the opportunity
for such observation so well afforded as in the gar
den Of B. p. Cahoon, in the South Ward of our
city. Cherries in abundance have been here pick
ed from the trees apples the largest and most
beautiful that grow in any place, are here ripenng
peaches, apricots, pears and plumbs, are coming
forward in quantities fully equal to all that might
reasonably be expected from the time their cult
walton was commenced. The rarest and largest
of the various delicious berries, which can be rails
ed in this climate, are here in profusion; grapes
OF all kinds, cluster on their parent bonsls, and,
IN short, we think Of nothing in the fruit line with
winch we were wont in our young days, in long
settled country to delight palate, that is not
here found in vastly improved varieties Added
TO this, may be found many varieties of ornament
al and shade trees, including the most beautiful
varieties of cvcrgreens, the growth of which is re-
ally surprising.
But the most remarkable feature of this garden
is the mammoth pieplaRt; and certainly any person
who is curious to know what pie plant as and how
it may be cultivated and developed, would do well
to look at it, We state what we witnessed. and
what we should doubt if we had not witnessed it.
that from one root was cut quantity, which after
being trimmed ready for cooking, weighed forty-
eight po,01ds and certainly as much more was left
on the root uncut, making the product of one root
nearly, if not quite hundred pounds of plant
And we are not aware that this was a very unusu-
al growth; for we saw thousands of punches, which
seemed quite as large as the one in question; and
all this, too, young and tender plant as delicious
rs any raised. OF this plant, Mr.. Cahoon is rails
ing immense quantities, with which he not only
supplies home demand, but ships to other places.
furnishing one house in Chicago with a thousand
pounds per week.
And those who delight more in the ornamental
than the merely useful-who like the flowers of
earth as well its fruits, will be gratifcd by Vi
sit to this garden; and may learn the capabilities
of our soil in this respect
We speak of all this, we remarked, as an cy-
idence of what our soil is capable of People fire.
qucntly are heard expressing doubts whether this
is fruit country or whether this thing will do well
or that do we'll, and many seem disposed TO de-
Spair because their efforts are not rewarded with
full and complete success as soon as they bestow
them. The soil elsewhere in our city is probably
as good, or can easily be made as good as in this
garden, and "a visit to this garden will show what
this soil will produce, if the proper effort in the
right direction is made. Mr. Cahoon expresses
the opinion, from his experience, that the lapse o f
sufficient time to demonstrate the matter, will
load our trees as abundantly with fruit as in the
acknowledged best fruit regions of the Northern
States. Profit then, we say by the example set.
What has been done can be done again, and it
needs only the proper effort to pour all the trca-
surcs of Pomona into our laps.