Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-04-07
VOL. xLvIII, NO. ls...wHoLE NO. 2477.

the cultivation of choice fruits. The
Horticultural society have almost an
endless variety Of fruit. From two
to four hundred varieties presented
by several amateurs is no uncommon
number. Between three and four
hundred varieties of pears were ex-
hibi,ed at the last exhibition Of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
by Messrs. Hovey g. Co., and the
Hon. M. p Wilder, in addition to
which they exhibited great variety
of apples, plums, &c. Added to
these, were other exhibitors equally
skillful and successful, and there was
exhibited on 1000 feet Of table
display of fruit and flowers which
the cuItivators Of Europe might ad-
mire, but never equalled.
"Fine fruits" said the late Mr..
Downing. care the flower of COM
modties." He also says, I" it is the
most perfect union of the useful and
the beautiful that the earth knows.
Trees full of soft foliage blossoms
fresh with spring beauty and final.
ly--fruit, rich, bloom busted, melt
ing and luscious--such are the treas
ures of the orchard and the garden,
tempting to every land-holder in this
bright and sunny, though temperate
climate"
He further says, T" He who owns
a rood of proper land in this coun-
ny, and m the face Of all pomonal
richness Of the day, only raises crabs
aud choke pears, deserves 10 lose
the respect ofall sensible men. The
classical antiquarian must pardon one
for doubling if, amid all the wonder
iul beauty of the golden age, there
was anything to equal our delicious
MODERN fruits--our honeyed seckles,
and berries melting rare-ripes.
At any rate, the science of our mod
ern horticulture has restored almost
everything that can be desired 10
give paradisical richness to our
fruit gardens. Yet there are many
IN utter ignorance of most of those
fruits, who seem to live under some
ban of expulsion from all the fair
and goodly productions of the gar
den. But happily the number is
every day lessening. America ID
land Of young orchards"
lie further says, "There are more
peaches exposed in the New York
market annually, than are raised in
all France. When American apples
in large quantities, command double
prices in European markets, there 10
little need of entering into any prais-
IS of their soil and climate generally
the culture Of fruit. Ia
one part or another of the Union,
sve.y man may literally sit under his
own vine and fig tree"
In this communication | will only
add, that IN the want of means to
convey the choice fruits TO good
pomology has here been
very much nelected, also our short
and severe winters compel
IS to pursue different course in
many respects, from what is prac-
iced in warmer districts, and in
many respects we have not been able
o profit by the experience of more e
southern amateurs. But once fairly
IN the high road of success, and ia
Vored by Providence with genial
atmosphere, and cloudless sky, with
The enterprise, intelligence ana per-
severance so Characteristic Of our
people, why may we not hope that
hey will make the most rapid adj
in a science the results ef
which so conduce to the health, the
comfort and the luxury Of mankind.
l.. IL. SPEAR.
Braintree, Feb. 9, 1854.