Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-11-08


in any RICH moist soil clay is the worst Of ALL No
leaf stalks to be taken from the roots the first year
until August and then only the outside ones. Best
time for transplanting, October and November.
TESTIMONIAL
But the most remarkable feature of this garden is
the Mammoth Pae Plant, and certainly any person
who is curious to know what Pie Plant is, and how
it may be cultivated and developed, would do well
to look at it. We state what witnessed, land
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 as
POUNDS, and certainly much more was left OH
the root, uncut making the product of one root
~, if not quite, One HUNDRED PoUNDs.-Kenisha
Telegraph.
Assoctn for Ex'btn of Indusy of oil Nations,
New York, Suly 4th, 1854 :
| b. P. CAHooN, Esq Dear Sir This is TO certify
! that specimens of your 8 Seeding Pie Plant are
now on exhibition at the Crystal Palace, and deserv
ing of special appreciation for mammoth size and ex
cellencc of qualify. They are superior to any pro-
Yours truly, p T. BARNUM, Pres't
! MAMMOTH PIE PLAST.-B r. Cahoon, of Keno
sha, Wisconsin, has just sent three Pie Plant leaf
stalks that out-go anything ofthe kind
before; after having performed the long journey
from the place of their growth-in what way we are
not informed-the three stalks weigh ELEVEN AND
QUARTER PouSDs-E i. IribuRe Jaky 1854.
/ Mr. CAHooN, has this day deposited in office,
a specimen stalk OF his Seeding Pie Plant, lin
glass jar, preserved in acoI1ol the growth of last
year, of the following dimensions :-25 inches long
5, inches wide; inches thick leaf % feet circum-
ference; weight 81 pouuds-which can be seen by
those curious in such matters. And it In proper to
add in mentioning this remarkable growth that so
| far from the plant degGnerating or showing dispo-
stion to- it increases from year to year, and next
year doubtless shall have opportunity to cllron
icle still ldrgor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Irl6. tr Tel,
IMgrch Is, 1855.
| ISMe Cincinnati Horticultural Society.
/ Being tour through Wisconsin, called upon
| Mr. b. p. Cahoon, of Kenosha who as q rcmarka-
/ la of Rbuharb |
plantation of about 1900 plants and its wonderful
properties have not been overratcd. The Victoria
saw growing alongside ii his Seeding and SUBJECT
/ to the same treatmcut-so identical-would not
weigh ne-fourth much rs the CahoOns Seeding.
l can, through your Society recommend the plant
to the notice of amateurs and cultivators, the best
plant known. His stalks for market would
measure from three to four inches wide, two to
three inches thick; and two feet long, and tender
that many leaves | saw broke down with their own
weight. 1t is chance Seeding. originated by Mr..
Cahoon, from seed given him at Chicago, aud was
the only plant from the seed that was worth cultva
ting. Respectfully yours, JULIUS BRACE.
CISc1SArTI, August a. 1853.
From Tie Fyairtc Farmer, Sept 1865.
Mr. Cahoon has a farm of six acres, all told, on
which he contrivcs to get pretty fair living, il
we can judge from appearances. He divides it
between pie-plant, gooscbcrries, currants ever
greens, and flowers,
! But the pc-plant is tIts thing here. He has a.
bout three acres in this root, all of his seed
ling. 1t stands ON ground viii 4 few years
ago Il marsh. covered with alders, willows, and
water. Springs cropped to the surface just at
it's upper edge and flooded the whole region. Mr..
Cahoon put in drains 80 feet apart and three feet
I n. IN. and covered them. They were made 0f four
pieces timber The whole was given one coat
of manure al no mcrc; since which it is dry G.
nouoh for q wet s;me and wet enough for dry
one, and will produce, anything which is willing
to grow on reasonable land. we counted on
one root ffty-five stalks, On wmcn inc longest
was two feet in length from root ~ leal ~ would
grt eight inches or more. The others were OF al
sizes down to fifteen inches i'll length, ana an lnch
in diameter, tho the average would be twehtV
inches long and four or more in circumference.
, This root was not an unusual size, and was only
an average Of those which have stood three years
and are allowed fair chance. Mr. {. showed us
Il stalk preserved in spirits which is i've and a
half inches wide by twenty seven long.
| These large stalks arc commonly fiattencd, but
the rest not SO by any means We saw on the
same root, stalks round a rifle barrel; some
of them were three feet in length and an inch and
Il halfn diameter, while others would be hattened
so as to be twice as wide as thick Nor do they
preserve one color some arc green, some reddish
like the victoria q some spccklcd with purplish
red like the eggs of turkey. We satisfied tina:
nobody tell pie-plant by looking at the
stalks * leaves, without knowing more about it.
Mr.. C.'s mode of culture is to set the rows five
distance they cover the ground i'll single season.
He has set $3.50 plants this year, commencing
the 10th and ending the 18th of May. He cuts
about three days in the week, cutting about four
or five hundred pounds per day He puts up in
boxes or balls, and sells in milwaukee,, Chicago
Detroit, Buffalo, or elsewhere-getting about s
per 100 pounds The cutting is continued till frost
comes. In cutting he is guided by Judgment Ia
king all from plant he thinks it can spare, and
going over the same ground or time III a sea-
son. Then in spring and fall he makes sale Of
roots He sold last spring = 500 roots or more.
Any body can see that this pie-plant business is
not bad one. People are getting to use it more
and more each season; and we have this very
summer detected ourselves III prefcrring pie
plant pie to any other OF herb fruit.
! This fine plant never seeds, or very seldom 50;
all its strength is given to stalks and leaf.
| Mr. Cahoon will be at State Fair with his
pieplant roots, and can suit all purchasers with
the genuine article.
GOOsEBERBHEs.
LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT IN THE WEST.
American and English varieties that have been
fully tested, both hardy and productive and not la
BILE to mildew Amongst them is the justly celebra
ted Houghtons Seeding, small fruit but of best
quality, one of the most productive, never mildcws
gle bush at one picking. 1 have had them make a !
growth of five feet in single scassn 1t re-
quires to be trained TO frame trellis-Price of
Hougeon's Seeding, bearing sizes, IS, each or 81
per dozen
E.erareens.-Ovcr 4OO0, from Q to feet high. |
Balsam and Norway Fir Spruce, Pine Hemlock !
and Arbour Vitae. These nave grown in my garden
from three to five years, and can be transplanted
with much certainty of growing, as q currant-
Price 4s. TO So each.
Address, Ii. p. CAHOaN.
Kenosha, Wis.
Highly Important to Farmers
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