Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-12-06

nured to the bottom, with none but aceH rotted If
the soil is very wet under drain 1t will grow well
in any RICH moist SOIL clay is the 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
TEsTIMO NIALs.
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 -
POUNDS, and certainly as much moro was left on
the root, uncut making the product Of root
ly, If not quite, ONE HUNDRED PoUsDs.-Kcniska
Telegraph
Assoct'n for -Ex' bin of Indusy of all Nations,
New York. Suly 4th, 1854. !
B. p. CAHOoN, Esq Dear Sir This il to certify
that specimens of your Seeding Pic Plant" are
now exhibition at the Crystal Palace, and deserv
ing of special appreciation for mammoth size and ex
celcnce of qualify. They are superior to any pro-
ductiOn of the kind on exhibition.
Yours truly, p II BARNUM, Pres't
MAMMOTH PIE PLAST.-D. r. Cahoon, of Keno
sha Wisconsin, has just three Pie Plant leaf
stalks that Out-go anything ever seen ofthe kind
before; after having performed the long journey
from the place of their growtl--in what way are
not informed-the three stalks weigh ELEVEN AND
QUARTER PoUNDs.-N Y. Tribune, July 1854.
Mr.. CAHooN, has this day deposited in our Office
a specimen stalk of his Seeding Pie Plant, lin
glass jar, preserved in alcoho the growth of last
year, of the following dimensions :-25 inches long
81 inches wide; inches thick leaf % feet crcum
ference weight 81 pounds-which can be seen by
those curious in such matters. And it is proper to
add in mentioning this remarkable growth, that
far from the plant dcgenerating or showing dspo
sition to, it increases from year TO year, and next
year doubtless we shall have opportunity to enron
cle still larger specimen-Keaosha 2rid. s. TEL,
March Is, 1855
Tothe Cincinnati horticultural Society,"
\ .lloI
Mr.. Is. p. Cahoon, of Kenosha, who has remarka
BILE variety of Seeding Rhubarb. / examined his
plantation of about 5000 plants and its wonderful
properties have not been oyerrated. The Victoria
saw growing alongside Of his Seeding and subject
to the same trcatment--soil identical-would not
weigh one-fourth as much as the Cahoons Seeding
cam through your Society, recommend the plant
to the notice of amateurs and cultvators the best
plant now 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
weight 1t is chance seeding, originated by Mr..
Cahoon, from seed given him ut Chicago, and was
the only plant from the seed that was worth cultva
ting Respectfully yours, JULIUS BRACE.
CINcISATrI, August "a, 1855
From the Prairie Farmer, Sept. 1853
Mr.. Cahoon has farm of six acres, all told, on
which he contrives to get pretty fair living, il
we can judge from appearances. He divides it
between pie-plant, gooseberries, currants, ever
green's, and flowers.
But the pie plant is the thing here. He has a
bout three acres in this root all of his seed
ling. 1t stands on ground which was few years
ago a marsh, covered with alders, willows, and
water. Springs cropped to the surface just at
its upper edge and flooded the whole region. Mr..
CahOon put in drains 30 feet apart and three feet
deep, and covered them They were made of four
pieces of timber. The whole was given one coat
of manure and no more; since which it is dry e.
nough for wet time, ard wet enough for dry
one, and will produce anything which is willing
to grow reasonable land. We counted on
| one root ffty-five stalks, of which the longest
was two feet in length from root to leaf, & would
girt eight inches or more. The others were of all
sizes down to fifteen inches in length, and inch
in diameter, tho the average would be twenty
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. c. showed us
a stalk preserved in spirits which is five and
half inches wide by twenty-sevcn long.
These large stalks are commonly fiattened, but
the rest are not so by any means. We saw on the
same root, stalks as round as a rife barrel; some
of them were three feet in length and an inch and
halfin diameter, while others would be hattened
so as to be twice as wide as thick. Nor do they
preserve one color: some are green, some reddish
like the victoria IL some speckled with purplish
| red like the eggs of turkey We are satisfied that
nobody can tell a 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
feet apart and 3 feet apart in the rows At this
distance they cover the ground in 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 dayse He puts up in
boxes or balls, and sells in Milwaukee, Chicago,
Detroit, Buffalo, or elsewhere-getting about 81
per 100 pounds The cutting continued till frost
comas In cuffiuv hp is ut,ided nv ind cryrept 70
king all from plant he thinks it can spare, and
going over the same ground or 6 time in a sea-
son. Then in spring and fall he makes sale of
roots He sold last spring 2 800 roots or more.
Any body can sec 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 in preferring pie
plant pie to any other of herb fruit.
This fine plant never seeds, or very seldom so;
all its strength is given to stalks and leaf.
Mr.. Cahoon viii be at our State Fair with his
pie-plant roots, and can suit all purchasers with
the genuine article.
LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT IN THE WEST.
American and English varieties that have been
fully tested, both hardy and productive, and not liza
BILE TO mildew. Amongst them is the justly celebra
ted Houghtons Seeding, small fruit but of best
quality, one of the most productive, never mldews
in any locality. / have taken 20 quarts from a sin
gle bush at one picking. have had them make
growth of five feet in single seassn. IL re.
guires to be trained to frame treilis.Irice of
Hougeton's Seeding, bearing sizes, 3s each; 81
per dozen.
Evergreens.-Over 1000, from 2 TO 3 feet high
Balsam and Norway Firs, Spruce, Pine, Hernlock,
and Arbour Vitae These have grown in my garden
from three TO five years, and can be transplanted
with much certainty of growing, as currant.--
Price 4s. TO 50 each.
Address, B. p. CAHOON.s
se Kenosha, Wis.