The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-02

roofing or favorable wall for climbing, with
their prolific branches. The yards even OF the
city Of Nashville, wen planted and cultivated
with vines, would yield no uncomfortable pro-
portion of the grapes required By its citizens.
Yet, how few tables in the city, or even in the
country. are supplied with this delicious fruit
from their ample surroundingsl
The Strawberry is one of the most delicious,
as it is one of the most wholesome of fruits,
and patch four rods square, If jndiciously Sc
lected and nicely cultivated, would yield an
abundance for large family, yet, not one
household out of every hundred in the Union,
is supplied with any, except such as they buy
or gather from untitled meadows.
The Cherry is hardy tree, prolific bearer,
and most delicious fruit, if the fine varieties
be selected, yet you can scarcely find good
cherry in this section of the Union.
The Pear, the Peach, and the Plum, are
abundant bearers, and the richness Of their fla
yor is not surpassed by any that grow within
or without tho tropics. They have, of late,
been subject to their respective sconrges, dis
ease, blight, yellows, and curculia-but mod
crate share of attention TO their proper treat
ment and remedies win remove each, and af-
ford an ample return to such as win give q
small part of their time to cultivate them.
If objections be still made to the nice and
discriminating attention required by the fore
going fruits, what possible excuse Can we frame
for the neglect of that hardy, self-sustaining,
universally acceptable fruit, the Applet This,
the King of American fruits, will grow every
where, produce abundantly, and of the choicest
flavor, provided only, that q suitable position,
the locality, be adopted. If objection can be
alleged against the cultivation of any or each
of the other fruits, none can be successfully
maintained against this. 1t is fruit suited to
all tastes, as it runs through any conceivable
shade of flavor; it is in full season from July
to June, aud is equally adapted for use when
plucked from the tree, as when prepared by an
almost Infinite variety of forms by the most
skllful cook
We would suggest to our readers, especially
these who are about to make plantation of
fruits, to be careful in their selection, also the
standing aud notoriety of the Nursery men
they purchase of. Another desideratum is the
training of the trees in the nursery suitable for
our climate fruit trees should be trained
low in tits climate. The protection of the stem
and main branches, and the shading of the
soil in which the roots End their support, from
the powerful rays of the sun, are absolutely
necessary to the production Vt fruit. This is
to be effected only by working and training the
trees with low head, and encouraging a
thrifty growth. We have this well exempGfied
in the native forest trees. When forest growth,
their united heads afford ample shade, but if
standing alone, every tree protects its own
stem and roots, throwing out low and wide
spreading branches for the purpose.
We look with eagerness to the time when
the South, with Ter selected varieties of Eu-
ropean and American fruit, brought nron
Southern grown stocks, will not only be able
to compete with the Northern States, but ex-
cel We have the climate and soil, and all
that devolyes upon us is little diligence and
perseverance. - sa,