Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-05-10

Il. p. CARTOONS Sci
TeStina 0nials.

EpUT the most remarkable feature OF this gar
E5 den is The Mammoth Pie Plant, aud certain.
~ any person who is cErlouS TO know what Pie
Plant Is, and how it may be cultivated and de-
veloped, would do well TO look at it, We state
what we witnessed, (aid what we should doubt,
i we had not witnessed IT, that iroil one DOT was
cut IA quantity. whichafter being trimmed, ready
for cpnking, weighed Forty Eight Pounds. aud
certainly much more was rf on the root uncut;
making the product of one root nearly, IL not
quite, One Hundred Pounds of plant Keaosha
Telegraph. JaLp 81. 1853.
Association for the Exhibition OF he Industry }
Of all Nations.
New York, July t. 1854.
b. P. CaHooY, Esq DEAR sir: This is TO GER
! tify that specimens of your Seeding Pie Plant
now on exhibition at the Crystal Palace, and
deserving of special appreciation for mammoth size
and excellence Of quality. They superior to
any production of the kind on exhibition.
| Yours truly p. Il. BARNUM, Pres't.
| MAMMOTH PIE PLAyT.-B. P. Cahoon. Of Keno
,ha, Wisconsin, has just sent us three Pie Plant
leaf stalks that ont go anything we have seen
of the kiud before; ai;er having performed the
long journey from their place OF gruwthln what
way we aie not inorned-the three stalks weigh
Eleven and quarter Pounds--N. Y. Tribune.
G3@I will securely Pack in Boxes and foTu art
according TO directions Ten Roots for So Five
Roots for SO; one for s Cash is TO be sent
with The order--a fro. does not in are the
Roots; and they can he sent with safety to any
part oil the u zion. GE2RnntS asA He'~ se~dy TO-
ueTvery.
Ma. CAHooN, has this day deposited IN our Office
a specimen stalk of his Seeding Pie Plant, (n d
glass Jar, preserved in alc0hoD the growth of last
year: Of the following dimensons:--25 inches long;
y inches wide; inches thick; leaf % feet in cir
cumference, weight 81 pounds--which can be seen
by these curious in such matters. nd it is pro-
pei to addin mentioning this remarkable growth,
that so far from the piaut degeneratIng showing
a disposition 10, il iucr a~cs from year TO wear
tand next year doubtless, we shall have an OPP r
unity to chronicle a sill larger spechnen.-- Re.
aoshG Tribune amt Telegraph March Is, 1855.
Soil best adapted to gcowiug Pie Plant, sandy
loan; trench at least two feet deep, thoroughly
MANFRED TO the bottom, with none but nell rotted.
If tie soil is very wet III der drain 1t will grow
veil in any RICH, moist soil, clay is the worst of all
No leaf stalks to be taken FROM the roots the first
81 until August and then only the OUT side ones.
will securely pack in boxes and forw ard accor
ding to directions, Ten Roots for S.; Five Roofs
for SO; One Root for s
Houghton's Seeding CoOssberr
HIS GooscberFy is said 10 be between
our native Goo cherry and some foreign kind. and
was originated by Mr.. Abel Uoughtou, Of I.y nn
Mass. We have cultivated this Goo>eberry two
years. and have found j! hardy--a great bearer,
and The fruit Of fne quality-from very small roots
obtained from Mr.. Cdhoon, Of keuosia, in the
spring Of 1852, the twiss Of which were less than
a-foot in length, produced last year abundance oil
fruit
This Gooseberry excels all other kiuls as grow
er. lis twigs long, straight and slender, and
should be tied up treliis. the a grope
vine i'll order 10 make them bear proluseIv. hIr
Cahoon, of kenosha, has a single bush that covers
space ten feet square.
This berry Is not so large as some other varie-
'ies. bat the skin i lila, flesh fine, tender. sweet
and of delicious flavor. II is in good condition
for cooking in abou, four weeks Wisconsin,
Farmer, March. 1854